Tip for 4-H Poultry Judging Practice

— Written by Mary Fosnaught | May 15, 2023 (Updated: May 19, 2023, 7:24 a.m.)

A tool to help you practice for the North Carolina state-level 4-H Poultry Judging Event to be held on July 19th is to print and laminate the scorecards* below for each of the classes and use again and again with dry erase markers**.

Past production hens without reasons (pdf)
Past production hens with reasons (pdf)
Past production hens reasons card (pdf)
- Standards for grading placings (with no cuts - from old 4-H poultry judging manual) (pdf)
RTC grading - broilers (pdf)
RTC grading - roasters (pdf)
RTC parts identification (pdf) (Kentucky has them identify parts before grading parts)
RTC parts grading (pdf)
RTC further processed product evaluation (pdf) (Kentucky uses this card, but the national contest has them check yes or no for each criterion)
Market eggs - candling class 1 (pdf)
Market eggs - candling class 2 (pdf)
Market eggs - exterior eggs class 1 (pdf)
Market eggs - exterior eggs class 2 (pdf)
Market eggs - broken-out eggs (Kentucky does 20 eggs while the national contest only has 10 broken-out eggs) (pdf)

Want to learn more about 4-H Poultry Judging? Check out go.ncsu.edu/poultryjudging. Registration will open soon on 4-H Online and will be due June 19, 2023.

* Scorecards courtesy of University of Kentucky Extension

**Thank you Robyn Townsend, 4-H Volunteer from Catawba County, for the great idea to laminate cards to facilitate practice!