The judges not only enjoyed DD's chicken training presentation, but one of them gave her contact info because she wants to buy some chicks from us. As we were leaving from the 1st day of judging, DD saw her poster was moved to the front with the big "Best in Show" rosette. (She completed 17 different projects this year.)
Here's the poster she made to go along with her training video.
I liked how she stamped a trail of chicken feet across the bottom.
Video was posted earlier but here's another link.
The other really big project (below) was for vet sci. Thanks to some generous local BYC friends, she was able to conduct a 3rd trial and make some valid conclusions. She had roo fertility issues with trial 1 (He needed a butt fluff trim.) For trial 2 I used the bread machine next to where she placed her eggs. The table shook & the eggs got scrambled. (Only 50% hatched!) Then with only 6 weeks until the fair, she wanted to do a 3rd trial but wouldn't have the time to hatch AND wait for chicks to mature enough to identify gender. That's where the BYC friends came in. She was able to hatch some sexible breeds instead of our lav orps. We found out yesterday, that this project also won "Best in Show." Now my sweet girl must decide which project to bring to Springfield, IL. (Our county only allows a child to bring 1 project so more children have opportunities to go.)
BTW- Although many people say the rounded eggs= female & pointy eggs = male, she found this to be false. Only 38% of her gender predictions based on egg shape were true. With less than 50% correct, I think she would have had better accuracy flipping a coin. LOL Either way, she did a great job measuring the eggs, calculating ratios, making predictions, controlling variables, caring for chicks, and analyzing her data.
Here's the poster she made to go along with her training video.
I liked how she stamped a trail of chicken feet across the bottom.
Video was posted earlier but here's another link.
The other really big project (below) was for vet sci. Thanks to some generous local BYC friends, she was able to conduct a 3rd trial and make some valid conclusions. She had roo fertility issues with trial 1 (He needed a butt fluff trim.) For trial 2 I used the bread machine next to where she placed her eggs. The table shook & the eggs got scrambled. (Only 50% hatched!) Then with only 6 weeks until the fair, she wanted to do a 3rd trial but wouldn't have the time to hatch AND wait for chicks to mature enough to identify gender. That's where the BYC friends came in. She was able to hatch some sexible breeds instead of our lav orps. We found out yesterday, that this project also won "Best in Show." Now my sweet girl must decide which project to bring to Springfield, IL. (Our county only allows a child to bring 1 project so more children have opportunities to go.)
BTW- Although many people say the rounded eggs= female & pointy eggs = male, she found this to be false. Only 38% of her gender predictions based on egg shape were true. With less than 50% correct, I think she would have had better accuracy flipping a coin. LOL Either way, she did a great job measuring the eggs, calculating ratios, making predictions, controlling variables, caring for chicks, and analyzing her data.
