Youth Market Turkey Show
About the Youth Market Turkey Show
Thanksgiving Youth Market Turkey Show Birds
To order a youth raised Thanksgiving bird, please go by November 21, 2019 to Papa Spud’s, a farm to fork delivery service, webpage.
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Drop Off/Weigh In – October 16, 2019, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Each participant’s hen can be dropped off at the Poultry Tent anytime between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on October 16, 2019. Drive into the fairgrounds through Gate 4 on Youth Center Drive to drop off all livestock.
Once in the Poultry Tent, birds will be weighed, numbered with a leg band and put in their cage. Each participant will receive an entry ticket to be used on Friday, the day of the turkey show when the fair will be open.
T-shirts will be available to purchase on Wednesday and Friday.
Turkey Show – October 18, 2019, 9 a.m.
The 2019 Youth Market Turkey Show is on Friday, October 18, 2019. The show starts at 9 a.m.
Registration
Registration is now CLOSED. Registration is full. Please email Mary Fosnaught to help us track interest for future programs.
Fees
To submit payment for registration, please mail a check to:
NC State University
ATTN: Chelsey Coleman/YMTS
Campus Box 7608
Raleigh, NC 27695.
The name of the youth to be registered needs to be included with the check. Registration is $10/youth. A group check from a county office is acceptable if all registrants’ names are included.
Turkey Show Information
Poult Pick-Up
Poult Pick-up for the 2019 Youth Market Turkey Show will be June 13 & 14 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Pick up poults at the NC State Animal and Poultry Teaching Unit at 3841 Inwood Road (off of Lake Wheeler Road) in Raleigh, NC 27603.
If you are a parent bringing your child to Poult Pick-up, please bring your child’s Social Security Number (SSN), full legal name and address to Poult Pick-up. This year, Cheryl Jenkins and Carol Grant, N.C. State Fair personnel, will be at Poult Pick-up to collect this information, which is required in order for the state to issue a check for prize monies.
If you do not want to provide your child’s SSN, you may sign a form agreeing that you are opting to not receive prize monies.
University policy prohibits employees from handling SSNs. If you are an agent picking up poults for youth, those participants will need to have their parents call Cheryl Jenkins (919.839.4522) or Carol Grant (919.839.4531) at the N.C. State Fair office between July 1 and September 15, 2019 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and provide the SSN of their child and verify their full legal name and address.
Courtesy of the NC State University Feed Mill Education Unit, each participant will receive 5 lbs. of feed to get the birds off to a good start.
Please bring a cardboard box with you for transporting poults.
Poult Pick-Up Questions
To help make the poult pick-up process easy, see our Q&A:
QUESTION: Is this where we normally pick up poults?
Turkey Show Location
The Youth Market Turkey Show is in the Poultry Tent next to Gate 2 at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.
View the map and download or print a copy.
Turkey Judging
Participants are evaluated on the overall weight of their turkeys, the muscling in the breast and legs and how well each participant has taken care of their bird.
See how turkeys get judged with this video (1:54) featuring Dr. Carm Parkhurst.
Resources
Feeding
Game Bird Guidelines
Southern States Feed Guidelines
Aviagen Turkeys Feeding Recommendations for Commercial Stock
Raising
Raising Turkeys
University of New Hampshire
Acknowledgements
A special thanks to the Prestage Department of Poultry Science at NC State University for making this event possible.
Thank you to Prestage Farms and Butterball for providing poults for each participant.
For additional information contact
Dr. Mary Fosnaught
4-H & Youth Development Extension Associate
NC State Extension
Prestage Department of Poultry Science
Raleigh, NC 27695-7608
E-mail: mhfosnau@ncsu.edu
Phone: +1 919.515.5529