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OPEN POULTRY Entry Fees: $2.75 Single Bird DEPARTMENT 803 ENTRIES CLOSE (Postmarked): ................................................................................ Monday, August 2nd Receive Open Poultry ...................................................... Saturday, August 28th – 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. All Open Poultry Must be Checked In ............................................... Saturday, August 28th @ 8:00 a.m. Open Poultry Show Judging ................................................................ Sunday, August 29th @ 9:00 a.m. Open Poultry Awards Presentation ..................................................... Sunday, August 29th @ 5:00 p.m. Begin Release of Non-Sale Open Poultry ........................................... Sunday, August 29th @ 6:30 p.m. ALL Poultry Must be Out ...................................................................... Sunday, August 29th @ 9:00 p.m. COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS: • All entrants must have read and be familiar with the Colorado State Fair General Competition Requirements, General Livestock Competition Requirements, and Health requirements. American Poultry Assn. show rules and Standard of Perfection breed standards shall apply. Submission of entries indicates acceptance of all show Competition Requirements and regulations. • All entrants for poultry exhibited in open, breed or market competitions shall provide a Premises Identification Number on the entry form. Entries not containing a Premises ID or NPIP will be returned to exhibitor. Incomplete entries will be returned to exhibitors, exhibitors will have 5 days within which to correct and return the entry or entry considered a completed entry and birds will not be allowed on grounds and will not be eligible for judging. • Entries must be postmarked on or before August 2nd. Entry fee via check or money order should accompany entry or entry should include a phone number in order to obtain a valid Credit Card. When cooping capacity is reached entries will be returned. • ONLY pre-entered poultry are allowed on the Colorado State Fairgrounds. Any poultry brought on grounds that was not pre-entered will be removed by security, confiscated, and owner will be disqualified from the show and all premiums and awards will be forfeited. • Feed & Water: All exhibits will be fed, watered and cared for on a regular routine schedule by the Colorado State Fair at no charge to exhibitors. Exhibitors will be responsible for providing their own feed and shall be responsible for the feeding their own birds during the time they are on grounds. • POLICY FOR ANY POULTRY DISQUALIFIED DURING JUDGING: Any bird that is disqualified during judging will NOT be eligible to be placed “For Sale” and will not be allowed to remain in the showroom. The only exception would be if entered into the incorrect class, i.e. Pullet in Cockerel class, etc. Colorado State Fair requires that any bird disqualified for non-standard quality be removed from the Small Animal Building at completion of show. No refunds of entry will be given. (Any exception to this would be at the discretion of the Judge.) • Unloading and Pickup of Small Animals: All Small Animals (Poultry, Rabbits, Pigeons, and Exotic Birds) will be received at the Small Animal Building. Enter the fair grounds at Gate #1 (ArroyoAvenue). NO exceptions. • IRS AND COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE COMPLIANCE: In order to comply with the Colorado Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service tax-reporting requirements, a properly completed W-9 form will be requested when premium and/or sale amounts due to any one exhibitor exceed $599.00. The W9 must list the exhibitor’s legal name and Social Security Number. Premium and/or sale checks will not be released by the Colorado State Fair until a requested W-9 form is received. • 2021 POULTRY Health Requirements and Examination: All entrants for Poultry exhibited in open, youth, breed, or market competitions shall provide either a Premise ID Registration Number or an NPIP (National Poultry Improvement Plan) Flock Registration number on the entry form. Colorado is continuing to keep achieving Pullorum/Typhoid Clean State Status through the National Poultry Improvement Plan. It is recommended that all poultry (chickens and turkeys) entered in Colorado State Fair shows be tested for Pullorum/Typhoid (a Salmonella bacterial disease). Veterinarians and veterinary students from Colorado State University and participants of the Colorado Poultry Health Board will be on site at the Colorado State Fair during poultry check-in to test any non-tested chickens and turkeys. The test can be run immediately at the site where the samples are collected. For testing of birds prior to attending the fair, contact the Colorado Avian Disease Surveillance Program at 970-297-4109. All testing is free of charge. Any birds tested prior to attending the State Fair will not need to be re-tested at the fair. • Out of State Health Requirements – All poultry must be from flocks actively participating in (1) the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), or (2) comparative Pullorum disease control plan administered by the State of origin, or (3) be subject to testing upon arrival. • Poultry Show Standards: The Colorado State Fair is a member of the American Poultry Association (APA) and American Bantam Association (ABA). All poultry will be judged by the APA and ABA standards in accordance with the latest revised edition of the American Standards of Perfection. All Non-Standard breeds will be judged by comparison. • Late Entries: Those exhibitors who have met the posted 2021 entry deadline will be allowed to submit add-on entries with a $5.00 late fee plus the regular class entry fee (pending available space). Anyone wanting to make a new entry after August 15th will be allowed to do so with a $50.00 late fee, at the discretion of Department Management, pending available space and after all other requirements have been met. Those wanting to make late entry should contact the Small Animal office to get authorization for said late entry. • Entry Forms: Competition will be open to the world in the Open Division. All specimens competing must be entered in the name of the actual owner. A violation of this rule will cause forfeiture of any and all awards and premiums that might have been awarded to each exhibitor. NOTE: The Divisions and Class Numbers are the indicators for the Sex and Age. Band Numbers are recommended on the Entry Form. Entry for Display Class should be indicated on the Entry form. Exhibitor will designate the birds for their Display Class upon arrival and cooping at the Fair. • Exhibitor Number: Each exhibitor will be given a number. The Coop tags will have the exhibitor’s number on them with no other reference to ownership of the bird. All birds MUST HAVE a numbered leg band prior to cooping at the Colorado State Fair and the number entered on the Coop tag. Exhibitor must not use duplicate band numbers. If a band number change is made prior to judging, the exhibitor is responsible to notify the Show Personnel. Bands must be on bird at time of judging. Judging will be done by Band number. • Display Competition: Chickens, Geese, Ducks, Turkeys, and Guinea Fowl: Must include an entry of seven entries, one entry each in cock, hen, cockerel, and pullet classes, plus three more entries of the same variety, either sex and age, per APA Standard of Perfection. NOTE: Exhibitor will not be required to designate the birds for their Display Class until arrival and cooping at the Fair. The Entry Confirmation Sheet should be returned to Superintendent with a notation of birds to compete for Best Display. • Substitutions: Substitutions of birds entered with a new band number may only be made if the bird is the same Breed, Variety, Class, Sex and Age as the original bird entered on entry form. These changes need to be noted on the Entry Confirmation Sheet and returned to Official Poultry Show Staff. • Changes of Entry: Any bird arriving at the showroom that is not the same Breed, Variety, Class or Sex as original entry MUST BE reported to Official Poultry Show Staff. These changes must be noted on the Entry Confirmation Sheet provided at time of check-in and returned to Official Poultry Show Staff. Such changes will be considered as a new entry and are subject to a Double Entry Fee payment. ABSOLUTELY, no bird and/or coop tag may be moved by EXHIBITOR without Official Poultry Show Staff approval. NO changes may be made on coop tags by anyone other than Official Poultry Show Staff. Any Exhibitor found making such a change on coop tags or moving birds without permission of Official Poultry Show Staff will be subject to removal from showroom and entire entry removed from competition. NO refund of entry will be given. • Handling of Birds: No one is allowed to handle any bird except the Owner, Judge, or Official Poultry Show Staff. • Judging of Birds: Class placings will be made at the discretion of the judge with merit of the bird the determining factor. No one except Judge, Official Poultry Show Clerk(s) and Official Poultry Show Staff will be allowed in aisle during judging. All aisles will be closed off while judging is in progress. The judge’s decision shall be final. Any exhibitor questioning or interfering with either the judge/Official Poultry Show Staff or Official Poultry Show Clerk is subject to removal from the showroom and entire entry scratched from competition. NO refund of entry will be given. • Superintendent Duties: The exhibition, in all respects, will be under the control of the Show Superintendent who will be governed by the ABA and APA. The superintendent reserves the right to reclassify birds when not entered in the proper class. • Premiums: There is no limit to the number of animals an exhibitor may enter in this show or in any one of these classes. Premiums will be paid in accordance with the premium schedule listed in this division.