4-H Poultry Project
Learn proper nutrition, housing and healthcare for your poultry.
Participate at the show with the following:
- Eggs
- Chickens
- Duck
- Turkeys
- Geese
There is also a workbook recommended to be completed each year in this project.
important project dates
- May 15
- Deadline to enroll poultry for State Fair
- May 15
- Birds must be owned and cared for by 4-H Member
- Exception: Meat Bird Hybrids (ex. Cornish Cross)
- Deadline for Animal Location Form to Extension Office (Online Form)
- Birds must be owned and cared for by 4-H Member
- June 15
- Meat Bird Hybrids must be owned and cared for by 4-H Member
Reminders:
- Each 4-H member is encouraged to turn in a record sheet
- Member is encouraged to complete 3 activities from the project manual
- Grade is based on the grade you were in as of Jan 1 of this year.
- 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
FOR ALL OTHER LIVESTOCK GUIDELINES, HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AND AUCTION INFO VISIT THE BOONE COUNTY 4-H HANDBOOK