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4-H Poultry Show - 2003 Minnesota State Fair

  

The 2003 4-H POULTRY SHOW was held at the Minnesota State Fair August 21-24 with 250 4-Hers participating in this year's activities.

POULTRY CONTESTS were held Thursday, August 21, with birds of all shapes and sizes. Participants earned a trip to the state fair by winning in their category at their local county fair. Projects shown by the 4-Hers included:

  • Market chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese

  • Breeding pens of chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese

  • Egg production chickens

  • Utility, fancy and flying varieties of pigeons

Below are some of the photos taken at the contests.

Market chickens:

Photo: Market chickens contestant Photo: Market chickens contestant

Market turkeys:

Photo: Market turkeys contestant Photo: Judging market turkeys

 

Market ducks:

Photo: Market ducks contestantPhoto: Market ducks contestant

 

Market geese:

Photo: Market geese contestant Photo: Judging market geese

 

Breeding chickens (standard):

Photo: Breeding chickens (standard) contestantsPhoto: Breeding chickens (standard) contestants

 

Breeding chickens (Bantam):

Photo: Breeding chickens (Bantam) contestantsPhoto: Breeding chickens (Bantam) contestants

 

Breeding ducks:

Photo: Breeding ducks contestantPhoto: Breeding ducks contestant

 

Breeding geese:

Photo: Breeding geese contestantPhoto: Breeding geese contestant

 

Breeding turkeys:

Photo: Contestant waits while judge checks out breeding turkeys           Pigeons:  
          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 4-H Poultry Show would not have been possible without the many hours put in by volunteers who were involved in the planning stages long before the show started and were on hand to help run the Poultry Show.

Photo: Volunteer Phone: Two of our volunteers


Photo: Poultry Show Ring MasterPhoto: One of many volunteers


The STATE CHICKEN BARBECUE CONTEST was held on Saturday, August 23. The contest was sponsored by Gold'n Plump who supplied the chicken to be barbecued and the prize money for the winners. Last year was the first ever Chicken Barbecue Contest with 8 participants; this year there were 21 participants. Thirteen seniors competed for the opportunity to represent Minnesota in the National Chicken Barbecue, Turkey Barbecue and Egg Preparation Contests in Louisville, Kentucky, in November. Participants were required to prepare and cook four chicken halves and then turn in two. A variety of different techniques and recipes were used.

Photo: Chicken barbecue contestant Photo: Chicken barbecue contestant

hoto: Chicken barbeque contestant


   Chicken barbecue contestants were judged on cooking skill

Photo: Judging skill of participants in Chicken Barbecue Contest      as well as final appearance and taste.
Photo: Taste judges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Photo: Mike Hohrmann
The STATE POULTRY JUDGING CONTEST, organized by Mike Hohrmann, was held on Sunday, August 24. The top five participants will have the opportunity to represent Minnesota at the national competition in Louisville, Kentucky, in November.

The contest involves ranking two classes of egg production hens on their level of egg production; grading table eggs for exterior and interior quality; grading ready-to-cook chicken carcasses; and identifying ready-to-cook chicken parts.

 

Photo: Contestants grading broken out eggs

 

Left: Contestants grade broken out eggs as AA, A, B or inedible (blood spots).

 

 

 

 

Photo: Contestants identify chicken parts

 

 

Right: Contestants identify chicken parts.

 

 

 

Below: Contestants identify ready-to-cook chicken parts.

Photo: Contestants identify ready-to-cook chicken parts


Right: Contestants evaluate classes of hens and place each class according to the estimated level of egg production. They explain their reasons for one of the classes and are also judged on their level of knowledge shown during that presentation.