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2012 Wise County Youth Fair April 2 - 7 |
| POULTRY SHOW DEPARTMENT O Superintendent: Monty Fitzgerald Assistant Superintendents: James Hubbard, Decatur Kim Dunlap, Slidell Breeding Judge: TBA Broiler Judge: TBA ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RULES AND INFORMATION 1. The General Rules of the Wise County Youth Fair and the following rules will govern the Poultry Show. 2. Arrival, Judging, Release. Broilers may arrive between 8:00-8:30a.m. on Monday. Judging will begin at 9:00 a.m. BROILER SHOW IS TERMINAL Bantam and Standards may arrive between 8:00-8:30 am. on Monday. Judging will begin following the Broiler show on Monday. Release will be following the show. BROILER ORDER IS DUE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT BY DECEMBER 10, 2011 AND MUST BE PAID FOR AT THAT TIME. 3. Exhibits showing definite signs of disease or health problems will be barred from the show and removed from the fair grounds. 4. No pigeons or wildlife will be allowed. 5. Poultry exhibits consist of singles, trios and broilers. A single may be a pullet, hen, cockerel or cock. A broiler entry will consist of three (3) birds per pen, maximum of two (2) pens. 6. Definitions: Pullet is a female bird under one year of age. Hen is a female bird one year of age or over. Cockerel is a male bird under one year of age. Cock is a male bird one year of age or over. 7. Ribbons will be awarded to each entry on the following basis: Blue 90 points or above Red 80-89 points White 70-79 points Yellow 69 points and below BANTAM AND STANDARD SHOW 1. NO crossbred, fighting game cocks or clipped-winged chickens. 2. The Texas Pullorum Disease and Fowl Control Act of 1977 requires all poultry going on public exhibition to originate from pullorum-typhoid clean flocks or hatcheries or to have a negative pullorum-typhoid test within ninety(90) days prior to exhibition. Entries may satisfy these requirements by any of the following methods: (1) Originate from a flock of certified “U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean” by the National Poultry Improvement Plan. (2) Originate from a flock certified “Pullorum-Typhoid Clean” by the Texas Pullorum Disease and Fowl Typhoid Control Program. (3) A negative reaction to a Pullorum- Typhoid test conducted by an authorized testing agent within 90 days prior to the show. (4) A negative reaction to a Pullorum-Typhoid test which may be authorized by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station on arrival at the show. Entries satisfying the requirements by methods 1, 2, & 3 must be accompanied by a NPIP Form 15 or a Texas Pullorum-Typhoid Control Program Form 02 or a certificate issued by an authorized Agent verifying a permanent type band number and date of test. 3. NO testing agent, will be at the show. Exhibitor must call and make appointment to have birds tested before show. (940)736-4204. BROILER SHOW 1. Participants of broiler show can order two pens of broilers (25 birds per pen) ordered by the Superintendent but can only show a total of two (2) pens of broilers per exhibitor. All chicks will come from the same hatch. 2. All birds will be wing banded and bands must be in the wing at time of show for bird to be eligible. No bird will be allowed to be shown without a wing band attached. 3. The use of growth stimulants and/or growth hormones will result in disqualification. 4. There will be two (2) classes of Broilers—Pullet and Cockerel. Each pen will consists of three (3) birds to be shown on Monday. Minimum weight for broilers to be eligible to show is three (3) pounds. 5. The top three (3) pens in each class will be sold in the auction on Saturday. 6. An exhibitor may enter two (2) pens of broilers but, only sell one. An individual can win grand, reserve or third, fourth, or fifth best with his/her broiler entry, but not all five. When winning grand champion his/her birds will not be considered for further prizes or awards. CLASSES: 1. Broilers 2. Standard Breed Cock 3. Standard Breed Hen 4. Standard Breed Cockerel 5. Standard Breed Pullet 6. Bantam Breed Cock 7. Bantam Breed Hen 8. Bantam Breed Cockerel 9. Bantam Breed Pullet |
