POULTRY DIVISION

POULTRY SHOWMANSHIP The first place purple will receive a trophy in each division. Purple, Blue, Red and White ribbons will be awarded to all participants.  Any 4-H'er with a bird may enter the competition.  The participant may use any bird they choose, so long as it was raised and trained by the 4-H'er.  The basis for judging showmanship is on grooming and training of the bird and the appearance and behavior of the exhibitor. The exhibitor must vocally explain the steps in their routine and the merit of the bird. Primarily showmanship is the skill of the exhibitor in presenting and explaining the bird before the judge. The excellence of the bird is not considered in scoring.  Maximum length of showmanship presentations is five minutes. Exhibitors will be timed. Time will begin as soon as the 4-Her begins speaking and will stop when the exhibitor posed the bird or when they indicate to the judge they are finished with their presentation. Point deductions may be accessed if the length of showmanship presentations exceeds 5 minutes.  The judge may or may not ask questions of the exhibitor at the close of the routine.

PREMIUMS: Purple, $2.00; Blue, $1.00; Red, $.75; White, $.50 CLASSES G070901 Poultry Showmanship - Senior (14 & over on December 31 of previous year) G070902 Poultry Showmanship - Junior (11-12-13 on December 31 of previous year) G070903 Poultry Showmanship - Novice (8-9-10 on December 31 of previous year) Showmanship Order: Senior, Junior, & Novice

POULTRY SHOW RULES: PREMIUMS FOR PENS: Purple, $3.00; Blue, $2.25; Red, $1.50; White, $.75. PREMIUMS FOR INDIVIDUAL: Purple, $2.00; Blue, $1.50; Red, $1.00; White, $.50.

TROPHIES: Champion & Reserve Champion Large Fowl; Champion & Reserve Champion ; Champion Pick-a-Chick; Champion Duck; Champion Goose; and Champion Other Poultry.

ARRIVAL DEADLINE - All poultry exhibits must be in place by 12:00 noon, Thursday, August 13.

NUMBER OF ENTRIES PER EXHIBITOR - A 4-H member is limited to exhibiting 8 entries per DIVISION.

HEALTH REQUIREMENTS - See /Animal General Rules

QUALITY ASSURANCE TRAINING - All exhibitors must have received Quality Assurance training or testing through a UNL Extension program prior to the fair. Program attendance or completion of a test in the county extension office is required. Completion of training will be certified by county extension staff.

BREEDS -To be eligible for breed exhibition, cockerel, pullet, cock or hen entries must be fair representatives of one of the breeds listed in the American Standard of Perfection. (Crossbred will only be shown in the trio.)

MINIMUM WEIGHTS -The minimum weights for exhibition birds will be as stated in The American Standard of Perfection and the Bantam Standard.

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.

RULES FOR BANTAM & OTHER POULTRY -The rules for standard size chickens apply equally to bantams, waterfowl and turkey where applicable.

ENTRIES MUST BE 4-H PROJECT BIRDS -All poultry exhibited must be grown in a 4-H member's project. Exhibits will be shown by class. Each class will be divided into the appropriate breed and variety. If there are 5 or more of a variety they will be shown in a group as a variety. If there are less than 5, varieties will be combined and shown by breeds. If less than 5 exhibits of a breed are entered the superintendent reserves the right to combine breeds to provide for an orderly show.

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RELEASE FROM SHOW -Poultry will be released after 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 16. Poultry must be removed from the building by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 17.

DRESS CODE -will be as required in the Livestock/Animal General Rules.

CARE CODE: The 4-Her is responsible to feed, water and keep track of poultry during the fair (it is best to label the cage). Clean-up during and after the fair is also the exhibitor’s responsibility.

DIVISION 71, LARGE FOWL CLASSES G071901 American Jersey Giant (Black & White); New Hampshire Red; Plymouth Rock (Barred, Blue, Buff, Columbian, Partridge, Silver Penciled & White); Rhode Island Red (Single Comb & Rose Comb); Wyandotte (Black, Blue, Buff, Columbian, Golden Laced, Partridge, Silver Laced, Silver Penciled & White) G071902 Asiatic Brahmas (Buff, Dark, Light); Cochin (Barred, Black, Blue, Brown, Buff, Golden Laced, Partridge, Silver Laced, White); Langshan (Black, Blue, White) G071903 English Australorps; Cornish (Buff, Dark, White, White Laced Red); Dorkings (Colored, Red, Silver-Gray, White); Orpington (Black, Blue, Buff, White); Sussex (Light, Red, Speckled) G071904 Mediterranean Leghorn (Single Comb - Buff, Dark Brown, Light Brown, Black, Silver, Red, Black-Tailed Red, White, Columbian, Golden Duckwing; Rose Comb- Buff, Dark Brown, Light Brown, White, Black, Silver); Minorca (Single Comb- Black, White, Buff; Rose Comb- Black, White); Buttercup G071905 Continental Campines (Silver, Golden); Faverolles (Salmon & White); Hamburg (Black, White, Golden-Spangled, Silver-Spangled, Golden-Penciled, Silver-Penciled); Polish (Bearded-Golden, Silver, White, Buff Laced; Non-Bearded White Crested Black, Golden, Silver, White, Black Crested White, White Crested Blue, Buff Laced); Houdan G071906 All Other Breeds Naked Neck, Game, Sumatra, Araucanas, Ameracanas G071907 Pick-A-Chick Chickens that were received through the Pick-A-Chick Project.

DIVISION 72, BANTAM CLASSES G072901 Game ; G072902 Single Comb Clean Legged Andalusian; Dutch; Japanese; Leghorn; New Hampshire; Plymouth Rock; Orpington; Rhode Island Red G072903 Rose Comb Clean Legged Leghorn; Rosecomb; Sebright; Wyandotte, Belgian Bearded D’Anver G072904 All Other Comb Clean Legged Cornish; Houdan; Polish G072905 Feather Legged Class Brahma; Cochin; Frizzle; Silkie; Belgian Bearded D’Uccle; Langshan

DIVISION 73, DUCK CLASSES G073901 Heavy Weight (Muscovy, Pekin, Rouen) G073902 Medium Weight (Buff, Cayuga, Crested, Swedish) G073903 Light Weight (Campbell, Khaki, Runner) G073904 Bantam Duck (Call, East Indie, Mallard)

DIVISION 74, GOOSE CLASSES G074901 Goose (All weights) – may be divided by Heavy Weight (African, Emden-White, Toulouse); Medium Weight (American Buff, Pilgrim, Saddleback Pomeranian, Sebastopol); or Light Weight (Canada, Chinese, Egyptian, Tufted Roman)

DIVISION 78, PRODUCTION TRIO CLASSES G078901 Production Trio

DIVISION 79, OTHER POULTRY CLASSES G079901 Other Poultry (Turkeys-all weights, Pigeons, Guineas, Pheasants, etc.)

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