POULTRY DEPARTMENT #250 Terry Reeder - (831) 688-7711 *** Show Subject to Cancellation Due to Virulent Newcastle Disease*** Check www.santacruzcountyfair.com for show status ELIGIBILITY: Open to all residents of Santa Cruz, Santa CASTLEBURY TROPHY is 5 years old, as of the date of Clara, San Benito and Monterey Counties. judging, per ABA/APA YOUTH PROGRAM - Y.E.P.A.) Age FIVE (5) and older on September 11th. • EGGS: All eggs laid during the Fair will become the ENTRY DEADLINE: August 10, 2019 (Postmarked) property of the Fair. Anyone caught removing eggs from ONLINE ENTRY any exhibit other than his/her own shall have his/her August 10, 2019 DEADLINE: entry disqualified and any prizes earned shall be forfeited. ENTRY FEE: $2.00 per show bird and • DISEASED BIRDS: Birds showing evidence of infection $5.00 per meat pen or contagious disease, lice or mites shall be removed from RECEIVING DATES Tuesday, September 10, 2019 the showroom. Dusting powder will be made available to (COOP IN): from 3PM until 8PM exhibitors. JUDGING DATE: Wednesday, September 11, • FEEDING: All poultry is fed and watered throughout the 2019. Fair by Fair personnel. ENTRY FORM: Page 4 • RISKS: All exhibits are entered at the owner's risk. The RELEASE DATE Sunday, September 15, 2019 14th District Agricultural Association will not be (COOP OUT): 6 PM to 8 PM. ALL BIRDS responsible for loss by fire, accident, theft or providential MUST BE REMOVED BY 8 PM. destruction. Every precaution will be taken to eliminate SHOWMANSHIP danger and mistakes in handling and return of stock. Age as of September 11, 2019 CLASS AGE DATE: • CLEAN UP: The Show Committee would appreciate SYSTEM OF JUDGING: American assistance in cleanup after the show. *SPECIAL NOTICE: Because of California State Poultry Health DESCRIPTION OF CLASSES: Regulations, all birds entered in the Fair must first pass 1 Year Old and Over through a certified poultry health inspection before being Large Chickens & Bantams Cock & Hen placed in their show cages. A special inspection site will be placed on the fairgrounds and birds must pass through this Ducks Old Drake & Old Duck station before entering poultry building. Coop-in times have Geese Old Gander & Old Goose been extended in order to ease the inspection process. A notice Turkeys Adult Tom & Adult Hen will be sent to each exhibitor entered in show, giving location Guinea Fowl Cock & Hen of inspection station. Thank you for your patience. Under 1 Year Old Large Chickens & Bantams Cockerel & Pullet RULES: Ducks Young Drake & Young Duck ENTRY FEES: $2.00 per show bird; $5.00 for meat pens; • Geese Young Gander & Young no charge for showmanship (showmanship bird must be Goose entered in show) Turkeys Young Tom & Young Hen • ENTRIES: Goose and Turkey classes are limited by space Guinea Fowl Cockerel & Pullet to a total of ten (10) and two (2) entries. Pen space will be allocated by entry form postmark. Entries not receiving ENTRY FORMS/POULTRY CLASSES: All birds shall be pen space will be notified and entry fees will be refunded. entered in the correct Divisions and Classes, indicating Breed • LEG BANDS: All birds must have numbered leg bands and Variety (color), except Commercial/Utility birds, which that correspond to entry forms. Leg bands may be need not indicate Breed or Variety. ordered through local feed and poultry supply stores. • COOP IN/COOP OUT: Birds must be cooped in on Tuesday evening, September 10, 2019, from 3 PM until 8 PREMIUMS OFFERED PM. ALL BIRDS, except those eliminated for health CHAMPION LARGE reasons, shall remain on exhibit until coop out at 6 PM on LAND FOWL $50.00 Sunday, September 15, 2019. All birds must be removed RESERVE LARGE by 8 PM on the last day of the Fair. No carrying cages or LAND FOWL $25.00 supplies may be stored in the show room. CHAMPION • REPEAT: NO BIRDS WILL BE RELEASED BEFORE COOP BANTAM LAND $50.00 OUT AT 6 PM, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019. FOWL • JUDGING: Judging will begin 9 AM on Wednesday, RESERVE BANTAM September 11, 2019. All standard bred poultry will be LAND FOWL $25.00 judged by comparison to the latest edition of the CHAMPION "STANDARD OF PERFECTION" AND "BANTAM WATERFOWL $50.00 STANDARD". All commercial utility fowl will be judged on RESERVE condition and suitability to utility. Please be sure to enter WATERFOWL $25.00 standard bred birds according to the appropriate standard. No mongrels or pit games, please. • SPECIAL AWARD -- BEAUTIFUL CASTLEBURY TROPHY PLAQUE FOR JUNIOR CHAMPION OF SHOW ~ (Minimum age of exhibitor to qualify for POULTRY DEPARTMENT #250 Terry Reeder - (831) 688-7711 *** Show Subject to Cancellation Due to Virulent Newcastle Disease*** Check www.santacruzcountyfair.com for show status LARGE FOWL (CHICKENS) WATERFOWL DIVISION 1: AMERICAN DUCKS Includes: Plymouth Rock, Dominique, Wyandotte, Java, Rhode DIVISION 13: HEAVY DUCKS Island Red, Rhode Island White, Buckeye, Chantecler, Jersey Includes: Pekin, Aylesbury, Rouen, Muscovy, Saxony, Silver Giant, Lamona, New Hampshire, Holland, and Delaware. Appleyard DIVISION 14: MEDIUM DUCKS DIVISION 2: ASIATIC Includes: Cayuga, Crested, Swedish, Buff Includes: Brahma, Cochin, and Langshan DIVISION 15: LIGHT DUCKS DIVISION 3: ENGLISH Includes: Runner, Campbell, Magpie, Silver Welsh Harlequin Includes: Dorking, Redcap, Cornish, Orpington, Sussex, and DIVISION 16: BANTAM DUCKS Australorp Includes: Call, East India, Mallard, Mandarin, Wood Duck DIVISION 4: MEDITERRANEAN Classes: Includes: Leghorn, Minorca, Spanish, Andalusian, Ancona, 1. Old Drake Sicilian Buttercup, and Catalana 2. Old Duck 3. Young Drake DIVISION 5: CONTINENTAL 4. Young Duck Includes: Hamburg, Campine, Lakenvelder, Polish, Houdan, Crevecoeur, La Fleche, Faverolle, Barnevelder, Marans, and GEESE Welsummer DIVISION 17: HEAVY GEESE Includes: Toulouse, Embden, African DIVISION 6: ALL OTHER STANDARD BREEDS DIVISION 18: MEDIUM GEESE Includes: Modern Game, Old English Game, Sumatra, Malay, Includes: Sebastopol, Pilgrim, American Buff, Saddleback Cubalaya, Phoenix, Yokohama, Aseel, Shamo, Sultan, Naked Pomeranian Neck, Araucana, and Ameraucana DIVISION 19: LIGHT GEESE Classes: Includes: Chinese, Tufted Roman, Canada, Egyptian 1. Cock Classes: 2. Hen 1. Old Gander 3. Cockerel 2. Old Goose 4. Pullet 3. Young Gander 4. Young Goose BANTAM (CHICKENS) TURKEYS DIVISION 7: MODERN GAME DIVISION 20: ALL STANDARD TURKEY BREEDS Includes: All varieties Includes: Bronze, Narragansett, White Holland, Black, Slate, DIVISION 8: AMERICAN AND OLD ENGLISH GAME Bourbon Red, Beltsville Small White, Royal-Palm Includes: All varieties Classes: DIVISION 9: SINGLE COMB CLEAN LEGGED 1. Old Tom Includes: Ancona, Andalusian, Australorp, Campine, Catalana, 2. Old Hen Delaware, Dorking, Holland, Japanese, Java, Jersey Giant, 3. Young Tom Lakenvelder, Lamona, Leghorn, Minorca, Naked Neck, Nankin, 4. Young Hen New Hampshire, Orpington, Phoenix, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Spanish, Sussex, Barnevelder, American Serama, and Welsummer GUINEA FOWL DIVISION 10: ROSE COMB CLEAN LEGGED DIVISION 21: GUINEA FOWL Includes: Ancona, Antwerp Belgian, Dominique, Dorking, Includes: Lavender, Pearl, White Hamburg, Leghorn, Minorca, Nankin, Redcap, Rhode Island Classes: Red, Rhode Island White, Rosecomb, Sebright, Wyandotte 1. Cock DIVISION 11: ANY OTHER COMB CLEAN LEGGED 2. Hen Includes: Ameraucana, Araucana, Buckeye, Chantecler, 3. Cockerel Cornish, Crevecoeur, Cubalaya, Houdan, La Fleche, Malay, 4. Pullet Polish, Shamo, Sicilian Buttercup, Sumatra, Yokohama DIVISION 12: FEATHER LEGGED UTILITY FOWL Includes: Booted, Brahma, Cochin, D’Uccle, Faverolle, DIVISION 22: UTILITY FOWL BRED FOR THE Langshan, Silkie, Sultan PRODUCTION OF EGGS Classes: Includes: “White-Egg” Layers, “Brown-Egg” Layers and “Any-Other-Color-Egg” Layers 1. Cock 2. Hen Classes: 3. Cockerel 1. White Egg Layer (Female Fowl) 4. Pullet 2. Brown Egg Layer (Female Fowl) 3. A-O-C Egg Layer (Female Fowl) POULTRY DEPARTMENT #250 Terry Reeder - (831) 688-7711 *** Show Subject to Cancellation Due to Virulent Newcastle Disease*** Check www.santacruzcountyfair.com for show status • Failure to observe any these guidelines may lead to POULTRY MEAT PENS ineligibility to enter the meat pen class in the future, First and Second Place Pens will go to the Livestock Auction on or ineligibility to sell birds at auction. th Saturday, September 14 DIVISION 23: POULTRY MEAT PEN (Rules follow, below) POULTRY SHOWMANSHIP Class: 1. Poultry Meat Pen (Two Chickens per Cage) Beautiful Silver Belt Buckle for Overall Showmanship Champion Special Meat Pen Rules: Rosettes to Class Champions • Limit: ONE (1) Entry (Two Chickens) per individual. Ribbons to 8th Place in Each Class TEN (10) PEN LIMIT!!** • Entry Fee: $5.00 per meat pen • JUDGING: Friday, September 13, 2019, at 4 PM in the Poultry Barn. • Entry Forms: Meat pens shall be entered in accordance with the same deadlines as other poultry divisions in Fair. • ELIGIBILITY: This division is limited to youth at least five (5) years old and under the age of nineteen (19) as of September 11, 2019, who are residents of one of the • Eligibility: This division is limited to youth at least five (5) following counties: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and years old and under the age of nineteen (19) as of Santa Clara. No club affiliation is required. September 11, 2019, who are residents of one of the following counties: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and • ENTRIES: Showman must own the bird that is being used Santa Clara. No club affiliation is required. for showmanship and the bird must have been entered and judged in the show. • Ordering