FVPFA Junior Program
The club currently enjoys a great proportion of junior members, who
mainly participate in our club-hosted poultry shows and fairs.
We are looking to expand the activities our
club offers for juniors.
We are planning to use multiple approaches to learning to
provide education while enjoying time with others who enjoy the same
hobby.
The proposed program will start in January 2012 with numerous
activities and events.
These will include clinics, workshops, tours and competitions.
Juniors may pick and choose which events they participate in
and should be accompanied by an adult.
The program is open to all members over six years of age.
A major part of this new Junior Program will be the introduction of
open showmanship classes in club-hosted poultry shows.
Showmanship is used to evaluate participants on their
knowledge of their particular birds and poultry in general,
including biology and
husbandry. Showmanship
is very popular in the United States and a few locations in Canada.
Open showmanship classes are divided by participant's age and
experience to ensure a fair level of competition.
We have planned a few clinics and events to date.
These include:
Introduction & Planning meeting, including Breed Selection -
January 21, 2012
Incubation & Brooding- March 3, 2012- Clayton Botkin will be presenting.
Show Preparation Clinic- Late May/Early June 2012
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows CountryFest-Open Show and
Showmanship Competition- July 2012
Abbotsford Agrifair- Open
Show and Showmanship Competition- July/August 2012
FVPFA Winter Show- Open Show and Showmanship
Competition-October 2012
A final year-end wrap-up for juniors in late November.
We will host more showmanship competitions if there is
interest from the kids.
Other activities will include a youth photo & art contest at the
2012 Winter Show, making educational posters for our FVPFA display
and making educational displays which can be entered in the summer
fairs for cash prizes.
We are also planning to help juniors source show quality birds from
our other members to keep them in competition in the open poultry
shows and, hopefully, win awards.
Enrolment in the junior program is free with the junior or
family membership, but we do ask for their participation in return.
If your child is interested in joining the youth program, please send us an e-mail at secretary@fvpfa.org with your name and the name and age of your child.