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 required to complete this project.
important 2023 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)
- 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 will need to turn in a record sheet
- Member must complete 3 activities from the project manual to complete the poultry project for the year
- Grade is based on the grade you were in when you enrolled in 4-H for the 2023 year
- If you exhibit an animal poster project you need to complete the General 4-H Record Sheet and turn it in at judging check-in in order to have your poster judged (this is required even if you plan to exhibit an animal in that project at the county fair)