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Hands-on Animal Workshops at Rutgers Farm, March 26 – Sign Up Today!

February 11, 2022

This year’s NJ Junior Breeder Symposium will be held IN PERSON on Saturday, March 26 at the Rutgers Cook Campus Farm in New Brunswick.  We have put together an all-star line-up of Rutgers professors, veterinarians, animal care professionals, graduate students, and volunteers.  Register today to learn about animal care, behavior, training, breeding, showmanship, and more through … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dairy Cattle, Featured Resource, Field Trip, Goat, Horse and Pony, Poultry, Rabbit/Cavy/Small Animal, Sheep, Swine

4-H Invitational Animal Shows Open to All New Jersey 4-H Members

July 12, 2021

In summer 2021, Rutgers 4-H programs are gradually returning to in-person programming. Read more about Rutgers Cooperative Extension returning to in-person programs here. Some county fairs are cancelled, some are delayed or postponed, and others are happening -- for reasons that best suit each county. And some animal shows are open to all New Jersey 4-Hers in good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Club Programming Idea, Field Trip, Goat, Horse and Pony, Poultry, Rabbit/Cavy/Small Animal, Sheep Tagged With: animal show, showmanship

Mercer 4-H Invitational Goat Showmanship – July 31

June 30, 2021

Mercer County 4-H and the Clever Clovers 4-H Club are hosting their Goat Showmanship Showdown, Saturday, July 31 at 10:00 a.m. at Howell Farm in the beautiful historic Pleasant Valley of Hopewell Township.  All currently registered 4-H members from throughout New Jersey are invited to show at our fair.  Cloverbud divisions (K-3 grades) will be included (non-competitive). To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Club Programming Idea, Field Trip, Goat

Mercer 4-H Invitational Rabbit Show – July 31

June 30, 2021

Mercer County 4-H and the Clever Clovers 4-H Club are hosting their 4-H Invitational Rabbit Show, Saturday, July 31 at 3:00 p.m. at Howell Farm in the beautiful historic Pleasant Valley of Hopewell Township.  All currently registered 4-H members from throughout New Jersey are invited to show at our fair.  Cloverbud divisions (K-3 grades) will be included … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Club Programming Idea, Field Trip, Rabbit/Cavy/Small Animal

Mercer 4-H Invitational Poultry Show – July 31

June 30, 2021

Mercer County 4-H and the Clever Clovers 4-H Club are hosting their 4-H Invitational Poultry Show, Saturday, July 31 at 3:00 p.m. at Howell Farm in the beautiful historic Pleasant Valley of Hopewell Township.  All currently registered 4-H members from throughout New Jersey are invited to show at our fair.  Cloverbud divisions (K-3 grades) will be included … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Club Programming Idea, Field Trip, Poultry

Mercer 4-H Invitational Sheep Show – August 1

June 30, 2021

Mercer County 4-H and the Clever Clovers 4-H Club are hosting their 4-H Invitational Sheep Show, Sunday, August 1 at 10:00 a.m. at Howell Farm in the beautiful historic Pleasant Valley of Hopewell Township.  All currently registered 4-H members from throughout New Jersey are invited to show at our fair.  Cloverbud divisions (K-3 grades) will be included (non-competitive). To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Club Programming Idea, Field Trip, Sheep

What the COVID-19 Pandemic Reminds Us About Animal Biosecurity

June 15, 2021

  COVID-19: What We Know  The SARS-COV2 virus spreads between people easily, through the respiratory droplets produced (such as in breathing or coughing). As we have practiced in the past year, masks and social distancing help slow the spread of COVID-19.  Vocabulary: SARS-COV2 is the virus and it causes COVID-19, the disease.   COVID-19 and Animals  In some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Animal Health, Animal Project Areas, Current Issue Tagged With: animal health, biosecurity, covid19

Zoonosis Prevention: A Kahoot Quiz Game

May 17, 2021

Thank you to all who participated in the first all-virtual Junior Breeder Symposium on Saturday, March 27, 2021. If you missed the event, or want to try the Zoonosis Prevention game again, it is live now!  The Kahoot quiz game can be played individually by clicking here. You may also go to kahoot.it and use Game PIN: 01733729. It is available through the above link until … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alpaca/Llama, Animal Health, Club Programming Idea, Dairy Cattle, Dog, Featured Resource, Focus on STEM, Goat, Herpetology, Horse and Pony, Poultry, Rabbit/Cavy/Small Animal, Sheep, Swine Tagged With: animal health, care, featured resource, health, Kahoot game, youth STEM, zoonosis education

Club Support: The Exciting Egg Activities

May 12, 2021

Pennsylvania 4-H has gathered a wealth of resources for youth to participate in 4-H at home.  Many of the activities can easily be integrated into a 4-H club that is meeting remotely. For poultry projects, The Exciting Egg lessons are educational and fun: Parts of an Egg for Cloverbuds Parts of an Egg for 4th Grade & Up Instructions for a Play-Doh Egg … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Club Programming Idea, Featured Resource, Poultry, STEM Learning

Have you ever thought about working with dogs in Africa?

May 10, 2021

Paige with her favorite dog

Name: Paige Seitz Job Title: Livestock Guarding Dog Program Manager Organization: Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia, Africa Education/Degree: B.S. in Biology, specializing in Zoology Namibia is made up of farmland and as the human population grows, climate changes occur, and habitats change, the world not only changes for the people in it, but also for the animals that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Profile, Dog Tagged With: Africa, CCF, Cheetah Conservation Fund, livestock, Livestock Guarding Dog

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