Pretty poultry on parade | SLIDESHOW

Published 1:18 pm Friday, November 6, 2015

Fine-looking fowl, one decked out duck and a full parade of pretty poultry turned out to the Bainbridge Island Farmers Market last weekend to strut their stuff in the 8th annual Poultry Pageant Costume Contest.

The pageant, sponsored by the farmers market and the Bainbridge 4-H Club, featured about a dozen birds in various costumes competing for the first place prize, as chosen by a crowd vote for their favorite getup.

4-H chicken specialists were also on hand to answer questions about raising and caring for chickens.

Costumes included birds bedecked in the guise of Santa Claus – complete with human elf assistant – a jail bird, James Bond, a peacock and many more.