1. All State of Wisconsin mandatory health regulations apply. See County & District Fairs, Rules and Regulations of Animal Health in front of this book.

2. All Junior Fair rules apply. See Jefferson County Fair-Junior Fair Rules in front of this book. In addition, the following rules will also be enforced:

3. State law prohibits wild game at this fair. An exhibitor's game farm license does not cover the fair.

4. All poultry exhibits are to be made single, unless otherwise noted.

5. Only poultry as listed may be entered. No other entries will be accepted.

6. Entry tags will not be sent to exhibitors prior to fair time, but will be placed directly on cages. Be sure your entries are made correctly as you will not have an opportunity to make corrections.

7. All Poultry will be health inspected upon entry. Any birds found to have parasites may not be shown. Furthermore all poultry must be in reasonable feather or they may not be shown. PLEASE check your birds in with a superintendent before placing any poultry in cages at the fair.

8. Sticker awards will be used on entry tags at the fair. Junior fair exhibitors are to pick up their ribbon awards at the time each individual class is judged on Friday.

9. Certificate of Pullorum Typhoid blood test is required to exhibit poultry at the fair for both chickens and turkeys (See Pullorum Typhoid guidelines in front of this book). All certificates MUST be turned in prior to checking in your poultry.

10. A $.25 per bird, non-refundable cage fee will be charged.

11. All market entries should be market ready (age and condition) and will be weighed in on Thursday. Market Entries that do not receive a weigh-in slip will not be judged. All market entries receiving a blue ribbon will be eligible to be sold in the Small Animal Sale.

12. All Poultry must be banded, with a numbered leg or wing band, prior to arriving at the fair. This number must be recorded, on the back of the entry tag, by the exhibitor, at time of check-in.

13. All exhibitors must complete a minimum of one (1) hour of barn duty during the fair.

14. All exhibitors must complete either set-up or take down at Fair.

15. All food and water will be provided, however all exhibitors must feed and water their own poultry.

16. All food and water cups must be provided by each exhibitor. No paper cups or paper containers are permitted.

17. Each exhibitor is limited to 12 total Lots containing poultry. Eggs, Showmanship, Posters and Herdsmanship are not included in this Lot total.

18. Each exhibitor must be present to show their own poultry. If an exhibitor is not present or has not made arrangements with another individual exhibitor that Lot will automatically receive a Participation Ribbon.

19. Owners bring birds at their own risk.

20. The American Standard of Perfection shall be main guide of the judges.

21. The superintendents reserve the right to send any poultry home for showing signs of poor health during the Fair. If your bird is shown to be in poor health it must be removed immediately.

AGE CLASSIFICATIONS

Cock, Hen, Old Drake, Old Duck, Old Gander, Old Goose – hatched prior to January 1 of exhibit year

Cockerel, Pullet, Young Drake, Young Duck, Young Gander, Young Goose, Young Tom, Young Hen, Young Cock - hatched after January 1 of exhibit year

Chickens, Turkey, and Pigeon - must be at least eight (8) weeks of age

Waterfowl - must be at least ten (10) weeks of age at time of exhibit

Premiums: Classes A-F (Danish) $2.00-1.75-1.50-1.25

CLASS A - Chickens Cock Hen Cockerel Pullet

Lot # Lot # Lot # Lot #

American Varieties

All Plymouth Rocks 1 2 3 4

Rhode Island Reds 5 6 7 8

All Wyandottes 9 10 11 12

All New Hampshires 13 14 15 16

All Other American Varieties 17 18 19 20

Mediterranean Varieties

S.C. White Leghorns 21 22 23 24

All Brown Leghorns 25 26 27 28

All Minorcas 29 30 31 32

All other Med. Varieties 33 34 35 36

Crossbreeds

Crossbred egg type (White earlobe) 37 38 39 40

Crossbred meat type (Red earlobe) 41 42 43 44

Crossbred (Mix) 45 46 47 48

Asiatic Varieties

Light Brahmas 49 50 51 52

All other Asiatic Varieties 53 54 55 56

English Varieties

All Orpingtons 57 58 59 60

All Australorps 61 62 63 64

All Other English Varieties 65 66 67 68

Miscellaneous Class

Continental 69 70 71 72

Any Other Standard Varieties 73 74 75 76

Bantams

(Varieties as recognized by Standard of Perfection Only!)

Cochin 77 78 79 80

All feathered legged varieties 81 82 83 84

All single combed/Clean 85 86 87 88

Legged Var.

All Rose combed/Clean 89 90 91 92

Legged Var.

All Varieties of Game Bantams 93 94 95 96

All Other Varieties of Bantams 97 98 99 100

Crossbreeds

Crossbred Bantam (Mix) 101 102 103 104

Class B – Ducks Old Drake Old Duck Young Male Young Female

Lot# Lot# Lot# Lot#

All Heavy Varieties 1 2 3 4

All Medium Varieties 5 6 7 8

All Light Varieties 9 10 11 12

All Bantam Varieties 13 14 15 16

Class C – Geese Old Gander Old Goose Young Goose Young Gander

Lot# Lot# Lot# Lot#

All Heavy Varieties 1 2 3 4

All Medium Varieties 5 6 7 8

All Light Varieties 9 10 11 12

Class D – Turkeys Young Tom Young Hen

Lot# Lot#

All Board Breasted White 1 2

All Board Breasted Bronze 3 4

All other Standard Varieties 5 6

Class E – Pigeons Cock Hen Young Cock Young Hen

Lot# Lot# Lot# Lot#

Performing or Sporting 1 2 3 4

Utility Breeds 5 6 7 8

Fancy Breeds 9 10 11 12

Class F - Market Class

Rules:

1. All Market birds must be banded.

Lot #

1. Yearling Hen - Judged on egg production (Exhibitor must bring all eggs collected, from the yearling hen, for the previous seven days to be judged with yearling hen)

2. Capons (2 birds, each over 7 pounds)

3. Roaster Chickens (2 birds, either sex, each 4.6 pounds or over each)

4. Broiler Chickens (2 young birds, either sex, 2.5 to 4.5 pounds each)

5. Young Drake (5 pounds or over)

6. Young Duck (5 pounds or over)

7. Young Gander (7 pounds or over)

8. Young Goose (7 pounds or over)

9. Young Tom (over 15 weeks of age) Market Standard 35#

10. Young Turkey (over 15 weeks of age) Market Standard 24#

Class G – Champion & Reserve Champion – Ribbon Award

(Exhibitors need not enter this class)

Lot#

1. Standard Chicken 6. Pigeon

2. Bantam Chicken 7. Market Class

3. Duck 8. Overall Grand Champion Poultry

4. Goose 9. Overall Reserve Champion Poultry

5. Turkey

Class H – Eggs

Premium: (Danish) $1.75-1.50-1.25-1.00

1. White (1 dozen)

2. Brown (1 dozen)

3. Any Other Variety (1 dozen)

Class J – Showmanship – Must sign up in advance!

Premium: (Danish) $3.00-2.50-2.00-1.50

Lot#

1. Showmanship: Grade 9 & up

2. Showmanship: Grade 6-8

3. Showmanship: Grade 3-5

Class K – Poultry Posters (Any Topic Relating to Poultry) RIBBON ONLY

1. Senior Artist – Grade 9 & up

2. Intermediate Artist – Grade 6 to 8

3. Junior Artist – Grade 3 to 5

CLASS L - HERDSMANSHIP

RULES:

1. All clubs, regardless of the number of entries, must enter herdsmanship and will be required to follow all herdsmanship and exhibit rules. Make your club herdsmanship entry on the regular county fair entry blank in the name of the club.

2. Small and large club divisions will be determined after poultry exhibits are in place at the fair.

3. The scorecard for judging herdsmanship and other rules pertaining to herdsmanship will be found in the current year's "Poultry Project Handout".

Lot # - Regular Judging

1. Small Club

2. Large Club

Premium $9.00-8.00-7.00-6.00

Last Updated 03/11/2008