4-H Poultry Judging Contest

Poultry:

Superintendent: Dr. Sheila Scheideler, UNL Poultry Extension, Research & Teaching

Day, Time and Place: Monday; Registration at 8:45 am , Contest at 9:00 am , Animal Science Complex

There are no age divisions in this contest. A team consists of 3 or 4 individuals with total scores of three high individuals making the team score. The top team may qualify for for the National Poultry Judging Contest in Louisville, KY. Eligible teams must meet all the qualifications established by the National contest. However, if a team has one or more members who are under 14 years of age, that team will be ineligible to qualify for National competition. Individuals composing a team must be designated as such if they are to enter team competition. One or two individuals may be entered in lieu of a team.

Contest Components: The contest consists of two classes of judging hens for past production, one set of oral reasons on a production hen class, grading eggs based on exterior quality, interior quality by candling, and broken-out quality, grading ready-to-cook poultry and identification of ready-to-cook parts. "National Poultry Judging" (4H 460) will be a reference for this contest.

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