Rules
and show procedures
Show Standards of Fowl:
1: Fowl must be in excellent health, muscle,
and condition. To be judged on health
and condition.
2: They must be lean and muscular.
3: Feathers cannot be battle trimmed except for
tail feathers if their condition calls for it, and the feathers at their vent
for breeding or cleanliness purposes.
4: Spurs must be sawed and have a flat butt
end. Any length is acceptable if less
than 1 inch.
5: Legs can be of any color.
Groups will be: Reds, Blacks, Greys
(Whites will be included with the greys unless there are enough to consider for
its own group. Min. of 5 per
group). “Fowl may be pure lines or
crosses,” as long as they can fall into one of the above categories.
6: Only birds that do not meet the “health requirements” will be
turned away from the show.
Health Requirements:
No fowl shall enter the
show with noticeable health problems such as respiratory diseases, nasal
discharge, excessive sneezing, and the presence of external parasites. To be disqualified before entering the show
by those excepting the entries.
The Show:
1: All entries shall be present at the place of
show within the time period given.
Entries mailed in, in advance with fees paid in full before a certain
date. The show committee must know an
approximate number to feed lunch on the day of the show.
2: All fowl to be shown will be inspected at
the front table and will be expected to be within the “Show Standards” and the
“Health
Requirements”. You must also
bring your own tie cord(s) where your bird is to be displayed and judged.
3: Upon being accepted, the fowl will be placed
within the groups to be judged then taken to their numbered tie cord in the tie
cord area to be judged and later displayed.
4: Show groups; are grouped by color: Reds,
Blacks, Greys (whites, blues and other colors are included in the
greys group for now, spangled reds are in the red group.) Placings will be 1st place ribbon
in each group, Grand Champion or Overall ribbon, and the rest participant
ribbons.
5: An estimate of entries must be taken 2 weeks
in advance for the show so that preparations can be made for trophies and
ribbons. This means that you must mail
in your entry or a meeting will be held before the show to find out how many will
be attending. The show will not take
place without an acceptable amount of entries to cover expenses.
6: The judges, whom ever they may be, will
promise to judge fairly. The judges
will not have a list of entry names but only a list of numbers for his
notes. They will always under any
circumstances judge to the best of their ability and judge fairly. If there is ever a problem with the judgment
that cannot be solved, the prize money and ribbon or trophy will not change
hands from club to winner but stay with the club to be used elsewhere. Substantial evidence should be given before
this is done. There will be two judges
at any show so that there is always a fair ruling. If any problems should arise with the judge(s), there will be
another judge(s) elected or chosen from within or outside the group for the
next show or possibly the current one.
7: Shows should expect an entry fee of $12
dollars per bird entered, limited to only one bird per group. This fee will go to the show to help pay
food cost, ribbons and trophies.
8: The show will be a one-day event starting in
the morning and ending when... It will
take as much time as needed. The events
of the show should be: [Approximate, to
be decided later.]
1) Entries
accepted between 9:00 and 10:00am.
2) Judging
between 10:30am and 12:00pm. Members
shall eat lunch provided at this time.
3) 12:00pm
winners will be presented.
4) From
12:30pm on, members will be allowed to go into the tie cord area to see winners
and other entries.
5) Show
should end at or before 3:00pm with enough time to clean up. All members are welcome to volunteer to help
after the shows.
The Cub:
Dues shall be paid on or
before the date of August 1st.
The dues are to cover newsletters, mailing, phone calls, your membership
card and sign for your farm. Meetings
should be held quarterly and may be held at any time as needed. August will leave enough time during the
moult for the club to get organized and ready for the next season of shows.
*Each member will receive
a membership card to show off his or her membership and support. The member will also receive a sign for
their farm, explained on next page.
*Club will work thru
mailings of show dates and club status, until this proves to not work anymore
then meeting may be held.
Sign:
The only purpose of this
sign is to announce your membership into a show fowl organization. The club takes no responsibility for the
misuse of the sign for illegal ventures.
The sign reads:
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I breed and raise my
gamefowl for exhibition at gamefowl shows sanctioned by the Florida Brotherhood of
Showgame Breeders. |