Thanks for a GREAT show! We had over 200 youth participate and over 60 of our turkeys weighed 40 plus pounds.  Our largest tipped the scales at 51.4 pounds!

Congratulations to our Champions:

Garrett See, 15, of Raleigh (Wake County) sold his grand champion turkey to Harris Teeter for $6,600.
Reddin Wheeler of Angier (Harnett County) had the reserve champion turkey, which Talley Farms bought for $4,000.

THANK YOU to our 2008 sponsor Tarheel Hatchery for donating the turkey poults.

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The 2007 grand champion turkey was shown by Christopher Loehr, 14, of Raleigh, and was sold to Harris Teeter for $5,000. Evan Gunter, 11, of Asheboro, exhibited the reserve champion turkey. Iron Horse Auction purchased it for $3,500.

The Youth Market Turkey Show kicked off the NC State Fair on October 12, 2007. The 227 participants in the show were evaluated on the overall weight of their turkeys, the muscling in the breast and legs, and how well each participant had taken care of their bird. The preparation for this event began in early June, when individuals picked up three to four, day old turkey poults from NCSU's poultry facility. The youth were then responsible for feeding and caring for their birds until the NC State Fair, where all of their hard work would be put to the test. From just a couple of ounces of peeping fuzz that fit in your palm, to an average of thirty pounds that now required both hands to hold, youth learned how to raise turkeys and literally “grew” with their projects.    A special thank you to all those in the Department of Poultry Science at NC State University that helped make this event possible.  Last but certainly not least, THANKs to Goldsboro Milling for their generous donation of turkey poults that allowed this event to happen.

Poult Sponsors:
2008 Tarheel Hatchery
2007 Goldsboro Milling
2006 Prestage Farms

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