1. Only National Cage Bird Show members may enter birds.

 

2. Entry fee shall be $2.00 per cage to a maximum of $50.

    Entry fee for sale birds shall be $2.00 per bird.

 

3. Separate entry forms are required for each Division.

Exhibitor assumes responsibility for legality of his entry.

Entry forms and cage tags will be available starting 10am THURSDAY.

 

4. Entry forms must be completely filled out and used as follows:

White: to Show Secretary table by 9pm Thursday.

Pink and Yellow: to show hall with entries prior to 7am FRIDAY.

Pink and Yellow: exhibitor copy for checkout after banquet SATURDAY.

All white copies must be to Show Secretary table by 9pm Thursday.

No forms or tags will be sold Friday, sale birds excepted.

Entries will be received in the show hall 1 to 9pm THURSDAY.

Entered birds may be brought to the show hall between 6 and 7am

Friday, however, these must be in the secretary books Thursday.

All birds will be on the benches by 7am Friday, judging starts at 8am.

American Singers require all entries be made prior to 9pm Thursday.

 

5. All entries must be bona fide property of exhibitor at least thirty (30)

days prior to the show. To compete for the Higgins Trophy all birds

must be bred and banded by the exhibitor except for Finch and

Parrot divisions. These need not be banded. Higgins winners and

band numbers may be published in the NCBS newsletter.

 

6. To compete in unflighted (young) classes all entries must be bred and banded

with a recognized, current year, traceable and closed band. Secretaries

please send band numbers of your members to the NCBS Secretary

.

7. All birds that are flighted, or with open bands or unbanded, or with

unrecognized or non-readily traceable bands, must compete in the old

(open) classes.

 

 

9. Any bird purchased within one year from a judge cannot be shown at

NCBS when that judge is officiating in that division at the show. Any officiating

judge or their team member, partner or family member may not show in any 

Division of the current year.

 

9. Division winners from all song bird divisions will compete for the Best

Song Bird in Show award. All other division winners, except the

Youth Division, compete for the Scannell Trophy.

 

10. Only one bird in a cage may be shown except in Finch Pairs section.

 

11. Every possible attention will be given to the care of the birds, but the

National Cage Bird Show, Inc. and sponsoring clubs will not be held

responsible for any accident, mistake, loss, theft or damage that may

occur to any exhibit.

 

12. All birds must be checked on entering and leaving the show room. After

birds are entered and checked-in they are under the care of the show

management. They are not to be handled except by direct permission

of the show manager. If drinkers or feeders are removed for judging by the

stewards they should be replaced by the stewards. If this has not been

done the exhibitor should notify the show management and have it done

by those responsible for handling the exhibit.

 

13. No birds, drinkers or feeders shall be removed from their individual cages,

except by the Chief Steward. While entered in the show entries are under

the control of NCBS.

 

14. Show management has the right to add, combine or withdraw classes

as the number of entries dictates.

 

15. No identification, signs or display advertising will be allowed on or about

any cage until judging has concluded.

 

16. Special awards given for club bands or membership will not be awarded

unless exhibitor's eligibility is indicated on the entry form. All special awards
will be judged and/or presented after division judging has been completed.

 

17. Judging by daylight or Vitalite or equivalent as the situation dictates.

 

18. Colorbred canaries will be judged by the point system.

 

19. Cage bottoms should be covered with a regular seed mixture relative to

the particular species. Song birds use white paper.

 

20. No steward is authorized to reclassify an entry. Only a judge has the

authority to reclassify an entered bird.

 

21. The judge has the right to withhold awards if the judge feels the bird does

not warrant the award. The judge is to check bands after judging for bred

and banded by the exhibitor.

 

22. Decisions of the judge are final.

 

23. Cut-off time for judging is 7pm Friday. If the Division is not finished the

judging will resume Saturday morning at 8am.

 

24. Entries shall be checked out one half hour after the banquet Saturday night.

Check-out procedures will be announced at the banquet.

 

25. The NCBS Board of Directors reserves the right to interpret all rules and

regulations and arbitrarily settle and determine all matters, questions and

differences in regard thereto. It also reserves the right to amend and add to

these rules. All complaints must be written and submitted with a $10.00

fee to the Board prior to the completion of the Scannell judging.

 

26. Youth Division entries are governed by all rules listed above and Youth Division rules which are listed below:

 

A. The period of eligibility is that the participant must be enrolled in the 6th grade and continue until high school graduation.

B. Be present at the NCBS and comply with show catalog rules.

C. Complete separate entry forms for each general competition division.
Check the appropriate bird division for general competition on the form
and also check YOUTH DIVISION. Attach the general cage tag to the left
side of the cage. In addition attached a YOUTH IDENTIFICATION RIBBON to
the right side of the cage.

D. Turn in all entry sheets to the secretaries by Thursday evening of
the show.

E. Enter all birds by 7:30 am on the Friday of the show. Youth entries
will be included in the total division count of their respective divisions.

Show judges will begin judging youth division entries at 8:00 am on
Friday at their respective judging stands. Only one bird from a
division may qualify for the final scholarship judging.

Following the youth division judging, the steward will place all youth
birds in their designated classes for general competition. The youth
birds, in general competition, are eligible to advance based on merit
for division and other show awards.

The scholarship winner will be selected by the judges who had youth
entries in their division on Saturday immediately following the
Scannell judging. These judges will use a score card to rank the finalist.

A maximum of four scholarships may be won by any youth exhibitor. The
scholarship may be used at any fully accredited college or university
including community colleges, vocational schools, and technical
schools. The scholarship must be used at the first Fall enrollment
immediately following high school graduation. If a student accumulates
more than one scholarship, only one scholarship may be used per year.
Remaining scholarships must be used in consecutive years. Students must
notify the NCBS of their school enrollment and provide verification
from the school. The scholarship funds will then be paid directly to
the school for tuition, fees, and supplies.

 

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