2015 ABC National Meet
Egg Contest
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We will be offering four classes for the egg contest at our 2015 National Meet: Large Fowl Hen, Large Fowl Pullet, Bantam Hen, and Bantam Pullet. Awards will be given for the Best in each class. There is no entry fee, Ameraucana eggs only;
Entries will consist of six eggs presented in a suitable container of the entrant’s choice.
Exhibitors may enter the same class more than once only if each entry represents a different Ameraucana variety and/or under hen or pullet status. Entries from pens or flocks of commingled varieties shall be limited to one per class and shall be designated “Various” on the entry form.
No unsolicited remarks by any exhibitor may be made within hearing of the judge during the judging process. Violations will result in automatic disqualification of all entries of the violator(s).
All entries become the property of the Ameraucana Breeders Club at the time of entry.
Two out of each entry of six eggs will be opened by the judge or the clerk to facilitate the judging of interior qualities and coloring.
Each class will be judged to third place. Ribbons will be offered to the 2nd and 3rd place winners in each class.
Recommended equipment to be supplied by the Ameraucana Breeders Club:
Egg Scale, magnifying glass, pencil or marking pen, butter knife for opening eggs, a container for broken shells, paper saucers, and judging cards for each entry with room for judges comments.
The Judging Scale will be as follows:
Category | Maximum Points | Optimal Quality |
| Shell Texture | 10 | non-porous, uniformly smooth throughout |
| Shell Quality | 10 | not thin, resistant to breakage, free of hair-line cracks, without bumps or spots |
| Shell Shape | 10 | uniform, oval, smaller ends quite evident |
| Size | 10 | top priority is six eggs of uniform size, then tending to large size for class of entry |
| Cleanliness | 10 | exteriors free of stains or evidence of sand-papering |
| Shell Color | 30 | blue without evidence of brown pigment, inside same shade as outside – allowing for dampness |
| Freshness | 10 | yolks “stand up” and whites are not “runny” |
| Interior Qualities | 10 | free of foreign spots or other impurities, yolk size proportionate to size of eggs |
Disqualifications: - Evidence of faking including artificial coloring
- Eggs having been boiled or otherwise preserved
- No evidence of blue shell pigmentation
- Eggs other than true Ameraucana
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You can download the full Egg Contest rules and judging sheets at: http://www.ameraucana.org/docs/egg%20judging%20information%202015.pdf (http://www.ameraucana.org/docs/egg%20judging%20information%202015.pdf)