4-H Meat Goat Project
Learn about proper nutrition, housing and health care for you goat and participate in the meat goat show at the fair.
important project dates
- Meat Goat ID 2024
- Weeks of May 6th & May 13th. Your project leaders will contact you for a time to visit your farm
- May 15
- Deadline to register Meat Goats (v2.4honline.com)
- Deadline for Livestock Location Forms to Extension Office (Online Form)
- Deadline for DNA samples to Extension Office (State Fair Only)
Reminders:
- Each 4-H member is encouraged to turn in a record sheet and worksheet for the Meat Goat project for the year
- Grade is based on the grade you were in when you enrolled in 4-H for the 2024 year
- Answers to the worksheet are found in the Goat Resource Manual (Ohio State) (one resource manual is provided per family the first year a family member takes a Goat Project)
- If you exhibit an animal poster project you are encouraged to complete the General 4-H Record Sheet and turn it in at judging check-in.
Meat Goat DNA Collection Video
4-H Online Goat Enrollment Instructions
FOR ALL OTHER LIVESTOCK GUIDELINES, HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AND AUCTION INFO VISIT THE BOONE COUNTY 4-H HANDBOOK
Project leaders
Amanda Trent: (765) 426-7495, tmtrent2002@yahoo.com
Tyler Trent: (765) 894-2351, tmtrent2002@yahoo.com