Avian Bowl

Sign-in by 12:00 PM Registered Avian Bowl Teams; Senior teams take written test. Competition begins at 12:30. 

Avian Bowl:  This event will be conducted by Dr. Francine Bradley of U.C. Davis Extension, and requires advance registration. This event serves as the California State qualifier for 4-H.  The winning senior team will be eligible to represent California at the 4-H National Poultry and Egg Conference in Kentucky in November, 2022 Avian Bowl will begin shortly after the conclusion of the Showmanship contests.  Time up-dates will be posted during the day.  Advance registration by mail or fax is required with Dr. Bradley.   

Nature of the Contest: This teams-only contest covers a broad spectrum of knowledge of avian science and poultry industry categories as diverse as avian anato-my and commercial egg production practices. Teams: Teams consist of 2, 3 or 4 members.  Team members must all be in the same age division, but they need not be from the same club or county. Junior Teams - all members are 13 years old or younger as of January 1, 2022. Senior Teams - all members are 14 years old or older as of January 1, 2022. 

Awards: Awards will be presented to the 1st through 3rd place teams in each division. 

Judging Standard and Study Materials: National 4-H Avian Bowl Manual is availa-ble from the Clemson University Bulletin Room.  The cost is $22.65 with shipping and may be ordered online using the following:  URL: https://secure.touchnet.net/C20569_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1587 You will also want to download and add: https://national4hpoultry.ca.uky.edu/content/avian-bowl 

Each year's Avian Bowl questions are drawn from the "National 4-H Avian Bowl Manual".  Only answers based on the information in this manual are considered cor-rect.  This year’s study sections are available on-line at 

https://national4hpoultry.ca.uky.edu/content/avian-bowl or https://avian.ucdavis.edu/news/2021-12-07-avian-science-notes-december-newsletter