First time for about 32 children demonstrating showmanship on live chickens

The Butler Farm Show reintroduced chickens, ducks and turkeys for the first time since 2019 as restrictions surrounding avian influenza have loosened.

The lifted restrictions from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture allowed the Butler County 4-H poultry club’s 35 children to demonstrate showmanship on real chickens, which only three had done before, according to co-leader Lisa Bauer.

“Even the little ones did very, very well,” she said.

After the PDA loosened the poultry restrictions in January, individual fairs and farm shows were allowed to welcome poultry at their discretion, according to Ken Metric, a member of the Butler Farm Show board.

“We have such a strong 4-H poultry club with young people, we

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