How old does a kid need to be to enter a bird in the fair?

[gritsar]

Since my silkie will be hatching chicks soon, I wonder how old a child needs to be to enter a chicken at the county fair?

I was thinking of giving the GS a chick to raise for it, but DH says GS is too young? The bird would have to live with us since GS lives in town, meaning I would be responsible for alot of its care. GS could come over and help though.

The GS is 5.

 

[ranchhand]

Sounds like a lovely idea, but I would wait a few years. Do you really want parents of GS there that often?

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Check with your area. Here, it's 8 by Jan 1 for county, 12 by Jan 1 for state.

 

[sjarvis00]

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We had 4 and 5 yr olds showing at the county fair last year but actual ABA APA sponsored events should be much different.

 

[gritsar]

Thanks y'all. Ranchy, they are going to be here anyways. Might as well give the child something to do besides sit in front of the boob tube.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Oh, where we moved from, they had Clover Kids. They start young, but we never signed our little kids up for that. For 4-H, 8 is were they really got what was going on. Open class didn't have an age to show.