"Morning Papers"
"Okeydoke"
August 18, 2018
By Scott Shindledecker
The fastest rooster won.
While the rooster crowing (click here) contest at the Northwest Montana Fair in Kalispell wasn’t a foot race, Kayla
Ekern’s 1 1/2-year-old Polish Cross rooster crowed three times before Colton Oedekoven’s Crele Old English Game Bantam let a trio of crows fly to claim top honors Friday.
Ekern’s rooster, Hei Hei, was a standout in appearance among the 15 feathered fowl that unwittingly competed for the championship ribbon at the poultry and rabbit barn.
Ekern, of Kalispell, stood quietly in front of the bird’s cage, explaining that “he doesn’t respond much to anything I’d do, but he’s OK with me just standing there.”
Hei Hei and Oedekoven’s rooster, Smoke Fire, both had their owners in attendance, which may have given them a better chance at the ribbon over some of the roosters whose owners were elsewhere.
The roosters remained in their cages while some owners and volunteers stood next to them to count how many times they sounded off in a six-minute-span....
