Visitors to the Humboldt Poultry and Small Animal Sale had the opportuntiy to take in a variety of farm poultry in addition to home business and craft tables on Sept. 5.
“We just do this for kicks and giggles so everybody can come out and enjoy themselves, so young kids, adults, whoever can come see these birds,” said Sara Pierrard, who organized the sale.
Among other animals, there were chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, goats, and sheep. In all, there were 12 vendors, which is down from the 24 at the last sale. Pierrard attributes the downswing to the bad weather and the fact that people were gone for the Labour Day weekend. Despite this, people still came from places such as Rosetown, Moose Jaw, Regina, Prince Albert, Humboldt, and Lanigan.
“I thought it was good,” Pierrard said. “It was definitely a lot more slack this time since it was the long weekend and it rained. It definitely dampened the situation.”
The proceeds were donated to the Humboldt Emergency Relief Organization (HERO). Pierrard went on Facebook to ask who she should donate the proceeds to and HERO was the result.
“HERO does a lot for the area so I said, ‘They help us so why not help them back?’” she said.
The sale started four years ago. Pierrard raises chickens and enjoyed going to auctions and sales. She noticed there weren’t any around Humboldt so she decided to start her own.
“It definitely has grown, that’s for sure,” she said. “There’s always ups and downs ... “It’s been a learning process for which months are good and bad.”
As part of that process, there are some things Pierrard wants to tweak in the future, including having a membership, doing more advertising, and opening the sale up to more home businesses.
