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Rules: Market Broilers


MARKET BROILERS DIVISION

1. This division is subject to the general rules and regulations and to these division rules. A pen will consist of three broilers. Each bird will be sifted at the time of check-in by a sift judge or a person designated by the broiler committee.

2. Broiler orders and entry fees must be submitted to the Broiler committee at time specified on Important Dates and Deadlines. Price of bird will be according to availability but no more than $1.25 per bird. A $20.00 entry fee per exhibitor must accompany the order. The appropriate County Extension Agent, Agriculture Science teacher, or adult 4-H leader may place order and pay entry fee for any exhibitor who can not be present at time of ordering. No late orders will be accepted. Every 4-H and FFA member who wants to show market broilers must order chicks in his or her name. Exhibitors will not be allowed to purchase chicks from another member after they have been ordered.

3. Exhibitors will be notified by letter of the time and date for broiler delivery; broilers to be picked up at Stancil Park. There will be a minimum of 25 chicks per order. A representative of the exhibitor or the exhibitor will be responsible for listing the band number on each chick. They will then sign and return the list to the chairman at the time of delivery.

4. On the day of check-in at the show, band numbers will be checked with the list the exhibitor signed. Wrong numbers will be cause for sifting. All birds must have bands in wings.

5. Any substitution of broilers (use of alternate) must be done before check-in. The first three broilers handed to the sift judge (or in the case of no sift judge, the committee chairman or designated person) are the broilers entered and no substitutions will be allowed after check-in.

6. Each exhibitor will be limited to one pen in the show and sale.

7. Broilers sold through the auction must be dressed by the seller and delivered to the buyer within 10 days.

8. Fifty percent (50%) of the number of pens checked in at show time or a maximum of ten (10) pens will be sold at the Youth Auction and will receive placing ribbons.

9. Non-sale broilers will be released after judging and must be removed by time specified on Schedule of Events.

10. All exhibitors must be present at the time of judging. No substitution of exhibitors will be allowed unless approved by the Hardship Committee.

11. Judging area will be closed off during the judging.

12. All exhibitors in the same family unit may enter broilers as a family unit group. Then an exhibitor may show any three of the broilers that were banded in his/her family unit group. An exhibitor must abide by all other rules to be eligible to show.

13. ETHICS RULE: Each exhibitor, his or her parent(s) and/or guardian(s) agrees to abide by the General and Special Rules published in the current year’s Livestock Catalog and/or amendments available at Tag-In. Any violation of these rules or any exhibitor and/or parent(s) guardian(s) found to have participated in unethical practice – i.e. (1) approaching buyers for the purpose of asking to exchange, return or purchase any sale item(s), (2) the showing of any animal that has been administered any unapproved/unlabeled medication – will forfeit all privileges, awards, premiums won and will be barred from exhibiting at further Cleveland Livestock Shows.



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