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SEVIER COUNTY, TN -  The Sevier County 4-H Poultry Show was held recently, at the Sevier County Fairgrounds, in Sevierville. The event highlighted the year for 4-H’ers participating, in the 4-H Chick Chain Project.
           

Heidi Lawson, a student at Pi Beta Phi School, exhibited the grand Champion Pen of Pullets. Olivia Berrier from Sevierville Middle,  exhibited the Reserve Champion Pen of Pullets. Kelsey Baisden’s set of 4-H Poultry Project Records was selected as the county winner in the Project Records Division.  Kelsey is in the Homeschool 4-H Club.
          Other 4-H members exhibiting pullets included: Hailey Carmichael & Makenna Woods – Sevierville Intermediate School and  Ira Crawford - Seymour High School. Each of these exhibitors received blue awards and $15.00 premium money for their pullet entries. Others participating in the Chick Chain Project this year included: Brayden Bohanan- Catons Chapel and Nathan Hood – Seymour Middle and Blake Huff – Kings Academy.
          The Chick Chain is one of several livestock opportunities available to 4-H members, in Sevier County. 4-H Livestock projects help young people develop responsibility, a valuable life skill that adds to the potential for adult success. The Chick Chain gives young people the opportunity to purchase and raise 25 baby chicks for laying hens. The project begins, in March and culminates in September, with the county show, where 4-H members enter a pen of three hens. Pens are judged on growth and egg laying quality. Order for the Chick Chain participants, for 2011,  will begin in January. If you need more information, about the 4-H Chick Chain Project, please contact Glenn K Turner, at the University of Tennessee Extension, at 453-3695.