The Junior Livestock Sale committee has set the dates for Mandatory Sale Meetings for all participants. Mark your calendar and plan to attend on one of the following dates at the McKee 4-H Building exhibit hall:
There is a Poultry Workshop to discuss general project information and go over record books on Thursday, March 28 at 6:00 p.m. at the CoBank Building at ARDEC.
CoBank Building
ARDEC
4492 E County Road 56
Fort Collins, CO 80524
If you have any questions, please contact Lacy at lcbg7@hotmail.com.
The Hog Camp on June 7–8, 2024 is an opportunity for all levels of youth to get more hands-on experience and build on management styles/techniques.
Registration is REQUIRED. The cost is $100 per camper.
The Sheep and Goat Camp on June 5–6, 2024 is an opportunity for all levels of youth to get more hands-on experience and build on management styles/techniques.
Registration is REQUIRED. The cost is $100 per camper.
This day is filled with livestock opportunities for all species. Not only can you complete the Meat Quality Assurance training, but you can choose from a series of presenters who will be talking about current events or appropriate management practices to set yourself up for a successful year. See the schedule below.
The MQA session will be self-sufficient and open from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
This training is required for all livestock projects except: Cat, Dog, and Horse. This includes all Rabbits (including Companion Rabbits), Breeding/Show and Market, and All Poultry, including Breeding Chickens, Market Chickens, Breeding Ducks, Market Ducks, Breeding Geese, Market Geese, Breeding Turkeys, Market Turkeys, and Pigeons.
If this is your first year in a livestock project, you must attend. Members must attend once as a Junior member (4-H ages 8–13) and once again as a Senior member (4-H ages 14–18). All 8-year-olds and all 14-year-olds in livestock projects must attend this year.
This is an in-person event. You will have the opportunity to complete a series of exercises and learn about management practices and how they benefit your project. This process will take between 1–1-½ hours to complete.
9:00–10:00 a.m. Best Practices for Poultry, presenter Avian Team from CSU
10:00–11:00 a.m. Poultry Project Orientation
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Predator Mediation, presenter from USDA
12:00–1:00 p.m. Basic Ruminant Nutrition, presenter Ashley Schilling
1:00–2:00 p.m. Livestock Selection, presenter Bailey Schilling
2:00–3:00 p.m. Evaluating your Calf’s Progress (For members of the Larimer County Stock Growers Catch-A-Calf Program)
Beef Weigh Day is next Tuesday, February 20 from 4:00–7:00 p.m. at the new 4-H, Youth, and Community Livestock Arena.
All members showing Beef market animals at the 2024 Larimer County Fair are required to weigh in on February 20. If the exhibitor is unable to attend, they must arrange for someone to bring their market animals to be weighed and tagged.
Market Livestock Members: Mark these dates on your calendar now! Weigh days and tagging are REQUIRED to be eligible to show at the Larimer County Fair. If you can’t be there, you must arrange for someone to bring your animal.
Weigh Days will be held at the Youth and Community Building at The Ranch. Tagging supplies for swine will be available at the extension office starting on April 1.
Members enrolled in any market and/or breeding livestock project for the first time MUST attend a Colorado 4-H Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) program, regardless of age. 4-H members must attend a Colorado 4-H MQA program a minimum of twice during their 4-H career, once as a junior and again after becoming a senior 4-H member.
Watch for more information coming in January from the extension office for your project. And if you have any questions, please ask!
Registration for Beef Camp, to be held from April 5–7, 2024, is now open. There is a cap of 20 participants for this camp. The cost is $250 per person.
If you need financial assistance to take advantage of this learning opportunity, the Junior Leadership Club and the Larimer County 4-H Foundation both have project scholarship opportunities for 4-H members. Find more information and the applications on their websites:
