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Competition Guidelines:
Awards & Recognition:Participate in a community and/or county 4-H Poultry Judging Contest. At the area contest, each county may have a maximum of 20 Junior (Cloverleaf and Junior age group) and/or 20 Senior contestants. The total score of the high three members will constitute the team score. Counties wishing to have three separate teams must designate them before the contest. Contestants from a county with less than three entries may participate as individuals. In the area and state contests, 4-H members will be required to judge classes as described in the 4-H Poultry Judging Manual. Ten minutes will be allowed to judge each class. Two minutes will be allowed to give oral reasons on the production classes. The winning area team will be the county whose team has the largest sum score.
Ties will be broken by reasons scores.
ScorecardsEach participant will receive an award card and a judging pin. The high Junior individual at each area contest will receive an award and certificate. Certificates will be awarded the three highest scoring Junior teams at each area contest. Expense-paid trip to State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest for the first two high Senior teams in each area contest. In addition, the next four high Senior teams from the "state-at-large" will have an invitation only to the State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest. These teams will travel at their own expense. The top four members of the county team will constitute the team for the state contest. The state winning senior team will be the high scoring team at the state contest. Ties will be broken on the basis of reasons scores. The state top winning team and county Extension agent coach will receive an expense-paid trip to National 4-H Poultry Judging Contest, Louisville, KY. The second high state team and county Extension agent coach will receive an expense-paid trip to the Eastern Regional 4-H Poultry Judging Contest, Richmond, Virginia. These team members are eligible to compete in the Georgia 4-H Poultry Judging Contest again but only for the Louisville trip. The top four members of the Senior state winning team and high individual, will become Master 4-H'ers and will travel to State 4-H Congress after lunch on the last full day, attend the Annual Banquet and spend the night. Banquet meal and lodging expenses will be paid. Mileage is not covered.