VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 3
themselves are responsible for completing their projects. In livestock shows they
are required to be in control over the animal and still need to perform the same
show tasks that their peers perform. For example, in the local chicken shows, the
youth are required to prepare and place their animals into their own cage. The
difference, a sighted guide is allowed to help the exhibitors locate their cage but
cannot help any exhibitor to cage or carry the bird. Ms. Mitchell says she has
always felt welcomed by the show committees and they are getting known the
more they travel around and show, with many happy faces cheering on her
students.
Figure 4
Student with a Polish Hen
Note. The student won as a reserve show champion Fall of 2022.
