Bricker, Dirksen, Brewer showed top birds

Jenna Bricker, Austin Dirksen and Anna Brewer topped the list of exhibitors July 9 in the 4-H poultry show at the Jay County Fair.

Bricker showed the grand champion exhibition bird while Dirksen’s turkey was the grand champion meat bird and Brewer won grand champion overall commercial egg production.

Madi Paxson won both senior and advanced showmanship. Brothers Finn and Tuck Hemmelgarn took the top spot in junior and beginner showmanship, respectively, with Finn also finishing as runner-up to Paxson in the senior division.

Reserve champions were Jacob Monroe for meat bird, Joseph Kunk for exhibition bird and Finn Hemmelgarn for commercial egg production.

Other awards were as follows:

Meat production

Turkey

Tom

1. Austin Dirksen

2. Duston Muhlenkamp

Meat hen

1. Duston Muhlenkamp

2. Kinze Homan

Champion: Austin Dirksen

Reserve champion: Duston Muhlenkamp

Commercial chicken

Broiler

1. Jacob Monroe

2. Joshua Monroe

Roaster

1. Joshua Monroe

2. Jacob Monroe

Champion: Jacob Monroe

Reserve champion: Joshua Monroe

Production waterfowl

Duck

1. Megan Faller

Drake

1. Lilly Lothridge

2. Brianna Faller

Champion: Lilly Lothridge

Reserve champion: Brianna Faller

Anna Brewer, pictured above, had the grand champion for overall commercial egg production.

 

Commercial eggs

White shell

1. Ty Paxson

2. Madi Paxson

Brown shell

1. Ty Paxson

2. Madi Paxson

Colored

1. Madi Paxson

2. Ty Paxson

Champion: Ty Paxson

Reserve champion: Madi Paxson

Commercial egg production

White laying pullets

1. Madi Paxson

2. Audrey Hambrock

White laying hens

1. Ty Paxson

2. Claire Skirvin

Champion: Ty Paxson

Reserve champion: Madi Paxson

Brown laying pullets

1. Ty Paxson

2. Tuck Hemmelgarn

Brown laying hens

1. Anna Brewer

2. Madi Paxson

Champion: Anna Brewer

Reserve champion: Madi Paxson

Colored laying pullets

Champion: Finn Hemmelgarn

Reserve champion: Sawyer Hemmelgarn

Jenna Bricker, pictured above, showed the grand champion exhibition bird.

 

Exhibition

Large fowl

American pullet

1. Madi Paxson

2. Brianna Faller

American Hen

1. Anna Brewer

2. Ty Paxson

American cockerel

1. Jenna Bricker

American cock

1. Joseph Kunk

2. Kinley Brunson

American large fowl

Champion: Joseph Kunk

Reserve champion: Madi Paxson

Asiatic pullet

1. Ty Paxson

2. Claire Skirvin

Asiatic cock

1. Ty Paxson

Asiatic large fowl

Champion: Ty Paxson

Reserve champion: Claire Skirvin

Continental pullet

1. Madi Paxson

2. Madi Paxson

Continental hen

1. Jenn Bricker

Continental cockerel

1. Madi Paxson

Continental cock

1. Jenna Bricker

2. Kinley Brunson

Continental large fowl

Champion: Madi Paxson

Reserve champion: Jenna Bricker

English pullet

1. Audrey Hambrock

English hen

1. Keisha Adair

2. Audrey Hambrock

English cockerel

1. Audrey Hambrock

2. Claire Skirvin

English Cock

1. Keisha Adair

2. Madi Paxson

Champion: Keisha Adair

Reserve champion: Audrey Hambrock

Mediterranean hen

1. Joseph Kunk

Mediterranean cockerel

1. Claire Skirvin

Mediterranean large foul

Champion: Joseph Kunk

Reserve champion: Claire Skirving

All other standard breeds

Cock

Champion: Claire Skirvin

Reserve champion: Keisha Adair

Large fowl

Champion: Claire Skirvin

Reserve champion: Keisha Adair

All other non-standard breeds

Champion: Keisha Adair

Large fowl breeding pen

1. Audrey Hambrock

2. Ty Paxson

Overall large fowl exhibition

Grand champion: Joseph Kunk

Reserve grand champion: Ty Paxson

Exhibition wildlife

Turkey - Tom

1. Ty Paxson

2. Claire Skirvin

Turkey - hen

1. Keisha Adair

Pigeon

1. Jenna Bricker

2. Keisha Adair

Guinea

1. Ty Paxson

2. Levi Garringer

Quail

1. Jenna Bricker

Overall

Champion: Ty Paxson

Reserve champion: Jenna Bricker

Exhibition waterfowl

Duck

1. Corbin Lothridge

2. Brianna Faller

Drake

1. Claire Skirvin

2. Kinley Brunson

Gander

1. Lilly Lothridge

Goose

1. Lilly Lothridge

Overall exhibition waterfowl

Champion: Corbin Lothridge

Reserve champion: Brianna Faller

Bantam

Modern game hen

1. Claire Skirvin

Modern game bantam

Champion: Claire Skirvin

Old English game hen

1. Corbin Lothridge

2. Claire Skirvin

Old English game cockerel

1. Jenna Bricker

Old English game cock

1. Jenna Bricker

2. Madi Paxson

Old English game bantam

Champion: Jenna Bricker

Reserve champion: Madi Paxson

Single comb clean legged hen

1. Joseph Kunk

2. Keisha Adair

Single comb clean-legged cockerel

1. Claire Skirvin

Single comb clean-legged cock

1. Claire Skirvin

2. Aven Hambrock

Single comb clean-legged bantam

Champion: Claire Skirvin

Reserve champion: Claire Skirvin

Rose comb clean-legged hen

1. Joseph Kunk

Rose comb clean-legged cockerel

1. Claire Skirvin

Rose comb clean-legged cock

1. Kinley Brunson

Rose comb clean-legged bantam

Champion: Joseph Kunk

Reserve champion: Claire Skirvin

Feather-legged pullet

1. Keisha Adair

Feather-legged hen

1. Ayva Pitman

2. Ayva Pitman

Feather-legged cock

1. Claire Skirvin

2. Aven Hambrock

Feather-legged bantam

Champion: Claire Skirvin

Reserve champion: Ayva Pitman

All other combs clean hen

1. Claire Skirvin

All other combs clean cock

1. Joseph Kunk

All other combs clean bantam

Champion: Joseph Kunk

Reserve champion: Claire Skirvin

Bantam breeding pen

1. Jenna Bricker

2. Ty Paxson

Overall bantam exhibition

Grand champion: Jenna Bricker

Reserve champion: Joseph Kunk

Overall exhibition bird

Grand champion: Jenna Bricker

Reserve grand champion: Joseph Kunk