DIVISION 6 - Teri Sanderson, Superintendent

Rules: 1. Any member regularly enrolled in the poultry project in Mills County is eligible to compete in this division. 2. Each bird must be owned and entered in the name of the club member. 3. Members must furnish their own waters and feeders as well as their own feed. 4. Exhibitors in this division must feed and water his/her own exhibits and keep pens and adjoining area clean or premiums will be withheld. 5. Check health rules for regulations. 6. Exhibitors must wear a white shirt (or blouse) with the official 4-H chevron or a 4-H T-shirt or white T-shirt and jeans. 7. Each exhibitor must submit a Pullorum - Typhoid certificate at the time of sign-in. 8. If a certificate is not submitted, the poultry will not be allowed to stay on the fair grounds. 9. All poultry exhibited must come from U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid clean or equivalent flocks, or have had a negative Pullorum-Typhoid test within 90 days of public exhibition and the test must have been performed by an authorized tester. 10. Each exhibitor may exhibit up to 20 entries, and will be eligible for premiums on 8 entries.

* PREMIUMS: Purple, 5 points; Blue, 4 points; Red, 3 points; White, 2 points*

PRODUCTION POULTRY: PEN OF 3 PULLETS Class 75 Light Production (Mediterranean Breeds) Class 76 Heavy Production (American, English & Asiatic Breeds) Class 77 Mixed Production (Crosses and Hybrids) PEN of 3 HENS Class 78 Light Production (Mediterranean Breeds Class 79 Heavy Production (American, English, Asiatic Breeds) Class 80 Mixed Production (Crosses and Hybrids) ? From the blue award production group the following will be given: Best Production Pen of 3 Hens Best Production Pen of 3 Pullets ? From the “best” award production group the following will be given: Champion Production Basis for Judging Production Poultry: Pullets will be judged on the following: 1. Development: a) Handling qualities - evidences of present and future production capacity. b) Pigmentation - a large amount of orange color in shanks, toes and beak unless in extended production. c) Molt completed - no chick feathers present. 2. Maturity - ready to lay or have started. 3. Health – must be in good physical condition and showing no evidence of disease or parasites. 4. Uniformity - birds should be of equal size, shape and color. Should be representative of project flock. Hens will be judged on the following: 1. Evidence of Production: a) Handling quality as evidence of highest production. b) Pigmentation - bleached beaks, shanks and toes as evidence of part production. c) Molt in primary wing feathers as evidence of persistent production. 2. Health – must be in good physical condition and showing no evidence of disease or parasites. 3. Uniformity - birds should be of equal size, shape and color. Should be representative of project flock.

EGGS Class 81A Best Carton of White Eggs. 12 eggs exhibited in a carton. Class 81B Best Carton of Brown Eggs. 12 eggs exhibited in carton. Class 81C Best Carton of Tinted Eggs. 12 eggs exhibited in carton. Basis for Judging Eggs: Eggs will be graded and judged on exterior quality and uniformity in color and size. (See Market Egg Score Card P-A 42)

MARKET POULTRY: 1. Birds will be exhibited as pens, composed of 3 birds. 2. Exhibitor may enter as many pens as they wish, but will not be awarded more than 2 premiums in any one class. 3. Birds will be judged in their section. 4. Check health rules for regulations.

Class 82 Broilers – Pullets and Cockerels, 2 ½ to 3 lbs. Class 83 A Fryers – Cockerels, 3 to 4 lbs. Class 83 B Fryers - Pullets, 3 to 4 lbs Class 84 A Roaster – Hen or Drake, 3 to 4 lbs. Class 84 B Roasters – Cockerels, 4 lbs. or over Class 84 C Roasters – Pullets, over 4 lbs Class 84 D Roasters – Hen or Drake, over 6 lbs Class 84 E Roasters – Hen or Tom, over 10 lbs Class 84 F Roasters - Goose, over 8 lbs

All birds must be in good health and free from physical deformities. After being judged for meat qualities as described below, the birds will be classified into three different grades; Blue, Red, and White.

Market birds to be judged by the following scale of points Fleshing ...... 25% Absence of Market Defects . . . 15% Feathering...... 15% Growth for Age...... 15% Health –Vigor ...... 15% Uniformity of Exhibit...... 15% Total...... 100%

? From the blue award market group the following will be given: Champion Market

LARGE BREED CLASS:

The large breed class is divided by divisions and breed within that division. When making your entry form please use the division number and sex. The breed is listed only to help identify the specific division for your project. When sexing your poultry: C=cockerel, P=pullet, H=hen and R=rooster. When sexing turkeys: H=hen and T=tom.

American Division #85 Plymouth Rock Dominique Wyandotte Java Buckeye Chantecler Holland Delware

New Hampshire

Asiatic Division #86 Cochins Langshan Brahmas

English Division #87 Dorking Redcap Orpington Cornish Sussex Australorp

Mediterranean Division #88 Leghorn Minocra Spanish Andalusian Ancona Sicilian Buttercup Catalana

Continental Division #89 Hamburg Campine Lakenvelder Polish Houdan Crevecoeur La Fleche Faverolles Barnevelder

All Other Standard Breed Division #90 Modern Game Old English Game Sumatra Malay Cubalaya Phoenix Yokohama Aseel Shamo Sultan Frizzle Naked Neck Araucana

Turkey Division #91 Bronze Narragansett White Holland Black Slate Bourbon Red Beltsville Small White Royal Palm

? From the blue award Large Breed group the following will be given: Champion Large Breed

BANTAM CLASS: The bantam class is divided by divisions and breed within that division. When making your entry form please use the division number and sex. The breed is listed only to help identify the specific division for your project. When sexing your poultry: C=cockerel, P=pullet, H=hen and R=rooster. Game Division #92 Modern Old English

Single Clean Legged Division #93 Ancona Andalusian Australorp Campine Catalana Delaware Dorking Dutch Frizzle Holland Japanese Java Jersey Giant Lakenvelder Lamona Leghorn Minorca Naked Neck New Hampshire Orpington Phoenix Plymouth Rock Rhode Island Red Spanish Sussex

Rose Comb Clean Legged Division #94 Ancona Antwerp Belgian Dominique Dorking Hamburg Leghorn Minorca Redcap Sebright Wyandotte Rosecomb Rhode Island Red Rhode Island White

All Other Clean Legged Division #95 Ameraucana Araucana Buckeye Chantecller Cornish Crevecoeur Cubalaya Houdan La Fleche Malay Polish Shamo Sumatra Yokohama Sicilian Buttercup

Feathered Legged Division #96 Booted Brahma Cochin d’Uccle Faverolle Frizzle Langshan

Silkie Sultan

? From the blue award Bantam group the following will be given: Champion Bantam

WATERFOWL CLASS: The waterfowl class is divided by divisions, weight, and breed within that division. When making your entry form please use the division number, weight letter, and sex. The breed is listed only to help identify the specific division for your project. When sexing your waterfowl: H=hen or D=drake and G=goose or GA= gander.

Duck Division #97 Heavy weight Pekin Aylesbury Rouen Muscovy Appleyard Saxony Medium weight Cayuga Crested Swedish Buff Light weight Runner Campbell Magpie Welsh Harlequin Bantam Call East Indies Mallard Geese Division #98 Heavy weight Toulouse Embden African Medium weight Sebastopol Pilgrim American Buff Saddleback Pomeranian Light weight Chinese Tufted Roman Canada Egyptian

? From the blue award Waterfowl group the following will be given: Champion Waterfowl

? The Best-In-Show and Reserve-In-Show will be chosen from the following: Champion Production Champion Market Champion Large Breed Champion Bantam Champion Waterfowl

SHOWMANSHIP CLASS: Junior 99-A, Intermediate 99-B, Senior 99-C