What would make teens from across the county flock to the Robeson County Fair? Deep fried goodies? Rides that turn you and churn you? Youth social events? How about the ever popular 4-H Poultry Judging Competition? These FFA and 4-H members flew to the fairgrounds Wednesday afternoon for an incredible competition that included eggs in and out of the shell, live and dead chickens, and chicken parts.
More than 65 youth took part in this years competition. It was a humdinger as they had to judge live past production hens and place them, provide oral reasons on why they placed the chickens in the order they did, name the various parts of a chicken from a grocery store hen that had been cut up, grade eggs that had been broken out of the shell, grade grocery store chickens that had been tied up so they could properly examine them, and judge eggs by their interior qualities by candling them.
Each youth travelled with 9 others from station to station and had 10 minutes at each station. The youth did their best to examine each item and fill in their answers to gain the top score. When it was all said and done Destiny Smith placed first in the individual junior division. Stan Locklear placed first in the Senior Division with Allen Monk a close second and Dillon Dennis third.
In the team category there were 16 teams competing for three slots. The teams included Diamond Trail Academy, Lumberton FFA, St. Paul's FFA, Red Springs FFA and Purnel Swett FFA. When the scores were tallied Diamond Trail Academy went home with the top honors. Two of the St. Paul's FFA teams followed with second and third place.
Keep following all of the competition news and excitement on our 4-H blog as we continue all this ag-fun. Thursday night is our annual poultry show. Our 4-H youth will show laying hens and broilers this year in contention for the top prize.
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