In Pictures: Poultry portraits at the Balmoral Show

The largest agricultural event in Northern Ireland returns after it was cancelled last year due to the Covid pandemic.

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Sep 27, 2021, 12:48 PM

A handler attempts to help pose a white-crested black Polish bantam chicken for a portrait at the annual Balmoral Show held by the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, which has returned after being cancelled last year due to coronavirus disease, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021. PHOTOS: REUTERS

A Seabright silver cockerel at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A mottled Houdan chicken at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A mottled Houdan chicken at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A Modern Game at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A blue Pekin bantam hen at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A blue Pekin bantam hen at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A white-crested blue Polish chicken at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A white-crested blue Polish chicken at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A Buff Orpington hen at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A white Silkie hen at the Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A Gold Brahma cockerel at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021. Picture taken September 23, 2021.

A bantam Faverolles hen at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

A black mottled Pekin bantam hen at the annual Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, September 23, 2021.

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