Let’s give a big congratulations to our club members who brought home awards in the Carcass Contest! Jessie McCrimmon: 1st for Swine; Trinity Dunham: 2nd for Beef; Josh Ryan: 3rd in Goat. Very impressive! For a small livestock club, that’s awesome!
Livestock members are invited to the Carcass Seminar and Awards Night next Wednesday, October 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Animal Sciences Building on the CSU campus. The address of the Animal Sciences building is 350 West Pitkin Street, Fort Collins, CO 80521. Please enter the building through the Southwest entrance that overlooks the Monfort Quad. The seminar will take place in room 161. Parking is free in the Animal Sciences parking lot or in the General Service parking lot just east of Animal Sciences.
Livestock and Animal record books are due to Cindy by Thursday, September 15. You can bring them to the HCH Club Picnic at Fairgrounds Park tonight at 6:00 p.m. or bring them to her office at Construction Supply House.
This is the last step to completing your livestock and animal project for this year. Included are record books for Beef, Dairy Cattle, Dog, Cat, Goat, Horse, Alpaca/Llama, Poultry, Rabbit, Sheep, and Swine.
Congratulations to all of our members who participated in the County Cake Decorating Contest, Shooting Sports Competitions, County Fair, Livestock Sale, and those who went on to the State Competitions, Contests, State Fair, and State Livestock Sale. Wow, did we accomplish a lot this year!
Our next club meeting is not a meeting, but an end-of-the-year celebration picnic to be held at Fairgrounds Park in Loveland. This is a potluck, so please bring a dish to share. We will start at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 12. The club will provide sloppy joes, paper plates, plasticware, napkins, and coolers of lemonade and water.
All members enrolled in a livestock project, including dog, please bring your completed record books to the potluck on Monday, September 12. I will sign them and turn them in at the extension office. If you were enrolled in a livestock project but did not show at the county fair, you still MUST complete your record books and turn them in. If you are unable to attend the picnic then I MUST receive them by September 15 at my office at Construction Supply House in Berthoud.
If you know anyone who is interested in learning more about 4-H, encourage them to attend the Larimer County 4-H Open House on Thursday, October 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the McKee Building.
Start thinking about next year—our first meeting for the upcoming year is October 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the McKee Building and enrollment will open on October 16.
I am very proud of all of our members and how well they showed at all the contests, competitions, and at fair. GREAT JOB!
UPDATE: The deadline for add-ons has been revised to Monday, August 22.
Did you know you can support our 4-H livestock members even if you didn’t buy an animal at the Junior Livestock Sale? You can contribute any dollar amount to a 4-H member by doing a Livestock Sale Add-on.
Go to the payment portal (https://www.treventscomplex.com/planning-your-event/ranch-event-payment-portal) and then choose Select Service Type “Larimer County Fair Jr Livestock Add-on.” Include your name, the child’s name, species, and a dollar amount. It’s a great way to show your support!
There will be a rabbit workshop this Saturday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m. at the West Pavilion at The Ranch.
Please do not bring any rabbits with you.
If you have questions, contact Dee Dee Farago at pdbgfrog@aol.com.
From: Bailey Schilling 4-H Youth Development Livestock & Shooting Sports Agent Larimer County: CSU Extension 970-672-6449 schillbw@co.larimer.co.us
We will be holding a Sheep and Goat Workshop on Monday, June 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the Small Indoor Warm-Up Arena at The Ranch.
If you have any questions please contact the Key leaders for the projects.
Dale Brown
970-689-4684
dntbrown@msn.com
Smokey Crego
970-556-0554
steeloaks@yahoo.com
Katie Sinclair
970-214-8040
sinclairlivestock@yahoo.com
Amber Spence
970-214-7036
pooptail_boo@hotmail.com
From: Bailey Schilling 4-H Youth Development Livestock & Shooting Sports Agent Larimer County: CSU Extension 970-672-6449 schillbw@co.larimer.co.us
With the change in weather coming this weekend I would like to remind everyone of responsible management practices. It is likely that animals can experience some discharge from their nose with this sudden change in temperature and even develop some respiratory issues. Being proactive in this situation, I would recommend members blanket any market animals to help keep them warm in the colder temperatures during the evening and early morning hours. I would also like to remind you of the importance of providing dry bedding underneath your shelter where animals can lay to get out of the wind.
I would also like to invite you to the second workshop for the Sheep/Goat workshop series coming up Monday, May 23, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. in the warm-up arena at the Ranch. We invite you to bring your animals to start with some basic showmanship techniques. We will have additional information that will be covered at the beginning of the workshop so please be prepared for your animals to be tied up for a short duration while we discuss some other material. If your animal is displaying any signs of illness, please avoid bringing them.
If you have any questions please reach out to me or any of the project key leaders.
Dale Brown
970-689-4684
dntbrown@msn.com
Smokey Crego
970-556-0554
steeloaks@yahoo.com
Katie Sinclair
970-214-8040
sinclairlivestock@yahoo.com
Amber Spence
970-214-7036
pooptail_boo@hotmail.com
Sheep and Goat Workshop: Tonight, May 16 from 6:00–8:00 p.m. in the warm-up arena at The Ranch.
The key leaders as well as Bailey Schilling will make introductions. Then there will be a discussion of project objectives, goals for the workshops, setting goals as 4-H members, the importance of the record book, animal handling, animal feeding, and an industry overview for both sheep and goats.
We will NOT have animals present for this workshop.
Please contact Bailey Schilling, Livestock Extension Agent, with any questions.
From Bailey Schilling 4-H Youth Development Livestock & Shooting Sports Agent
I hope that you all are doing well and excited to be involved with different workshop opportunities leading up to the county fair with your project animal. You are more than welcome to attend these opportunities without having an animal present.
Along with that, we are also approaching the May 31 deadline for you to submit pictures of your animal on 4HOnline. We are asking that you submit a profile view. Please find instruction sheets for each species below.
Click here for instructions to upload photos for Beef.
Click here for instructions to upload photos for Sheep.
Click here for instructions to upload photos for Goats.
Click here for instructions to upload photos for Swine.
Poultry members, we are still working with the State Extension Office and communicating with the State Vet to gain a better understanding of this virus and how it is going to impact the shows at the Larimer County Fair. Please refer to the multiple emails sent out earlier this month pertaining to HPAI and preventative steps that should be taken to reduce infection of your flocks. Workshops will still be taking place in the absence of live animals for the poultry program.
Click here for instructions to upload photos for Poultry.
Click here for instructions to upload photos for Dairy projects.
