Poultry Judging

By: Kevin Kuykendall

Purpose

• Learn to effectively make comparative observations, generalizations to the poultry industry, draw conclusions and make decisions.

• Apply USDA standards and make qualitative judgments concerning eggs, live birds, carcasses and further processed poultry products.

• Students learn foundational knowledge and master basic skills related to the poultry and food industries

Team Members

• 3 – 4 Members• Must be in FFA• Must be from same school

Event Schedule

• 12 minutes per class• 2 minute warning• 1 minute to change classes

Live Poultry (50)

• 1 class of 4 market broilers• Can be handled and can be pulled out of their

cages

Live Poultry (50)

• 1 class of 4 egg type hens• Single-Comb White Leghorns, or commercial

strains of Leghorn-type• Can be handled but cannot be removed from

their cages

Ready to Cook Poultry (50)

• 1 class of 10 ready to cook chicken and/or turkey carcasses and/or parts.

• grading will be derived from USDA standards for chicken carcasses weighing two pounds to six pounds and for turkey carcasses weighing six pounds to 16 pounds

Ready to Cook Poultry

• USDA quality grades A, B, C and the category NG (non- gradable)

• shackle holding a carcass may be rotated to show the entire carcass

• No touching the carcass or parts

Ready to Cook Poultry (50)

• participant will place a class of four ready-to-cook turkey carcasses

• placing will be derived from USDA standards for turkey carcasses weighing six pounds to 16 pounds

• No touching the carcass just the shackle

Shell Eggs – Interior Quality Grading (50)

• A class of 10 white (or white-tint) shell eggs• USDA quality grades will be AA, A, B and Loss• candle the eggs to determine the appropriate

USDA quality grade

Shell Eggs - Exterior Quality Grading (50)

• Class of 15 shell eggs• USDA quality grades will be AA/A, B and NG (non-

gradable)• quality factors: Soundness (unbroken, check, dented

check or leaker); Stains (slight/moderate stain or prominent stain); Adhering Dirt or Foreign Material; Egg Shape (approximately normal shape, unusual or decidedly misshapen); Shell Texture (large calcium deposits, body check or pronounced ridges); Shell Thickness (pronounced thin spots); No Defect.

E.Q.G. Quality Factors

• Soundness (unbroken, check, dented check or leaker); • Stains (slight/moderate stain or prominent stain); • Adhering Dirt or Foreign Material; • Egg Shape (approximately normal shape, unusual or

decidedly misshapen); • Shell Texture (large calcium deposits, body check or

pronounced ridges); • Shell Thickness (pronounced thin spots); • No Defect.

Shell Eggs - Evaluation criteria for Class 8 (50)

• Each participant will determine written factors for the grading of the exterior chicken eggs.

• The written factors will relate to the criteria used for grading exterior quality of eggs.

Further Processed Poultry – Boneless (50)

• determinewrittenqualityfactorsforaclassof10boneless further processed poultry meat products

• Ex. precooked, poultry meat patties, tenders, nuggets or other boneless products

Boneless Further Processed Poultry

• Criteria for evaluation will include • coating defects, • color defects, consistency of shape/size, • broken and/or incomplete products, • cluster/marriages and evidence of foreign

material.• Participants cannot touch anything

Bone-In Further Processed Poultry (50)

• A class of 10 bone-in further processed poultry meat products

• precooked, bone-in wings or other bone-in poultry meat products

Bone-in Further Processed Poultry

• Criteria for evaluation will include coating defects,

• color defects, • consistency of size, • broken products, • miscut products, • mixed products and evidence of foreign material• No Touching

Ten chicken carcass parts for identification (50)

• identify 10 poultry parts• Poultry parts to be identified will be randomly

selected and consistent with those used in the chicken processing and merchandising industries.

• No touching

Poultry Management Written Exam(120 points)

• 30 item written examination on poultry production, management, anatomy and physiology

• Five or more items will require mathematical calculations.

• Exam material will follow the rotation for the National Exam.

• Examination items will be developed from information found in the references.

Scoring

• Live Poultry 100• Ready to Cook 100• Shell Eggs 150• Further Processed Products 150• Written Exam 120

Total Points• Individual 620• Team 1860

Tiebreaker

• The team with the higher written exam score will place higher.

• If still tied, the team with the higher score in the Live Poultry Evaluation will place higher.

• If still tied, the team with the higher score in shell eggs will place higher.

• If still tied, the team with the highest alternate score will place higher.

• If still tied, advisors will match for the team placing.• Individual ties will be done the same way.