Six 4-H’ers from Gordon County competed at the Northwest Area 4-H Poultry Judging Contest in Dalton, Georgia. They matched their poultry knowledge with 131 4-H’ers from other counties.

Team members prepared for the event by attending classes and workshops on egg production, meat quality, market egg candling, exterior egg quality, broken-out egg quality, and poultry parts identification.

At the competition, all contestants judged two classes of live birds for egg production and gave oral reasons for their selections on one class. In addition, they judged carcasses for meat quality, candled eggs to determine freshness and grade, and judged eggs for exterior and broken-out quality.

Junior Poultry Judging participants were Marie Swims and Cole Swims. Marie Swims was High Overall Individual at the contest. Cole Swims was 3rd High Individual at the contest.

The Senior Team received 4th place at the contest. Senior team members were Tori Lee, Katie Sutherland, Amanda Morris and Julia Rhinehart. Tori Lee was 4th High Individual at the contest.

For more information on 4-H projects and educational judging events, please contact Beth Carlan-Watson at 706-629-8685 or visit the Gordon County 4-H web site at www.ugaextension.com/gordon.