Presenters Include:
Dr. Mike Cressman, AssistantProfessor,OSU Dept Animal Science
Tim McDermott, DVM, OSU Extension, Franklin County
Dr. Allison Pullin, Assistant Professor of Animal Welfare, North Carolina State University

All About Poultry!
Zoom Webinars in April & May
6:00 –7:30 PM

Geared towards youth participants taking poultry projects but anyone is welcome!

Webinar links and details below:
Wednesday, April 26th: Poultry Health
https://osu.zoom.us/j/98164067948?pwd=OWdqQ2dhTk95MDdwNzBZOW51Mzhjdz09(Password: 682120)
Protecting animal health at home and at the fair, common disease ID, and more!
Thursday, May 4th: Poultry Nutrition
https://osu.zoom.us/j/92999680333?pwd=b2dyK0h3S1ljK2RkQlFHWmlaM1FzZz09(Password: 870670)
Nutrition best practices, how nutrition impacts meat quality
Monday, May 15th:Poultry Handling and Welfare
https://osu.zoom.us/j/97491993463?pwd=bWVLNTZ5MVRDaUZDTCtZN1lzdzJUUT09(Password: 231076)
Animal handling and welfare at home and at the fair, impact of handling and stress on meat quality

Avian Influenza Trifold

A great super short video to share on Facebook and social media is this one that update on how to keep your flock safe from HPAI: https://youtu.be/5POApKOF8no

We pledge our “health to better living” but do we actually practice it? The 4^th H Club Challenge encourages Ohio 4-H Clubs to learn, practice, and advocate for healthy choices and behaviors at 4-H club meetings. Practicing healthy habits and choices now has lifelong effects on the health of youth.

Each club that completes the challenge before the deadline will enter into the $100 voucher drawing for their region to use for their club (project books, educational tools, etc.)! Each region will have a winner. The first 25 clubs that complete the registration and pre-survey will get an extra entry. How does it work? Apply 3 healthy practices per meeting at 6 or more 4-H clubs/meetings from April – December 2023.

1. Register and complete pre-survey.
2. Record the dates and activities in the 4th H tracker link. (the tracker link will be provided after registering)
3. Share a picture of your club doing a healthy practice on social media. Be sure to include the official hashtag #Ohio4thHClubChallenge.
4. Submit all activities to the tracker link by December 31st, 2023.

More information can be found at https://go.osu.edu/4thHClubChallenge.

What are you doing April 22? Get yourself to Columbus for the first-ever Buckeye Young Shepherds’ Expo! Exciting, hands-on sessions around a variety of sheep and lamb topics. Complete your Quality Assurance requirements, take a look at a real lamb carcass and the cuts of meat, work on your ear tagging/tail docking/injection skills, and learn about careers in the livestock industry. Plus, visit with old friends and make new ones! The cost is $15 for kids and adults, which includes lunch.

Youth participants receive a FREE t-shirt.

Register by April 8 at http://ohiosheep.org/lead-buckeyeyoungshepherdsexpo.html Registration will be capped at 200 participants, so register early!

View Flyer Here: 2023 Buckeye Young Shepherds’ Expo

Geared towards youth participants taking poultry projects but anyone is welcome!

Webinar links and details below:

Wednesday, April 26th: Poultry Health
https://osu.zoom.us/j/98164067948?pwd=OWdqQ2dhTk95MDdwNzBZOW51Mzhjdz09(Password: 682120)
Protecting animal health at home and at the fair, common disease ID, and more!
Thursday, May 4th: Poultry Nutrition
https://osu.zoom.us/j/92999680333?pwd=b2dyK0h3S1ljK2RkQlFHWmlaM1FzZz09(Password: 870670)
Nutrition best practices, how nutrition impacts meat quality
Monday, May 15th:Poultry Handling and Welfare
https://osu.zoom.us/j/97491993463?pwd=bWVLNTZ5MVRDaUZDTCtZN1lzdzJUUT09(Password: 231076)
Animal handling and welfare at home and at the fair, impact of handling and stress on meat quality

Youth Poultry Project Webinar 2023

• Ohio Youth Livestock Beef Webinars that happened in December but were unable to join (or would like to use them as resources), links can be found here: https://ohio4h.org/animalsciences/beef-cattle .

• Ohio Youth Livestock Small Ruminant (Sheep/Goat) Webinars that happened in February but were unable to join (or would like to use them as resources), links can be found here: https://ohio4h.org/animalsciences/small-ruminant-sheepgoat

Master 4-H PetPALS Volunteer Leader Training will be held on Sunday, April 23, from 1:00pm – 7:00pm at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. Registrations are due by Monday April 17. The registration fee is $45.00 for adults and $35.00 for youth (13+). Registration is online only and can be found at https://go.osu.edu/4-hpetpals2023.

Please note that this training is later in the 4-H year than we would like. It is the first training offered since 2020 and it took a little more to organize than originally thought. The goal was a quality training so please bear with us until we get back on a more regular schedule. This training will be offered every February in the future.

What is 4-H PetPALS?

4-H PetPALS is an intergeneration leader-directed project connecting youth and their pets with senior adults and other people in various types of health care facilities, hospices, as well as youth in school programs, libraries, etc. 4-H members learn to select, socialize and train appropriate pets to participate as youth pet teams in animal-assisted activities.

To be a 4-H member enrolled in 4-H PetPALS, there must be a trained adult Master 4-H PetPALS Volunteer giving leadership to this project. This can be in a separate 4-H PetPALS club or within an existing 4-H Club.

The training on April 23 will give volunteers the information needed to become 4-H PetPALS advisors. Older youth (13+) are also welcome to attend the training. They will engage in activities to help the adult advisors teach their members.

Information about 4-H PetPALS can be found at https://ohio4h.org/animalsciences/ohio-4-h-petpals.

Please have interested volunteers contact Renee Clark clark.471@osu.edu or Sara Deakin deakin.5@osu.edu if they have questions.