Competition Guidelines:

• Participate in a community and/or county 4-H Poultry Judging Contest.
• At the area contest, each county may have a maximum of 20 Junior (Cloverleaf and Junior age group) and/or 20 Senior contestants. The total score of the high three members will constitute the team score. Counties wishing to have three separate teams must designate them before the contest. Contestants from a county with less than three entries may participate as individuals.
• In the area and state contests, 4-H members will be required to judge classes as described in the 4-H Poultry Judging Manual.
• Ten minutes will be allowed to judge each class. Two minutes will be allowed to give oral reasons on the production classes.
• The winning area team will be the county whose team has the largest sum score.
• Ties will be broken by reasons scores.

Awards & Recognition:

• Each participant will receive an award card and a judging pin.
• The high Junior individual at each area contest will receive an award and certificate.
• Certificates will be awarded the three highest scoring Junior teams at each area contest.
  Expense-paid trip to State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest for the first two high Senior teams in each area contest. In addition, the next four high Senior teams from the "state-at-large" will have an invitation only to the State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest. These teams will travel at their own expense.
• The top four members of the county team will constitute the team for the state contest.
• The state winning senior team will be the high scoring team at the state contest. Ties will be broken on the basis of reasons scores.
• The state top winning team and county Extension agent coach will receive an expense-paid trip to National 4-H Poultry Judging Contest, Louisville, KY.
• The second high state team and county Extension agent coach will receive an expense-paid trip to the Eastern Regional 4-H Poultry Judging Contest, Richmond, Virginia. These team members are eligible to compete in the Georgia 4-H Poultry Judging Contest again but only for the Louisville trip.
• The top four members of the Senior state winning team and high individual, will become Master 4-H'ers and will travel to State 4-H Congress after lunch on the last full day, attend the Annual Banquet and spend the night. Banquet meal and lodging expenses will be paid. Mileage is not covered.
  
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