Perdue Farms Trophy

will be awarded to the best large fowl (duck, guineas, geese or turkeys) exhibited by a Junior or Adult

Dr. Charles J. Wabeck Memorial Trophy

will be awarded to the best chicken or bantam exhibited by a Junior or Adult

All poultry entries will be judged for standard, market and production qualities with special emphasis on those qualities which are of economic significance.
Particular attention will be paid for vigor, size, type and color. In entries made up of more than one bird, uniformity the sample in the above characteristics will be important.

GENERAL RULES
1. All exhibitors must comply with rules and regulations. All poultry and rabbits must be pre- registered by mailing entry blanks to Wicomico Farm & Home Show, P.O. Box 493, Salisbury, Md 21803, postmarked by August 1, 2012. Use regular entry blank. Not Livestock forms.
2. Please note: The requirements for an exhibition are as follows: All poultry, including ducks, geese, turkeys and guineas, at exhibitions shall originate from United States Pullorum-Typhoid clean, or equivalent flocks, or shall have had a negative Pullorum-Typhoid Test within 90 days of its movement to an exhibition if not from a Pullorum-Typhoid Clean Flock. This information shall be documented on an NPIP Form 15. (Pullorum-Typhoid Clean Flock), NPIP Form 3-B (Flock Inspection Form) or similar certificates which shall accompany poultry on exhibition. A junior exhibitor may substitute a statement signed by a Maryland Agriculture Extension Agent, or the Maryland Department of Agriculture, indicating that exhibited poultry has originated from a U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean Flock within the previous 12 months.
3. Growers of all broilers and roasters exhibited from a commercial flock may substitute a statement signed by the flock supervisor that the birds originate from a Pullorum-Typhoid Clean Flock and will be slaughtered after the exhibition.
4. All birds must be owned by the exhibitor by July 15, 2012.
5. All poultry exhibited must be in good health.
6. The Farm & Home Show  will make every effort to take good care of exhibited poultry but will not be responsible for any losses.
7. In poultry we have a limited number of coups, so please get your entries in early if you wish to have coops for your birds.
8. Exhibitors are limited to entering a total of 10 birds. There may be no more than 2 entries per class.
9. Exhibitors are responsible for providing food and water for their animals.
10. ALL POULTRY ARE TO BE ENTERED THURSDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2012 BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON.