77th Annual Drumright Broiler Show to be held April 28

Willow Mattox, Whitley Mattox, Cane Hollabaugh and Wiley Mattox tend to their six-week-old broiler chickens.
Willow Mattox, Whitley Mattox, Cane Hollabaugh and Wiley Mattox tend to their six-week-old broiler chickens.

DRUMRIGHT — Local FFA and 4-H kids have been raising broiler chickens since early March in preparation for the 77th Annual Drumright Broiler Show that will be held on April 28.

The Drumright Broiler Show dates back to 1948 when Leo Bowers, superintendent of Norfolk School, presented a program on poultry at a Drumright Chamber of Commerce meeting. He showed ribbons from a Texas State Fair broiler sh…