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Thanks to the detailed description from my friends Sherri and Tanner, I have this neat list of how all poultry shows are judged (in America at least), up to the Champion of Show:
Take a Porcelain d'Uccle Bantam Hen for example:
First they judge all the Porcelain d'Uccle Hens together and choose first, second, third, fourth, and fifth place winners (they judge all the Porcelain d'Uccle cocks, pullets, and cockerels the same way).
Second, from those four first place winners they just judged, they pick the BEST OF VARIETY winner. That bird is the best Porcelain colored d'Uccle (they do the same thing for the other color varieties of d'Uccles).
Third, from the winner of each Variety of d'Uccle, they choose the BEST OF BREED (they do that for each breed).
Next, from the Class (a d'Uccle is in the Single Comb Feathered Leg Bantam class, for example), they look at all the Best of Breed winners and select CHAMPION FL Bantam and RESERVE CHAMPION FL Bantam, which is like first and second place for the class.
Then, they judge all the class winners to get CHAMPION BANTAM, and RESERVE CHAMPION BANTAM (they also do this for all the large chickens, waterfowl, turkeys, and pigeons)
Then, from those most recent winners, they select BEST IN SHOW, and RESERVE IN SHOW.
This is all done for both Open Class (where all ages of exhibitors show their birds) and the Junior Show (where only ages 19 and under can enter their birds.)
Thanks to the detailed description from my friends Sherri and Tanner, I have this neat list of how all poultry shows are judged (in America at least), up to the Champion of Show:
Take a Porcelain d'Uccle Bantam Hen for example:
First they judge all the Porcelain d'Uccle Hens together and choose first, second, third, fourth, and fifth place winners (they judge all the Porcelain d'Uccle cocks, pullets, and cockerels the same way).
Second, from those four first place winners they just judged, they pick the BEST OF VARIETY winner. That bird is the best Porcelain colored d'Uccle (they do the same thing for the other color varieties of d'Uccles).
Third, from the winner of each Variety of d'Uccle, they choose the BEST OF BREED (they do that for each breed).
Next, from the Class (a d'Uccle is in the Single Comb Feathered Leg Bantam class, for example), they look at all the Best of Breed winners and select CHAMPION FL Bantam and RESERVE CHAMPION FL Bantam, which is like first and second place for the class.
Then, they judge all the class winners to get CHAMPION BANTAM, and RESERVE CHAMPION BANTAM (they also do this for all the large chickens, waterfowl, turkeys, and pigeons)
Then, from those most recent winners, they select BEST IN SHOW, and RESERVE IN SHOW.
This is all done for both Open Class (where all ages of exhibitors show their birds) and the Junior Show (where only ages 19 and under can enter their birds.)
