Stuffed Chickens Substituting At U.P. State Fair

A poultry quarantine in Michigan isn’t keeping some exhibitors from putting on a show at the Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba.

Poultry and Rabbit Superintendent Andrea Sorensen says four exhibitors put on poultry showmanship demonstrations Thursday – using stuffed chickens.

The quarantine was put in place on May 1st after cases of Avian Flu were reported across the Midwest.

It remains in effect til the end of the year.

So, neither will there be any poultry at next week’s Houghton County Fair.

The UP state fair runs through Sunday.