Help support our Greene County Camp Counselors by dining at Jasper Kitchen on Monday, April 1
4-H Youth Development
Solar Eclipse Glasses available for 4-H Families
We have a limited number of the Buckeye Eclipse glasses available in our office for a safer viewing experience on April 8, 2024.
Our office is open Monday – Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm.
General Livestock Judging Webinar- SWINE
The Animal Science Design Team Livestock Evaluation webinar series are continuing, and our third session is on Swine! These series are being recorded so that if someone is not able to attend, they can review it later. Each month we will be focusing on a new topic/species in helping youth across the state prepare for various contests available to them.
Greene County Beekeepers 4-H Project Scholarship
Greene County Beekeepers is offering a 4-H Scholarship for Project #641. They are seeking motivated, mature youth in 4-H to apply. The scholarship includes a full bee hive kit, mentoring, and more! Full information and requirements can be found at: https://gcbeekeepers.org/gcba-4-h-project
For more information call 4-H & Youth Beekeeping Coordinator, Cynthia Olsen, 937-477-7471
2024 Ohio Youth Poultry Clinic
Save the date: April 14 at OSU ATI
Cost: $25 per person
Deadline: Registration and payment postmarked by Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Contact: Michael Cressman, cressman.2@osu.edu
Schedule includes Quality Assurance requirement and more!
Look for registration soon.
General Livestock Judging Webinars
Join our monthly Livestock Judging Webinars with OSU coaches, Matthew Chaney (Main) and Seth Ebert (ATI), as they break down getting starting. Each webinar will focus on a different aspect of Livestock Judging. They will be sharing resources and tools available to youth judging in Ohio, their parents, as well as coaches.
DATE: Monthly TBD
TIME: 7:00–8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: ZOOM – go.osu.edu/livestockevaluation
January 24 – Let’s Start a Team
February – Beef 101
March – Swine 101
April – Sheep 101
May – Goats 101
June – EPDs & Scenarios
July – Reasons, Part 1
July – Reasons, Part 2
Flyer for series2024 GLJ Webinar Series
I think my pigs have pseudorabies. What do I do?
Pseudorabies (PRV) is a threat to the U.S. swine industry, and the goal is to remain free from pseudorabies in domestic animals.
If your pigs have neurological, respiratory, and reproductive clinical signs, they may be infected. Contact your trusted veterinarian or one of the following:
- Ohio Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health – 614-728-6220
- USDA APHIS Veterinary Services – 614-856-4735
- Ohio Pork Council – 614-882-5887
If your pigs or other animals are suspected of having pseudorabies, they will be tested by the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.
If PRV is detected in pigs, the preferred course of action is to immediately eradicate the disease by culling positive animals.
The long-term goal is to eradicate feral swine from Ohio.
If you see feral swine, do not relocate them and report to the USDA Wildlife Services at 1-866-487-3297.
As a pig owner or producer, you should:
- Be on the alert for signs of illness
- Use proper biosecurity to protect your pets
- Avoid direct or indirect contact with feral swine
See Feral Swine trifold for more information. Visit Ohio Pork Information Center website to learn more!
Backyard Poultry Certification Course
Interest in keeping backyard poultry has been increasing steadily as more and more people want to provide for their family and personal food security. We have also seen an increase in youth keeping backyard chickens or turkeys for 4-H livestock projects.
Whatever your reason for raising poultry, this course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and resources you will need to get your backyard flock off to a great start.
This self-paced course is expected to take2-3 hours to complete and includes these 6 modules:
• Getting Started
• Brooding, Basic Husbandry & Nutrition
• Housing
• Egg Production
• Maximizing Health
• Biosecurity
Course cost = $25
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
• Identify rules and regulations relevant to raising backyard poultry.
• Source healthy birds to raise in their backyard
• Apply concepts of basic husbandry, nutrition, and housing of poultry.
• Explain how eggs are produced
• Practice safe handling of birds and eggs
• Recognize common health-related abnormalities of poultry
• Describe the roles of veterinary care and biosecurity in poultry health
There are NO refunds issued for this course. If you have questions about the course, contact Tim McDermott at mcdermott.15@osu.edu for assistance.
Enroll in 4-H Today to be Eligible for Camp Fees
Enroll in 4-H by Thursday, December 14 at noon to be eligible for your camp fees to be reduced. We will pick 2 project age members who will each get $175 off the full camp price of $275. We will pick to Cloverbud age youth who will get $40 off the full $50 Cloverbud Day Camp price. Counselors are eligible too for this opportunity.
To be eligible youth must be enrolled in 4-H Online and approved by noon, next Thursday, December 14. If your profile is incomplete in 4-H Online, you are not eligible. Winners will be announced that afternoon.
Winners will need to be registered when camp registration opens in the spring and pay the remaining fees.
Poultry Owners – stay tuned with the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
See the Avian-Influenza Trifold for information.
Poultry Owners need to be on alert and protect their birds through proper biosecurity. Owners and their flocks must avoid any direct or indirect contact with wild birds or other poultry. If there is high mortality, owners should submit birds to be tested.
Biosecurity includes all of the sanitary practices that are implemented to prevent the spread of diseases. These include:
- Prevent any contact with wild birds
- Prevent any contact with other animals, wild or domestic
- Keep your birds sheltered in animal-proof/bird-proof houses
- Avoid visitors to your flock
- Use disposable gloves and shoe covers before you come in contact with your birds or their environment
- Wash your hands before and after contact with your birds or their environment
- Use dedicated clothes to work with your birds, or use disposable coveralls
- Avoid using surface water (ponds or lakes) as a source of drinking water for your birds
- Acquire your feed from reliable sources and store it in a clean, dry, and cool place away from wild birds or wild animals access,
- particularly rodents
Have backyard poultry? Follow the Backyard Poultry YouTube channel for information, including Poultry Biosecurity for 4H Youth.