4-H Youth Development

2024 Ohio State Fair Judging Contests

2024 Ohio State Fair 4-H Livestock Judging Contest:

July 25, 2024

Register by July 8th, 2024 – PRE-REGISTRATION is REQUIRED

$15.00 per Contestant

Location: Voinovich Livestock Center Show Arena

Entry Form

 

2024 Ohio State Fair 4-H Poultry Judging Contest:

July 13, 2024

Register by July 1st, 2024 – PRE-REGISTRATION is REQUIRED

$5.00 per Contestant

Location: Dept. of Animal Sciences 2029 Fyffe Rd., Columbus, Ohio

Entry Form

2024 Ohio State Fair 4-H Avian Bowl Contest

July 13, 2024

Register by July 1st, 2024- PRE-REGISTRATION is REQUIRED

$15.00 per Team

Location: Dept. of Animal Sciences 2029 Fyffe Rd., Columbus, Ohio

Entry Form

 

 

Registering on Fair Entry

To Access 4-H Online now and in the future please visit: https://4honline.com/#/user/sign-in

Login is: The Email Address linked to your Families 4-H Online Profile

Password:  The password you used for 4-Honline (hit reset password if unknown)

You should be able to rest your password using your email listed.  Save this password as you will use it for future logins with 4-HOnline and Fair Entry.

Once you have your email and password for 4-H Online, visit: https://fairentry.com/Fair/SignIn/20002

Use the 4-HOnline Sign in button to utilize your 4-HOnline account with Fair Entry.

Follow the prompts to enroll your youth in the Highland County Jr. Fair.  If you have questions about Fair Entry, contact Kaley Fannin, Highland County Jr. Fair Coordinator at highlandcojrfair@yahoo.com or call/text 937-205-5034 (work).

 

The Junior Fair is using the Band App for all Junior Fair Updates.

 

If you have any questions or need anything, please reach out.

Thanks,

Caitlyn Barton

Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Camp Scholarships Due Today!!

Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Junior Camp registration is closing today. Ohio 4-H Junior Shooting Sports Camp is for grades 3-6 and will be held at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp June 7-9. The Friends of Ohio 4-H are sponsoring 2 scholarships in honor of Ms. Anita Harris and Justin Marteney for Junior Camp and that deadline is also today, May 6.

The camp information and scholarship information is on our website https://ohio4h.org/families/members/events-opportunties/shooting-sports/4-h-shooting-ed-camp.

The registration link for Junior Camp is: https://go.osu.edu/24JrShootingSportsCamp

The Camp Counselor Application is extended to May 13th for both Junior and Senior Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Camps and we hope you can share this update with your county!

Counselor’s are asked to arrive for Junior Camp in the evening on June 6th and plan to stay on June 9th until their campers have all been picked up.

Counselor’s are asked to arrive for Senior camp in the evening of July 13th and plan to stay until their campers have all been picked up on July 19th.

The application and information can be found by following this link: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bduayVmIkkCmJXE

Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Senior Camp registration is due June 13th. Senior Camp is for grades 7-12 and will be held at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp July 14-19. The Friends of Ohio 4-H are sponsoring 2 scholarships in honor of Ms. Anita Harris and Justin Marteney for Senior Camp and that deadline is also today, June 1st.

The camp information and scholarship information is on our website https://ohio4h.org/families/members/events-opportunties/shooting-sports/4-h-shooting-ed-camp.

The registration link for Senior Camp is: https://go.osu.edu/24SrShootingSportsCamp

Its Chick Season!! Backyard Poultry Certification Course Information

Backyard Poultry Certificate Course $25

For a variety of reasons, there is an increase in interest in keeping backyard poultry. Backyard flocks provide the opportunity for people in rural and urban areas alike to produce tasty eggs and meat for personal and family food security. You might want egg layers. You might want to raise meat birds for a harvest in your freezer. You might even have a youth interested in raising chickens for their 4-H or FFA project, as these lower maintenance livestock can be kept in a fraction of the space for a fraction of the cost when compared to other species.

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 take 2-3 hours to complete and includes the following 6 modules:

  • Getting Started
  • Brooding, Basic Husbandry & Nutrition
  • Housing
  • Egg Production
  • Maximizing Health
  • Biosecurity

Click Here to Enroll

2024 Jr Fair Changes

2024 Junior Fair Changes

Jr Fair Changes for 2024
Beef
▪ All beef animals (besides Market Beef for 2024) are required to have EID/840 tags in their ears to show
at the Highland County Fair.
▪ All breeds that Ohio State Fair uses will be added into the breeding show.
Swine
▪ Barrow weights will be 205-295 pounds.
▪ All swine animals are required to have EID/840 tags in their ears to show at the Highland County Fair.
Sheep
• Recognize all sheep state fair breeds for sheep breeding shows.
• Market Lamb and Breeding show will be on Wednesday of the fair, Showmanship and open show will
be on Thursday of the fair.
Goat
▪ The minimum weight for market goats is 60 pounds.
Rabbit
▪ There will be an underweight class for those rabbits that don’t make weight, with a minimum of 3
pounds and a maximum of 7 pounds.
▪ Require ear numbers of breeding rabbits be submitted by June 1st, when they are supposed to have
their project, BUT allow them to submit multiple animals as potential ones to be shown.
▪ Add a market pen of 2, born and raised.
▪ All market rabbit exhibitors must print pictures and hand in tattoo sheet for market rabbits by 2nd
Monday in August. Pictures must include rabbit and exhibitor and close up of the tattoo.
▪ There will be a clinic to tattoo market rabbits with pens by persons who have the ability to do so. Clinic
date- Saturday, August 10th from 9AM-1PM in the Rabbit & Poultry Barn.
Jr Fair Building
▪ There will be a registration deadline of August 24th for all the projects in the Jr Fair Building.
▪ There will be a statement in the fair book “ALL exhibits will remain in place until 3:00pm and can be
taken out from 3:00-5:00pm, Saturday (carryout only last day of the fair) or 10:00am-12 noon Sunday
after the fair.
▪ Photography- Clarify rules for “Altered” class: “Photo attached to front”.
▪ Only allow exhibitors to show flowers, other than theme baskets, applies to crops, flowers, garden, and
houseplants that are grown by an immediate family member and follow the family member rule in the Jr
Fair rule section.
All Species
▪ Allow the judge to pick only the top 3 overall showmanship.
▪ All animals that are shown in the Jr Fair shows must be drug free by their species weigh-in.
OME/OBE Skillathon
▪ Held on: Saturday, August 24th from 8am-5pm.
▪ Feel free to email HighlandJrFairSkillathon@gmail.com to get results of skillathon scores.
Other
▪ Allow 1 parent or immediate family member to be in the holding areas in the main arena. No other
spectators will be allowed in the holding areas. Once they are warned to leave, then they will be
escorted out of the arena.
▪ The Nutrition Bowl requested a new clicker system, it’ll be purchased if a sponsor is found.