The Canterbury Section of the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand holds a Rare Breeds Auction and Heritage Lifestyle Day on the second Sunday of March each year.
Entry fees, Sales Commission, Admission charges and Catalogue donation are used to cover Auction expenses with any surplus going to the Rare Breeds Conservation Society for the conservation of rare and heritage breeds of livestock.
The next Auction will be held on Sunday 9 March 2025
at the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, 60 Hussey Road, Christchurch
Stock on view from 10.00 a.m., Auction starts 12.00 noon.
See Auction Details and Downloads for details.
Or Auction Photos for some photographs of our last Auction.
Enquiries to e-mail: canterbury(at)rarebreeds.co.nz
Entries for the 2024 Auction were
LIVESTOCK
Kunekune pigs
Toggenburg goats
Flemish Giant rabbit
African Pygmy sheep
Arapawa sheep
Awassi coloured sheep
Babydoll sheep
English Leicester sheep
Finn coloured sheep
Four Horned sheep
Herbert Trophy rams
Meatmaster sheep
Swiss Valais sheep
Waipu
Wiltshire Horn sheep
Polled Wiltshire sheep
Galloway cattle
Red Devon cattle
POULTRY
Araucana
Barnevelder
Brahma
Chinese Geese
Cochin
Dorking Silver Grey
Frizzle
Hamburg Gold Pencilled
Japanese Bantam
Leghorn
New Hampshire Red
North Holland Blue
Orpington
Orpington Frizzle
Pekin Mottled Bantam
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island Red
Silkie
Sussex
Welbar
Welsummer
Wyandotte
Barbary Doves
Fantail Pigeon
Golden Pheasants
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Pearl Guinea Fowl
Carolina Wood Ducks
Indian Runner Ducks
Muscovy Ducks
Silver Appleyard Ducks
Pekin Ducks
Pilgrm Geese
Sebastopol Geese
SILENT AUCTION: Included Chooks Choice layer pellets; Merino-Lincoln blend sock yarn; Power horse tape; Carded Alpaca fibre; Styx Solutions battens; Feathered Friends for Town and Country (book); Three children’s books; Angora rabbit fibre Shawl; Rare Breeds of Heritage Livestock in New Zealand (books)
See Auction Details and Downloads for more information.
Enquiries to: canterbury(at)rarebreeds.co.nz
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