McMurray Hatchery Poultry Coop Photo Contest Instructions

Welcome to the Murray McMurray Hatchery Poultry Coop Photo Contest.

About This Contest

This contest is for photos of poultry housing. These photos can be of chicken tractors, chicken coops, chicken pens, hoop coops, range shelters, chicken houses, or housing for any other type of poultry that we offer in our 2011 catalog or on our website, including housing for ducks, turkeys, geese, guineas, peafowl, pheasants, and quail.

Prizes: the first place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate, second place will receive a $50 gift certificate, and third place will receive a $25 gift certificate. Each finalist in the Poultry Housing Contest will receive a Murray McMurray Tote Bag.

For complete rules for this contest, click the link below:
Contest Rules

Contest Dates

  1. Aug. 24, 2011 through Sept. 7, 2011: Enter the contest by uploading your photos.
  2. Sept. 8, 2011 through Sept. 14, 2011: Rate the photos to choose the finalists.
  3. Sept. 15, 2011 through Sept. 21, 2011: Rate the finalist photos to choose the winners.

Register and Login

  1. Before you can upload a photo or rate contest photos, you will need to login to the contest website.
  2. If you have already registered, skip to the section below labeled "How to Enter the Contest". Otherwise, follow the steps below to register:
    1. Click "Login/Register" (near the top right of your screen, underneath the Murray McMurray Hatchery logo).
    2. Click "Register".
    3. Enter your First Name, Middle Name (optional), Last Name, Email Address, and password. Enter the same password a second time in the "Confirm Password" field. Then click "Register".
    4. Within a few minutes, you will receive an email message with the subject line "McMurray Hatchery Photo Contest". Click the link that is in that email message in order to confirm that your email address is correct.
    5. Enter the same password that you chose in step c.
    6. Now you will see your name displayed in the upper right corner of the screen, beneath the Murray McMurray Hatchery logo. This indicates that you are successfully logged into the contest. Read the appropriate section below to find out how to enter the contest by uploading a photo or how to rate photos in the contest.

How To Enter the Contest

  1. Before you can enter the contest, you must register and login to the contest. See instructions above on how to do this.
  2. To upload a photo to the contest, click "Upload a Photo". Read the upload rules on that page.
  3. Click "Choose File," then select a photo file from your computer to upload.
  4. Click "I accept the rules stated above."
  5. Enter a description of your photo, according to the contest rules.
  6. Click "Upload Photo"
  7. Photos are moderated, or reviewed, before they appear in the photo gallery, so your photo will not appear immediately.
  8. You may upload as many photos as you would like to the contest.

How to Rate Contest Photos

  1. Before you can rate contest photos, you must register and login to the contest. See instructions above on how to do this.
  2. To see the first page of contest photos, click "First".
  3. If you only want to see photos that you have not yet rated, click the "Unrated only" checkbox.
  4. To rate a photo, click that photo. You will see a popup window having a larger view of the photo. Click the appropriate rating. If "Automatically advance" is selected, then you will be automatically shown the next photo in the gallery. If "Show unrated photos only" is selected, then you will only be shown those photos that you have not yet rated.
  5. When you return to the main screen, each photo that you have rated will have a small green square in the upper right corner near that photo. Unrated photos will not have a green square.
  6. If you see the message "There are no more unrated photos right now," you have rated all the photos.
  7. You can only rate each photo once, but you can continue to view the photos after you have rated them. To view all photos, rated or not, uncheck "Unrated only".
  8. "First," "Previous," and "Next" will let you go to different pages of the photo gallery.