Poultry - Whats Up?
2010 Poultry Rules
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Stark County Quality Assurance RESCHEDULED!
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Please note that Tuesday, March 2, 2010 QA Program has been
RESCHEDULED to Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
Stark County Quality Assurance Program
March 10, 2010
at RG Drage School
at 6:30pm
16th Annual Stark County 4-H Advisory Committee Swiss Steak Dinner
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Plans are underway for the 16th Annual 4-H Advisory Committee Swiss Steak fundraiser dinner. The dinner will be held on Saturday, April 24th from 4:30-7:00 p.m. at the Nimishillen Grange, Easton Street, Louisville.
Help is needed from all clubs with the following:
- Advance ticket sales, tickets are now available. Contact Carol or Nancy to get tickets to sell! Return money, unsold tickets and number of tickets sold by Wednesday, April 21.
- Advertising by placing posters in various locations to help advertise the dinner.
- Raffle donation/ideas: gift certificates; theme baskets, any store donated items or homemade items. Everyone loves the raffle!
- To help brown steak 8:00 a.m., April 24.
- Set tables.
- Pie and cake donations – to be delivered to the grange between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
- Workers for the dinner: to serve dinners, dishwashers and kitchen help. Two shifts are available 4:15 to 6:00 p.m. and 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
- Clean-up 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Items needed for the dinner:
Amounts needed each year vary!
1 bottle dishwasher liquid
1 gallon vegetable oil
1 box salt
3# coffee
10# sugar
30# flour
1 jar beef bouillon cubes
1 gal vinegar
25 gallon green beans
9 cans 48 oz. of beef broth
2 64-ounce bottles orange drink concentrate
Money donations
Raffle Baskets
Workers
Pies and Cakes
Contact: Nancy Biller 330-875-3437 or Carol Kralik 330-875-8714
Call Nancy or Carol to help with any of the above.
Cash/check donations also welcome!!
Jenna McNeil & NAAF Fundraiser
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Jenna McNeil, a Beech Creek 4-H Member, has been diagnosed with Alopecia Areata. You can help by selling wrist bands (bracelets) in her honor. If you are interested in helping to sell bracelets, please call 330-823-6830. We would also be available to visit your club meeting to present a short video about Alopecia Areata. It could be a great health report!
The Beech Creek 4-H Club will be hosting a square dance at the Stark County Fairgrounds on September 25. All proceeds will go to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF). For more details about Jenna and Alopecia Areata please read the attached flyer.
Jenna McNeil Stark Co 4-H Member Fundraiser for Alopecia Areata Fondation
2010 Stark County Jr. Fair Deadline
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010The 2010 Stark County Fair will be here sooner than we know!
ENTRY DEADLINE is July 23, 2010.
Please make sure all entries are in the J. Fair Office by that date!
NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!
2010 Stark County Quality Assurance Dates
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Just a reminder that every Stark County Jr. Fair Member taking a market animal or a lactating animal MUST attend a Quality Assurance Program in 2010. Here are the following dates for Stark County:
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at RG Drage
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at RG Drage
2009 Pastured Poultry Roundtable and Tour
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009When: October 10, 2009. Registration 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Cost $8.00 for 15 and over, free for ages 14 and younger.
Where: Fisher Auditorium, OARDC/OSU
1680 Madison Ave.
Wooster OH, 44691
Contact: John Anderson, 330 263 3753. anderson.37@osu.edu
Bill Karcher, Eagle Nest Poultry, 419 562 1993. bkarcher@tririverscc.org
A.M.
8:30-9:00 Registration and Refreshments. Bill Karcher will discuss quality control and marketing your free range eggs. Eggs and candlers will be available.
9:00-10:00 Pastured Poultry in the Restaurant Trade. Parker Bosley , chef, former restaurant owner.
10:00-10:45 Custom Poultry Dressing. Paul Rissler, Spring Maple Enterprises.
10:45-11:30 Integrating poultry production into your farm or garden operation.
John Anderson, Mike Lilburn, Bill Karcher.
11:45 Tour Begins. Vans are available if needed, please indicate on the form or by phone or email (to John Anderson) if you would like to take the tour in one of the vans that will be available.
Stops include pastured broilers and turkeys, including several shelter options.
We will end the tour at Tea Hill, where we will see a small mobile processing unit for poultry, plus their State Inspected further processing facilities. We will have lunch at this stop (Tea Hill will feature some of their poultry products), so bring cash or brown bag lunch.
We plan to be back at the OARDC in Wooster around 3:00p.m.
Detailed maps of the tour route will be provided for those that would like to drive on their own.
Please contact John Anderson at anderson.37@osu.edu or 330 263 3753 to make reservations and indicate if you would like to ride in one of the vans that we are providing.
Payment for the Roundtable and Tour is at the registration desk on Saturday morning.
See you on October 10th!
Poultry Showmanship Results
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Champion of Champions
- Diana Bevington - County Line
Reserve Champion of Champions
- Madison Weber – Hollow Valley Herdsmen
First Year
- Grand Champion – Adriana Grimm – Hollow Valley Herdsmen
- Reserve Champion – Isabel Mack – Mudlake Beavers
- 3rd – Abbie Greer – 4H Farm Hands
- 4th – Morgan Stocker – Mudlake Beavers
- 5th – Jarrod Moran – Nimishillen Farmhands
Juniors
- Grand Champion – Mackenzie Weber – Hollow Valley Herdsmen
- Reserve Champion Showmanship – Erin Thompson – Clover Valley Variety
- 3rd – Jaryd Creager - Mudlake Beavers
- 4th – Hannah Fisher – Beech Creek
- 5th – Diane Yoder – Tow Path Trail
Intermediate
- Grand Champion – Madison Weber –Hollow Valley Herdsmen
- Reserve Champion Showmanship – Elizabeth Duerr – Washington Twp. Variety
- 3rd – Caroline Thompson – Clover Valley Variety
- 4th – Audrey Leahy – Clover Valley Variety
- 5th – Clay Poynter – Country Barbwirers
Senior
- Grand Champion – Diana Bevington – County Line
- Reserve Champion Showmanship – Kristyn VanVoorhis –East Canton 4H Club
- 3rd – Ellen Mulligan – Washington Twp. Variety
- 4th – Amie Hintz – Tow Path Trail
- 5th – Andy Baltzly – Green Valley
Poultry Show Results
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009- Grand Champion – Amber Shoemaker – Louisville Livestock Leaders
- Reserve Champion – Isaac Stanley – Washington Twp. Variety
- 3rd – Gregory Margida – Pygmy Spirit 4-H
- 4th – Tyler George – Washington Twp. Variety
- 5th – Dana Ward – Tusci Barnyard High Steppers
- 6th – Anthony Duerr – Washington Twp. Variety
- 7th – Aaron Stanely – Washington Twp.Variety
- 8th – Carter Evans – Country Barbwirers
- 9th – Jaryd Creager – Mudlake Beavers
- 10th – Madison Weber – Hollow Valley Herdsmen
Turkey
- Grand Champion – Rebecca Faverty – Beech Creek
- Reserve Champion – Krystin VanVoorhis – East Canton 4-H Club
- 3rd – Amber Shoemaker – Louisville Livestock Leaders
- 4th – Samantha Givens – Clover Valley Variety
- 5th – Jacob Campbell – Mudlake Beavers
Fancy
- Grand Champion – Clay Poynter – Country Barbwirers
- Reserve Champion – Beverly Shields –
- 3rd – Amie Hintz – Tow Path Trail
- 4th – Kristyn VanVoorhis – East Canton 4H Club
- 5th – Ellen Mulligan – Washington Twp. Variety
Pullets
- Grand Champion - Brian Poynter – Country Barbwirers
- Reserve Champion – Isaac Stanley – Washington Twp. Variety
- 3rd – Kristyn VanVoorhis – East Canton Variety 4H
- 4th – Alexis Boyle – Southern Connection
- 5th – Clay Poynter – Country Barbwirers
Egglayer
- Grand Champion – Audrey Leahy – Clover Valley Variety
- Reserve Champion – Caroline Thompson – Clover Valley Variety
- 3rd – Kristyn VanVoorhis – East canton Variety 4H
- 4th – Diane Yoder – Tow Path Trail
- 5th – Erin Thompson – Clover Valley Variety
Fancy II
- George Heitger – Twitchers
- Anthony Heitger – Krazy Kritters
Ohio State Fair Results
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Livestock skillathon results can be found at:
Ohio State Fair Junior Livestock results can be found at:
http://ohiostatefair.com/osf/osf4_4.php – press room
>Winners Releases > junior shows by species
Sponsors for awards from the 2009 Ohio State Fair
Skillathons are posted on the 4-H Animal Sciences website.
Please encourage your 4-H members to send thank you notes
to our sponsors!