Variety - Simply put, this is the color of your bird. This can be black, white, partridge, golden laced, etc.
Breed - The breed of bird you are showing. Wyandotte, Old English Game, Plymouth Rock, etc.
Left Side Boxes - The size/class of bird. Categories are large fowl, bantam, duck, goose, turkey, other.
Right Side Boxes - Age of the bird. Cock (male 1 year or older), Hen (female 1 year or older), Cockerel (male under a year), Pullet (female under a year), Old Trio (one cock, two hens), Young Trio (one cockerel, two pullets).
Entry Number - Also known as exhibitor number. This is the number assigned to you when you check in your birds at a show. All of the birds you enter will have the same entry number, that way you can find exactly where your birds go. This is also important for the clerk to keep track of who won and points.
Band Number - This is VERY rarely used. It is the number on the band on the bird. I have been to countless shows and have never seen this filled out.
Judges Section - Now this will vary from judge to judge. Every judge has a unique way of filling this out. Most of the time, they kind of ignore the boxes and write over that section with their notes. Some use letters, some numbers, some tick marks. Most of the time, you won't be able to see what they mean, it is meant mainly to help them keep track when comparing many birds to each other. But when the judge has decided he will give the following abbreviation(s):
BB: Best of Breed
RB: Reserve of Breed
BV: Best of Variety
RV: Reserve of Variety
BC: Best in Class
RC: Reserve of Class
RB: Reserve of Breed
BV: Best of Variety
RV: Reserve of Variety
BC: Best in Class
RC: Reserve of Class
There are 7 classes of birds:
1) Modern Game
2) Old English and American Game
3) Single Comb Clean Leg
4) Rose Comb Clean Leg
5) All Other Comb Clean Leg
6) Feather Leg
7) Bantam Duck
If you would like to learn more about what class your bird is in, please reference the Standard of Perfection from the American Poultry Association and/or the American Bantam Association.
2) Old English and American Game
3) Single Comb Clean Leg
4) Rose Comb Clean Leg
5) All Other Comb Clean Leg
6) Feather Leg
7) Bantam Duck
If you would like to learn more about what class your bird is in, please reference the Standard of Perfection from the American Poultry Association and/or the American Bantam Association.
