Author: Bruce Zimmer

Hervida Chicken BBQ – Volunteers Needed – May 4

Please come support the Chicken BBQ Dinner at Hervida on Saturday, May 4. Meal served 5:00 to 7:00pm. Dinners will be available for eat-in or carry-out.

This is also a great opportunity to volunteer for camp by serving, clearing tables, or donating a dessert! Donations for the Country Store are always welcome!!

Here is a link to make a dessert, donate items for the country store, cut & keep desserts stocked, serve & stock beverages, clear tables & wipe trays, run dishwasher, or prepare carry-out meals.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A094EADA72CA1FD0-48685580-hervida#/

Camp Mattress Project

Hervida has received several donations and grants to purchase 155 new camp mattresses. Now we need some helpers to unload the truck when it arrives on Friday, April 26 at 8:00 am. If you are available to help, just be at Camp Hervida by 8:00 am

The total project budget for 155 mattresses is: $27,929.50. Special thanks to our contributors!!

  • Ohio 4-H Foundation donation $1400
  • Camp Hervida Board $7283
  • Morgan County 4-H Advisory Committee donation for shipping $1275
  • Marietta Welfare League Grant $6000
  • Marietta ELKS $2500 Marietta Noon Lions Club $1000
  • American Legion Post 750 $300
  • Marietta Community Foundation $500
  • Beverly Lions Club $171.50
  • Marietta Memorial Health Foundation $7500

Backyard Poultry Certificate Course

Backyard Poultry Certificate Course $25

Backyard Poultry Marketing Flyer

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

Paper Clover Campaign at Marietta TSC

The Marietta TSC will be participating in the national Paper Clover Campaign and the store is hosting our 4-H display at the front of their store. Stop by and support the campaign!

  • Paper Clover Runs Wednesday, April 24 through May 5
  • Customers will be invited to add an additional donation at check-out or round-up.
  • As usual, counties will receive 80% of the funds. The funds will be used for camp and youth leadership experiences.

Hog Tag Announcement for Advisors

4-H or FFA advisors can stop by the OSU Extension Office and pickup the number of tags needed for their club members. Only advisors can pick-up tags between April 15 and May 31

  • Hogs must be tagged by June 1 – Deadline to tag hogs
  • Please insert the tag with the number on the back of ear to make it easier to read (see picture)
  • Exhibitors must submit pictures via email to wcfhogs@gmail.com
  • Advisors will submit a Hog Tag Record Sheet identifying the exhibitors and tagged hogs

A note about family spares:

  • All spares tagged in after primary animals can be shared only by brothers and sisters. Animals at tag in are assigned to exhibitors and only the spare may be shared by brothers or sisters. Animals assigned to exhibitors at tag in may not be switched at fair weigh in. Spare animals are in case a project animal dies or does not make fair weight. This allows exhibitors to have a back up project animal. Spares are a cost savings option for families.