Poultry

Poultry Exhibitor Opportunity: Darke County Poultry Clinic is April 13th

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Please share with any poultry exhibitors!

Attention Junior Fair Poultry Exhibitors make plans to attend the Darke County Poultry Clinic on April 13th at Ohio Building at the Darke County Fairgrounds. This event runs from at 10:00am to Noon and is sponsored by Darke County Junior Fair Poultry Committee. A free lunch will be served at the conclusion of the clinic sponsored by Cooper Farms.

The poultry clinic will focus on nutrition, animal care, animal health, processing, showmanship, fair selection and biosecurity.

  • Lew Cunningham the 2024 Darke County Poultry Judge for the Fancy Show will focus on quality and selection.
  • Jackson Hile will be speaking about Pigeons.
  • Dr. Tim Barman, retired Cooper Farm Vet, will speak about biosecurity, animal ethics and proper care animal.
  • Matt Aultman will be speaking on poultry nutrition.
  • Poultry showmanship will also be demonstrated by Blake Addis, Darke County Jr Fair board Poultry Representative.

This clinic and great opportunity to expand knowledge of your poultry projects and get prepared for upcoming fairs! The program will also feature door prizes. Please RSVP by April 9th by calling Dena Wuebker at 937-423-2369,  Cindy Mayo at 937-417-2296 or Amy Addis 937-216-2107  or email Dena at dena.wuebker@vtigers.org , Cindy Mayo at cmayo217@hotmail.com or Amy Addis at amyjoaddis@centurylink.net.

Poultry Exhibitor Opportunity: 2024 Ohio Youth Poultry Clinic Registration Available

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The 2024 Ohio Youth Poultry Clinic will take place on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at The Ohio State University ATI in Wooster, Ohio. Registration is $25.00 per person and can be completed by visiting https://go.osu.edu/osupoultryclinic. Registrations must be completed by Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

Poultry Producers: Backyard Poultry and HPAI Update

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Although there are no predictions on what the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza will look like for 2024, our hope is that the 4-H community will lead the way in biosecurity and flock health.

The OSU Poultry Team website has an HPAI page that is up to date with the current information from both the USDA and ODA.  There are a ton of fact sheets, the trifold, recorded webinars, and short videos for social media. You can find the page HERE.  You can also share this with clients or on social media with the go link   go.osu.edu/HPAI

Also please share with your clubs and on Facebook the Backyard Poultry Certification Online Course.  This is especially helpful for anyone of your members who is new to poultry keeping and wants a super cheep way to learn more.  You can find the course HERE.

To signup for the Backyard Poultry Certification Online Course, visit: go.osu.edu/chicken

Backyard Poultry Marketing Flyer

Poultry Certification Opportunity for Adults and Youth

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A Backyard Poultry Certification Course with 6 modules was created by Franklin County’s Ag & Natural Resources Educator (Tim McDermott) as a self-paced course to learn about husbandry, nutrition, biosecurity, egg production, and disease prevention in backyard poultry.  Attached is a flyer with a QR code (also below) to access the course which costs $25 (Super cheap!)  It can also be accessed at   go.osu.edu/chicken or you can share the page link on Growing Franklin HERE

Some uses for your county client-residents:

  • It makes a great holiday gift for that hard to buy person.
  • You can share this if you have a city or municipality in your county that requires a certificate to keep backyard poultry.
  • You have a 4H kiddo or county resident who wants to keep poultry but does not know where to start.
  • You have a city or municipality that is considering an ordinance and needs some guidance.

Flyer for more information: Backyard Poultry Marketing Flyer

 

You’re invited – Jr. Fair Poultry Exhibitor Meeting: November 16th

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Sent on behalf of Fairfield County Junior Fair Poultry Superintendents:

Junior Fair Poultry Exhibitors and 4-H/FFA Advisors,

As a Fairfield County Junior Fair poultry exhibitor family, the Junior Fair Poultry Superintendents are inviting you to come and talk about the 2023/2024 Poultry Shows on Thursday, November 16th, 2023, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Fairfield County Ag Center/OSU Extension Office. We hope that you can join us at this open meeting!

Stay Connected at Fair – Junior Fair Department Social Media Pages

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Junior Fair Horses

  • Join Remind101 using code @jfhorse

Junior Fair Swine

Junior Fair Beef

Junior Fair Poultry

Junior Fair Rabbits

Junior Fair Pygmy Goats

Drug Use Notification Forms – due at NOON, Friday, October 6th for Market Beef/Dairy Market Feeders/Lactating Dairy Cows & Dairy Goats/Market Hogs/Market Goats/Market Lambs

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Animals must be drug free by weigh-in day of fair. Each member must complete a Drug Use Notification Form (DUNF) (http://go.osu.edu/fairfielddunf) form online for each animal they plan to exhibit prior to weigh-in at the fair. If the forms are not correctly completed, exhibitors will not be permitted to show. The link to the form will open on Monday, October 2nd (as forms should be completed more than 5 days before fair weigh-in).

  • Animals requiring a DUNF indicating the animal is free from any/all drugs in its system on fair weigh-in/move-in day are:
    • Market Beef
    • Dairy Beef Feeder
    • Dairy Cow (lactating)
    • MQP Barrow
    • Market Barrow
    • Market Gilt
    • Market Goat
    • Dairy Goat (lactating)
    • Market Chicken
    • Market Turkey
    • Market Duck
    • MQP Lamb
    • Market Lamb
    • Market Rabbit (new for 2023)
  • Forms should be completed no sooner than 5 days prior to animal weigh-in to be sure that their animal is drug free during fair.
  • Forms submitted prior to that timeframe will be deleted and exhibitors will be asked to resubmit the DUNF form closer to their animal’s weigh-in. All animals being brought to the fair requiring DUNF forms will need to submit their forms by 12:00 p.m., Friday, October 6, 2023.
  • The only EXCEPTION to the Friday deadline will be Market Poultry and Market Rabbits who will complete DUNF Forms AFTER they receive tags/leg bands so they have identification information to enter into the DUNF Form. One form per pen of animals should be completed for Poultry and Rabbits. Deadline for poultry and rabbit exhibitors is MIDNIGHT on Saturday, October 7th.
  • Animals tagged with an EID 840 (15 digit tag) should include the last 6 digits in the identification field of the form.
  • Scrapie Tag numbers DO NOT need to be entered for market goats and market sheep – please use the last 6 digits of your EID 840 tag.
  • There should be ONE form submitted for each animal Exception: Each pen of rabbits and each pen of market chickens will need a form per pen.
  • Turkeys exhibitors will put N/A in the identification field.
  • Market Chicken exhibitors will put all 3 leg band numbers in the same identification field for their pen of chickens.
  • Market Rabbit exhibitors will put both tag numbers for their pair of rabbits in the identification field for their pen of rabbits.

Drug Use Notification Forms – Market Poultry and Market Rabbit Exhibitors (due at midnight on weigh-in day)

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Animals must be drug free by weigh-in day of fair. Each member must complete a Drug Use Notification Form (DUNF) (http://go.osu.edu/fairfielddunf) form online for each animal they plan to exhibit prior to weigh-in at the fair. If the forms are not correctly completed, exhibitors will not be permitted to show.

Market Turkeys/Ducks/Chickens and Market Rabbits must complete a Drug Use Notification Form. One form per pen of chickens and one form for each pen of rabbits. 

Due to market poultry and market rabbits not having identification until weigh-in day, you will be able to submit your DUNF form AFTER weigh-in. It must be completed by MIDNIGHT on Saturday, October 7th.

Volunteers Needed: Poultry Barn Setup on October 1

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We will once again be housing poultry in the former booth building adjacent to the #50 Show Arena. This building worked out so well for us last year and we are excited to be back. The one downside is that we can’t set up anything until the weekend before the fair due to the antique show the previous weekend that uses our building and the fair staff needing time to clean the building and such.
Our set up date will Sunday Oct 1 starting at noon. We hope to be done by 4PM, but will stay as long as we need to. Last year we had a nice group (25-30) and it only took 2-3 hours to get the work done. If you need to arrive late or leave early, that is fine as well. Even if you can be there for an hour, that will be very helpful.
Please post here if you are able to help. And spread the word with your club members, etc. All are welcome even if you don’t show poultry. Good opportunity for service hours for those needing them.
Thanks in advance and we look forward to your help.
-Poultry Committee