Rabbit and poultry IDs and pictures are due on 4HOnline on July 1.
Click here for the Animal Care and Housing Form. If you haven’t completed this form for 2024, please do so. On the form you will need a premises ID of where your animals are housed. To find the premises ID, click here.
Attached are flyers for two great opportunities for you to learn about poultry showmanship and to practice and prepare before the county fair!
Opportunity 1: The Rocky Mountain Feather Fanciers and the Elbert County 4-H Poultry Program are co-hosting the 14th Annual “One Bird” Poultry Show, Youth Poultry Showmanship Competition, and General Youth Poultry Seminar on Sunday, June 23 starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Elbert County Fairgrounds. Please click here to view the flyer for more details and a schedule of events.
Opportunity 2: The Poultry Showmanship Clinic is on Sunday, July 21 starting at 9 a.m. at the Southeast Weld County Fairgrounds in Keenesburg. Please click here for the flyer for more details.
Reminder: Don’t forget the upcoming deadlines for uploading Animal IDs. If you have any questions, please check your project letter for your project or reach out and ask.
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.
There is a Poultry Meeting at The Ranch next Tuesday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fort Collins Room in the McKee 4-H Building.
Key leaders Lacy, Russ, and Cheryl will be there to answer your questions about the Modified Poultry Show for Market Birds, which will be held July 11–12, and the events scheduled to take place during the County Fair.
Here is some important information for you to have about the change of the show:
1) Entries for Poultry classes are due June 26.
2) This is a terminal market show—you will not be taking birds home.
3) You are limited to two entries per species.
4) Poultry will be included in the Junior Livestock Sale. Photos will be taken following the show on July 12 beginning at 2 p.m.
5) All birds will be vet-checked prior to entering the show area. It is important that you monitor your entire flock for signs of illness prior to the show. Do not bring any birds if they are showing any signs of Avian Influenza.
Please contact key leaders Lacy, Russ, or Cheryl with questions about the meeting and the Fair!
Contact Lacy at MichallFarms@outlook.com or Russ and Cheryl at cherylspence29@yahoo.com.
Poultry project members should plan to attend the May Meeting next Tuesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at ARDEC. We will answer your questions about your project, birds, and showing.
Please see the attached map for the location and directions on how to get to the CoBank Building at ARDEC.
ARDEC is Colorado State University’s Agricultural Research, Development, and Education Center. ARDEC is located on East Frontage Road of I-25, near the Budweiser Brewery north of Fort Collins. We will be meeting in the CoBank Center for Agricultural Education at 4492 East County Road 56, Fort Collins, CO 80524 (County Rd 56 is located on the north side of the ARDEC complex.) Please enter through the main doors and we will be in one of the classrooms near the door.
Poultry will have a Modified Show at the Larimer County Fair on July 11–12, 2023 in the McKee Building at The Ranch. Please click here for all of the information.
The Poultry Workshop scheduled for tonight, March 21, has been CANCELED. Please plan to attend on April 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the McKee Building at The Ranch for the next workshop.
You are encouraged to attend these Poultry workshops:
Due to Avian Influenza and the upcoming Migration season, please increase your biosecurity measures to keep your flock safe.
A reminder: the Poster contest and Egg Decorating contests have been added to Fair. Please consider participating in these areas. We had amazing posters and creative decorated eggs at last year’s Fair.
The first Poultry Workshop will be Tuesday, January 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Loveland Room at the McKee Building at The Ranch.
Please plan to come and hear the latest update on Avian Influenza (HPAI). It is still a concern so please continue to follow biosecurity practices. We will also be discussing a variety of other topics.
When ordering your market birds make sure not to order more birds than your family can use or sell.
If you have any questions contact Marilyn Lasich at lasichm4h@gmail.com.
As you are all well aware the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is still active around the area. A large number of cases have been expected to come from wild birds. Please review the information found at the link below for further HPAI information, guidance and biosecurity practices. Commingling of poultry is still highly discouraged under the current guidance from CDA and the State Veterinarian’s Office. The guidance attached encourages increased biosecurity practices and indicates that the decision to have poultry events is still tentative and that responsibility currently resides with local authority.
The 4-H office and The Ranch are mindful of the increasing presence of the HPAI virus in domestic poultry as they consider future 4-H poultry activities, including embryology work. We ask that all families practice increased biosecurity should poultry events be planned and delivered at the county level. Please refer to the following Colorado Department of Agriculture link for more information and updates regarding HPAI.
CDA HPAI Information & Updates: https://ag.colorado.gov/animals/reportable-diseases/avian-influenza
