Department 01 - Division 06
Poultry Show
4-H, Junior, and Purebred Open Classes

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 9th, 2008.

4. The individual exhibiting must own all entries.

5. All entries must be in place by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 9th 2008. Birds will be accepted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. on this day ONLY. Judging will be Thursday, August 14th, 2008.

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 Friday, August 1, 2008!

16. No entries may be removed from their coop in the show barn before 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 16th 2008, and must be removed before 12:00 noon on Sunday, August 17th 2008.

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, 865-436-3607
121 Tudor Rd.
Gatlinburg, TN 37738