"It's pretty good to do what I've done, but I'm a bit embarrassed to be talking about it to tell you the truth," he said.

"You've just got to get them as fit as you can, keep their feathers all in tact; it's all a bit of luck really because they judge them to a specific standard."

After spending a lot of his time in Sydney he said he never had the time.

"I lived in Sydney for six or seven years and I always did it half-hearted, but it's more of a hobby than anything. I just enjoy doing it because I grew up dealing with chooks as a kid," he said.

"It's the first time I've had a decent crack at it."

Two of Mr Tydd's chooks took out the top prize in the five categories including bantam hard feather male, bantam old English game, bantam old English game grey, bantam old English game male and bantam old English game female.

"You don't have to wash them, but every now and then you'll need to butter their faces," he said. "The judge follows the standard so the bodies might be worth something like 10 points and the heads might be worth five points."

The next challenge for Mr Tydd is the Central Coast Show at Wyong at the end of May before there is an Olympic show next year.

"I'll go down there and see how I go," Mr Tydd said.

paul.jobber@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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