Where is Poult Pickup?

Poult Pickup happens at NC State University's Poultry Teaching Unit (PTU) at 4831 Inwood Rd, Raleigh, NC 27603.

What is the registration process?

The registration process is 2 parts. Eventbrite is completed, then an email will be sent with a link to Showorks, where the second part of registering with the State Fair will happen.

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Wednesday, October 9

2024 N.C. State Fair Youth Market Turkey Show (YMTS)

The NC Youth Market Turkey Show (YMTS) is a competition for youth ages 5-18 to raise and show a market turkey at the N.C. State Fair.

By Poultry Science

Date and time

October 9 · 9am - October 10 · 4pm EDT

Location

State Fair Kelley Building

4285 Trinity Road Raleigh, NC 27607

Refund Policy

No Refunds

Agenda

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

October 9 - Weigh-In

Drive through and drop off your turkey on October 9. Your turkey must pass a health check and be a minimum weight to be able to show. After Weigh In, birds will be assigned a number and pen. Youth ...

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

October 10 - Turkey Show Day

The show day general schedule: Lil' Gobblers compete first, then Juniors, then Seniors. First and second place Junior and Senior class winners are expected to stay for the final Grand Round at the en...

About this event

This event is currently full. We are still taking t-shirt orders through the end of April. Thank you for your interest.

For a youth to be eligible to participate:

Youth must be between 5-18 years of age as of January 1, 2024, and be registered in grades K-12 at the time of the show to participate. On January 1, 2024, if youth are 5-8 years old, they will register as a Lil' Gobbler, 9-13 years old, they will register as a Junior, and 14-18 years old, they will register as a Senior.

As part of the $30 registration fee, each youth will receive 3 poults, a t-shirt, and a 5 lb bag of starter feed available at Poult Pick Up on June 26 or 27, 2024. Everyone will receive 3 poults; if you would like to receive less than 3 poults, please indicate this when you sign up for Poult Pickup in June.

If you would like to order additional t-shirts for family and friends, the cost is $20 per shirt. Additional shirts do NOT register a youth for the show.

Find out more about Youth Market Turkey Show at go.ncsu.edu/ymts.

Organized by

Poultry Science

Poultry Science

North Carolina State University

Campus Box 7608

Raleigh, NC 27695-7608

(919) 515-2626

http://poultry.ces.ncsu.edu/

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