PLEASE REFER TO GENERAL LIVESTOCK RULES
All Poultry AND Rabbits must be entered by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. Pre-entry information must be submitted by entry time. All entry tags must be completed by this time and attached to the cages in which the animals are placed Poultry/Rabbit Barn. All tags must have breed name and approximate hatching date on them (at least month). An exhibitor is limited to exhibiting a total of eight entries (pen of three count as one entry).
Poultry Ages
Cock - Over 1 year old
Hen - Over 1 year old
Cockerel - Under 1 year old
Pullet - Under 1 year old
Trio - Trios will be judged in cages.
Entry Requirements - All poultry exhibited must be grown in the 4-H member's project.
Breeds - To be eligible for breed exhibition, cockerel, pullet, cock, or hen poultry entries must be fair representatives of the breeds and must be listed in the American Poultry Association Standard of Perfection or the American Bantam Association Standard of Perfection.
Production Trio - A pen of egg production birds can be hybrids, crossbred, or purebred
and shall consist of 3 sexually mature females. Egg production females will be judged for production qualities only and need not necessarily conform to breed standards. Hens must be in egg production.
Rules for Bantam & Other Poultry - The rules for standard size chickens apply equally to bantams and waterfowl, where applicable
All showmen must be present to exhibit their own poultry. All showmanship rules apply as stated in the LIVESTOCK GENERAL RULES SECTION.
POULTRY SHOWMANSHIP
Premiums: $4.00, $3.75, $3.50, $3.25
Exhibitors of Poultry will be eligible to enter the showmanship contest.
G810901 Junior Division (8-10 4-H Age)
G810902 Intermediate Division (11-13 4-H Age)
G810903 Senior Division (14 & up 4-H Age)
POULTRY
Premiums: $4.00, $3.75, $3.50, $3.25
STANDARD SIZE
G811901 Cockerel
G811902 Pullet
G811903 Cock
G811904 Hen
G811905 Breeding Trio (2 females & 1 male, all of the same breed)
G811906 Broilers Pen of 3 (male or female broilers 6-9 weeks of age)
G811907 Production Trio (3 egg producing females)
BANTAMS
G811908 Cockerel
G811909 Pullet
G811910 Cock
G811911 Hen
G811912 Breeding Trio (2 females & 1 male, all the same breed)
OTHER POULTRY
G811913 Young Drake (male)
G811914 Young Duck (female
G811915 Young Gander (male)
G811916 Young Goose (female)
G811917 Young Tom Turkey (male)
G811918 Young Hen Turkey (female)
G811919 Other Poultry (May exhibit up to two birds in this class examples include Peacocks, Pheasants, Pigeons, etc.)
EGG EXHIBIT
Premiums: $4.00, $3.75, $3.50, $3.25
Eggs will be judged according to uniformity of size, weight and color as well as cleanliness. Do not refrigerate prior to exhibiting eggs. 4-H’ers may exhibit only ONE dozen per class. EGGS WILL ONLY BE JUDGED DURING THE POULTRY SHOW.
G812901 One Dozen White Eggs
G812902 One Dozen Brown Eggs
G812903 One Dozen Other Color Eggs