Poultry CDE
Below you will find some links to some study material for the Poultry CDE.
Contest Format
Live Bird Evaluation and Reasons
- One placing class of four (4) past-production laying hens.
- One placing class of four (4) broilers meat birds.
- Oral reasons for one of the above live bird classes. Reasons may be for a placing class or for a keep-cull selection class.
- Ten broiler and/or turkey carcasses and/or parts for USDA Quality Grading.
- One placing class of four (4) ready-to-cook turkey carcasses or broiler carcasses.
- Oral reasons on placing class above.
- Evaluation of Interior Quality of 10 individual eggs based on USDA Quality Standards.
- Evaluation of Exterior Quality of fifteen individual eggs based on USDA Quality Standards.
- Written Factors of exterior quality eggs listed above.
- Identification of ten (10) poultry carcass parts. Duplicate samples may not be used in any identification portion of the event.
- Evaluation of ten (10) Boneless Further-Processed poultry products.
- Evaluation of ten (10) Bone-In Further-Processed poultry products.
- Twenty-five multiple choice questions.
- Five (5) management calculation problems.
Resources
General Contest Information
Live Bird Evaluation
Egg Evaluation
Merchandising and Further Processing Evaluation
Live Bird Evaluation
- Live Bird Evaluation Video
- Egg T
- Past Egg Production Judging PDF
- Giving Poultry Reasons PDF
- Practice Past Production Hens PPT
Egg Evaluation
Merchandising and Further Processing Evaluation