The late Ian Kay

Ian Kay was born in Lancashire, the only son of John and Lucy Kay. He was educated at Bury Grammar School from where he commenced work for David Protheroe at the Lancashire Agricultural College, supervising experiments in Poultry Husbandry, including the first held on food conversion ratios.

Well recognised for his knowledge of poultry early on, his first judging engagement was at the age of sixteen, at the Rossendale Valley Poultry Show. However, more incredibly he became a Poultry Club Panel A judge, passed for all sections, at the age of eighteen, a record which will probably remain unbeaten.

Having served on the Council of The Poultry Club of Great Britain for nearly twenty years, he held the office of President and has been Chairman of the Council twice. Other chairs he held include that of the National Federation of Poultry Clubs, the East of England Poultry Club and the Autumn Exhibition Committee, which organises an annual show, which is now the largest small livestock event in the British Isles.

He was also a founder member of the Rare Poultry Society started in 1969. Well involved in the field of organising shows and exhibitions he was senior steward of the R.B.S.T. Poultry and Waterfowl section. He was also a member of the committee which organised the first Poultry Club show, held at Nottingham baths in 1972.

He was a council member of the East of England Agricultural Society and member of the Rare Breed Survival Trust and Sale Committee, his qualifications and experience seemed endless.

We are delighted to offer for sale a selection of books by renowned Poultry expert the late Ian Kay and others.