TN - Cocke County A&I Fair & Poultry Show

[DawnSuiter]

It's THAT time of year again in East Tennessee!
August 8-15th
Cocke County Fairgrounds - I-40 Exit 432b in Newport

Lets all check in here and setup our meet!

Lexi & I of course will be there, as will some of our birds.
Thinking about letting Lexi enter Steve again since he's here and not doing too much and possibly Miguel our Black Orpington Rooster... maybe some hens too... but they aren't looking so great... but the white ones are ok still since they aren't breeding yet... so maybe..

Sound off... and SEE YOU SOON!
And if I still have these little white orps around, I'll be setting up a pen to sell them off for sure

 

[chickNjake]

I'll probably be going! I may put in a black Cochin rooster if he would just grow his feathers in after his vent was trimmed, but he's due a good molt! Maybe the Polish hen i entered in the spring show, her crest has filled out some more and I'm sure she's do better if she had a bath this time!!!

Hopefully a nice birchen Cochin hen and who knows what else!
I'm sure it'll be just as fun as the last one- minus the rain, hopefully!

 

[DawnSuiter]

Hi Jake! It'll be great to see you again!

Here's the link http://cockecountyfair.com/
I had the dates wrong above, so I updated that.

Birds are tested for FREE on Saturday the 8th for Entry into the show

Here's the deal:

Fair Poultry Show Rules
Must be tested for pullorum-typhoid before entering barn.

1. Entries may be limited depending on number of participants and space available.

2. An entry is considered one (1) bird in Bantam or Standard Class – chicken, duck, turkey, goose, pigeon.

3. All entries must show a pullorum test certificate. Birds will be tested FREE of CHARGE on Saturday, August 8th, 2009.

4. The individual exhibiting must own all entries.

5. All entries must be in place by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 8th 2009. Birds will be accepted between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on this day ONLY. Judging will be Thursday, August 13th, 2009.

6. No one will be allowed in the aisle during the judging other than the clerk or show officials. No one will interfere with the judges or the birds during judging under penalty of disqualification and forfeiture of prizes.

7. All entries will be judged under the latest American Poultry and American Bantam Association Rules and Regulations. All decisions of the judges will be final!

8. Judges will disqualify any specimen they detect as having been tampered with.

9. No sick birds will be allowed in the show barn, and the owner will be asked to immediately remove them from the
fairgrounds.

10. Twenty-four hour security is provided for the fairgrounds, but the Cocke County A & I Fair will not be responsible for any losses or injury.

11. Prize money will be paid only on breeds and varieties recognized by the American Poultry Association’s or American Bantam Association’s Standard of Perfection.

12. Premium money will be:
1st - $3.00 (only if more than one bird of same breed/variety is exhibited in class, otherwise second place money will be awarded)
2nd - $2.00
3rd - $1.00

13. Other Awards: Cocke County A&I Fair will provide Open Show trophies for:
Grand Champion & Reserve Champion of Show
Champion Large Fowl
Champion Bantam Fowl
Champion Waterfowl
Champion Turkey
Champion Pigeon.
The same awards will also be given in the Junior Show.

14. Any disputes which may arise and are not otherwise covered by these Rules will be resolved by the Cocke County A & I Fair Executive Committee, whose decision will be final.

15. An ENTRY FEE of $1.00 per bird must accompany each entry form with the EXCEPTION of 4-H members whose entry fees are waived. No entry form will be accepted if postmarked later than August 1, 2009!

16. No entries may be removed from their coop in the show barn before 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15th, 2009, and must be removed before 12:00 noon on Sunday, August 16th, 2009.

17. A $1.00 per exhibitor fee will be collected for clean-up.

18. If there is only one entry in a lot, 2nd place money will be awarded for a Blue Ribbon.

Contact:

Angie Sutton
(865) 414-8935
3231 Buckhorn Rd.

Ruth Murchison
Sevierville, TN 37876
(865) 414-7565

 

[LaneKim]

I will be going too with mom of course and im pretty sure i will be entering steve and Miguel

 

[jywel417]

So I have a question, is it typical for the shows that you have to have your birds on site for so long? Maybe I am just paranoid but I am not comfortable leaving my birds anywhere that long but I am also coming from the dog world where people come in and take dogs from the site and then you are only there during the day time and dogs are NOT allowed to stay overnight

 

[DawnSuiter]

It is for the annual A&I Fair. Because the fair lasts the whole time, the poultry is on display for the whole time. I was uncomfortable with this at first too. They say they have 24 hour security.

My problem last year wasn't the security really, it was such a small area to live in for one week and no perches... but honestly, they survive just fine. Besides show chickens should be prepped for that kinda thing anyway.

 

[cybercat]

AH great will not be showing but will show up to see everything.

 

[jywel417]

Cool. None of my chickens are show quality anyways right now but I was just wondering

I will probably try to show up to say hey to everyone again !

 

[DawnSuiter]

So, we opted not to enter anyone this show.

What about everyone else....?