Meigs County Junior Fair Livestock

Livestock Tag-In Dates

Market Steers or dairy Market Steers tagged their animals in back in Jnaury.  This is osmething to keep in mind if a 4-Her wants to take a Market Steer to the fair next year.

The next tag-in will be on May 17th from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Meigs County Fairgrounds.  This is for the following market projects:  Sheep, goats, hogs, dairy feeder calves, and beef feeder calves.  Thos youth planning on taking market chicken projects need to also order their chicks at the May 17th tag in.\

Market chickens and rabbits will be either banded or tattooed at their tag in on July 19th from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. at the fairgrounds.  Non market Chickens that need bled will also attend on July 19th tag-in.

Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance Sessions being held this spring will be April 24th at Southern High School at 7 p.m. and on April 29th at Meigs High School at 7 p.m.  Youth that are only taking horse projects may receive Quality Assurance credit by attending the HOrse Safety Clinic on April 19th.  Training will be an approximately one hours workshop.  4-H and FFA members with livestock and Horse projects are required to attend one of th eoffered workshops held this springs.  There will be NO test with the workshop, but youth will be required to sign in and stay for the entire presentation to get credit for completing Quality Asurance Training for 2008.  All the paperwork you will need for the Tag-Ins will be distributed at ther Qualtiy Assurance Workshops.

Livestock and Horse Project Skill-a-Thons

This year every 4-Her and FFa youth with a lviestock or horse prject willb e able to demonstrate what they have learned with their project.  On July 14th at the Meigs County Fairgrounds there will be a Livestock and Horse Skill-a-thon.  Exact times will be announced in the judging packets that will be distributed in June.  membes will compelte 3 different skill-a-thon stations and their project books will be reviews at a 4th station.  This is not a pass/fail test, but rather a learning experience.  This will give any youth an opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they have gained from their animal project.  There will be three divisions - beginner (youth in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade), Intermediate (youth in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade) and senior (youth int he 9th grade and up).

2008 Meigs County Livestock Rules with addendum