4-H people.. Is 16 too old to start showing poultry?

[Celtic Hill]

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chicken people are SO much nicer then horse people, BTW! lol I show horses and i love going to the chicken shows because everyone is so nice!

 

[MissJenny]

God forbid we should be washed up at 16! OMG -- look at all the things she has never done! She has never cooked a Thanksgiving dinner, driven across country, purchased a washer and dryer, selected a house, stayed up all night with a sick baby, applied to college, met her mother-in-law, made a career, dumped a lousy job, dumped a lousy boyfriend. Good grief. She absolutely can not be afraid to try something new or she'll never try anything. The time is NOW.

Jenny

 

[BayouPoules]

Yeah ya right! I'm pushen 50 and the older I get the more I know there's so much more to know!

she laughed as she read this because sh had already gotten that speech at home,.: old

it wasn't so much fear,. just beginners nerves and wondering what it will be like to ne the OLDEST person in the beginners group (

16!)
,. the young man with the harsh attitude was an experienced shower and when she found out,. she was happy to ask him about it and maybe learn something,..she thought he knew what he was talking about,. she now thinks "he is a sad little man".

As a homeschooler,. I have to say,.. she has been taught to cook a Thanksgiving meal since she was small,. and will do a lot of the cooking this month,. ( she is downstairs baking oatmeal and cranberry cookies! I can smell them!) she has been to Costa Rica on a missionary trip,. paid for by saving hundreds of $'s in change for years,. taken over running the house for me when I was very ill and bedridden with a bad heart ( I'm getting much better!) collected items for soldiers and sent many care packages on her own for her Daddy to distribute when he was serving in Iraq,. not sure she wants to go to collage but thinks she will do a work-study program to start,. wants to be a keeper at home with LOTS of children,.and raise chickens and and horses and organic vegetables and .......well,. she is is a go-getter when the Lord leads her,..
she just had a little setback and needed a little encouragement,. I think she was taken by surprise to hear someone talk so ugly about her showing,. she's not used to ugly hearted people,. now THAT is something she is going to have to learn o deal with,. but she has done well this time,. I am so grateful for everyone's comments,. it really shows the fine quality of folks here on BYC,!!

 

[dkvart1]

She sounds wonderful! I'm glad she's decided not to let one sad individual persuade her. I've never been in 4-H, wish I had though. But due to some rather unfortunate events in my early childhood I was very shy and hated for anyone to notice me ( I still have to fight that tendancy), I even dropped out of band and quit playing the flute because my band director used me as an example of how a piece of music was supposed to be played. I was mortified and had to do it standing behind a portable chalk board so no one would see me. I missed a lot of fun experiences in my life and I'm glad your daughter isn't allowing another to spoil her fun!

Sometimes it's scary for sure. Several years ago to encourage my daughter to take some college classes I enrolled with her, talk about feeling like the oldest person there!

But I survived and had an absolutely wonderful time! And I know your daughter will as well! Looking forward to seeing her awards!

 

[Tanichca]

Lots of people start at 16 or 17. I knew a guy who was almost 18 when he showed for the first time! I was 11 when i started, but im extra tall so i always looked funny with all those little 9 and 10 year-olds.

 

[Harmony]

In our group, there was a teenager who was just starting collage at the end of his project! This was his first year in poultry 4-H, and his last due to age limits. Sixteen is certainly not to old!

 

[FlipFlopFarmer]

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chicken people are SO much nicer then horse people, BTW! lol I show horses and i love going to the chicken shows because everyone is so nice!

HAHAHAH!!!!! yea, its funny, snobs will be everywhere, but oh the joy i feel when some lil down home country bumpkin stomps the snobs at horse shows!!

 

[ultasol]

.... if she decides she doesn't like showing in 4-h, it's never too late to start showing in open class.

Many open class exhibitors start as adults.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

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That's absolutely ridiculous. I started showing at 15. Although others had been doing it long before I had, I still did very well in Showmanship and decently, youth-judging-wise, in small shows. I am 16 now and can tell you that I continue to learn more each time I compete and will not stop until I go away to college. I find that very insulting that another 4Her would stomp all over that idea. I felt a little silly my first time and a little lost, but because I did some research, I ended up looking like a pro, doing more grooming and practicing at the actual show, much more than I can say for others.

 

[awesomefowl]

I'm just starting and I'm only two years younger!