4H Sheep Project: Showing 4-H Lambs & Sheep - RaisingSheep.net
My first 4H sheep club project was raising a market lamb for the local county fair. In this project you’ll visit a farm and buy a lamb in early spring, raising it to show at your local fair where it will be auctioned for sale as a meat animal.
Planning for your 4-H sheep project animal: Lamb selection
2017年3月16日 · As spring weather approaches, many youth across Michigan begin looking for their 4-H market lamb. Caring for a lamb requires forward thinking and creating a plan designed to see your project through to the end.
2021年8月4日 · competitively show a market lamb for your 4-H club project. The lamb that you purchase will join more than 9,000 lambs in 4-H projects across the state this year. You will join other 4-H members in devoting many hours over several months to the proper care, feeding and management of a potentially award-winning lamb. Lambs may be purchased by ...
Planning for your 4-H sheep project animal: Preparations
2017年3月15日 · This three-part series from Michigan State University Extension will review important sheep project content and address three main topics: preparations for your market lamb, estimating costs of care and lamb selection. These tips and tricks will help you be more prepared for your 4-H sheep project experience.
The 4-H Market Lamb Project Handbook serves as a reference for 4-H members in raising market lambs. The “My 4-H Sheep Project Record Book (4H246)” should be used to record a 4-H member’s annual participation in the 4-H sheep project. Both publications are available for downloading as PDF files from www.nj4h.rutgers.edu. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Market Lamb Project Guide: Show Lamb Selection and Development
The market lamb project teaches how to own and work with lambs; how to take responsibility for lambs’ health, care, and growth; and how to win or lose competitions gracefully. These are important life lessons that will serve a 4-H’er even as an adult.
4-H and Youth Sheep Projects | Animal & Food Sciences
There are two main types of Sheep Projects that a 4-H member may choose. A sheep breeding project is long term project in which a 4-H member begins with a ewe lamb (female) and cares for her through breeding age (typically 7-10 months) and …
Sheep 4-H Project Area | Extension | West Virginia University
2021年10月12日 · The 4-H Sheep project area consists of three project manuals. Each manual covers three years of activities. Rams, Lambs and You (Sheep 1) introduces you to a wide variety of fun and challenging activities including identifying parts, selecting a project lamb, preparing for lambing, identifying lamb cuts, feeding and showing a sheep.
4-H Lamb Project Quick Reference Guide - LSU AgCenter
2019年6月4日 · Estimated Timeline: Five months to one year (longer for any production-based breeding project). Estimated Cost: $700-$2,000-plus. Estimated Space Requirement: 15-20 sq. ft. shelter per head and 40-50 sq. ft. pen/grazing area.
The 4-H Market Lamb Project is designed to allow 4-Hers to become familiar with and practice the normal day-to day feeding and management of market lambs. You should become familiar with the genetic, nutritional, and health factors that affect market lambs through this project.