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review that showmanship techniques and questions on the website,
http://web2.uconn.edu/poultry/4-H Poultry/show.html . read lots of chickens books and learn the questions by heart. keep your eyes on the judge and smile... even if it's totally forced
work A LOT with your showmanship bird, you don't want it squawking or flying off the table, and use bantams if you have any. they're much easier to handle. do a little research about your breed, too. know a little history about it, a few different varieties and the class it's shown in... look in the standard of perfection if you need to. if you get backyard poultry magazine, they have an awsome article on showing this month
. if not, here's a link you can read some of the magazine on:
http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/issues/6-1.html shhh, i'm sharing cluckers secrets with you, don't tell anyone...except maybe your club
i hope you guys have better luck this year! the judge that judged our hillsborough county fair show (he's a uconn judge) said that the were going to use a bunch of new questions this year...uh-oh
probably a whole lot of q's about diseases (newcastles, marek's, avian influenza, salmonella pullorum, etc.) every year at the fair we have a "world famous hillsborough chicken quiz" created by the mother of one of the cluckers. this year's was extra hard and the uconn judge
asked for a copy which means if you're judged by the guy who always wears a cowboy-type hat, you're in trouble
just though i'd warn you guys. better brush up on your poultry knowledge. maybe we could quiz each other on the questions if there are two of us online at the same time
quick, name the feather tracts!
