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[Sally Sunshine]

Oh and goodmorning ALL even though its almost noon!

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[runt325]

Before you randomly go buy things at the auctions here, understand what you are getting. If they allow dual purpose birds, or if they are the meat birds, intending to be butchered by 12 weeks at the latest. If you don't intend to butcher, I suggest you maybe NOT buy birds at the auction, because that's what most 4h clubs are for. Raising a product to eat, or to put into your livestock to produce better offspring down the road.

However, for chickens, they usually just order large batches from an online hatchery, for butchering birds, and just have the kids raise them, and will make arrangements to butcher the birds between 8-14 weeks if people dont' have the stomach for it.

My daughter's going to be practicing with a non-meat bird, but she is too young to auction it off. (or one of her goats. or both.) Once she qualifies for auctioning, she has to use their required animals, and you have to order the chickens through the local A and M via 4h ordering the birds for you.

If I was you, I wouldn't waste your money.

they have laying hens

 

[casportpony]

 

I think some of the clubs in CA do more than meat birds.


-Kathy

Big city 4h clubs usually have more options, than the rural ones that actually are pretty much only strictly food-raising clubs.
inside city limits here, you can have 4 hens only.... but the 4h clubs make you purchase a minimum of 25 birds, and then they have to find homes for the birds until butchering age, for people who live within city limits.

It seems like a mess but it's how they've been doing it for years here.

I'm very rural, and certainly not only meat-raising clubs. With livestock itself there is meat and dairy animals. Poultry has meat and Layers, Bantams and Fancy breeds. There is Woodworking, sewing, knitting etc.. and much more.

This is our 4h: http://www.adams4hclub.org/projects/

 

[kajira]

It should be what the local community would support. If people want to expand to "Fancy Breeds" chicken and enough interest they should be able to start a club. You could talk to the county agent or someone at the university that supports 4-H in Texas. Not certain how I forgot about dogs since my vet had asked me if I would be interested in being the advisor for the dogs when the current person retired from doing it.

I asked the local chicken person, if we could maybe start a showing club, for fancier breeds.... but she said she was shot down by the local 4h administration when she'd asking about people being able to show their own personal birds.

 

[Pensmaster]

Morning all

 

[mlm Mike]

This is my afternoon "coffee" erl gray tee with honey fresh ginger and lemon.

Yum!

Quote: I can't remember what the H's stand for
Head, Heart, Hands, Health
never knew that!! thanks morning Michael hugs and love whats fer lunch?

Hi Sally!

Not certain on the lunch menu yet, Braunschweiger mayber.

 

[SilverHair]

With only half a roof I'd say it's pretty leaky. Not likely that's going to change today; using power tools when it's raining ain't real bright.

neither is standing in side a metal building during heavy lighting

 

[Akrnaf2]

 

 
I'm very rural, and certainly not only meat-raising clubs. With livestock itself there is meat and dairy animals. Poultry has meat and Layers, Bantams and Fancy breeds. There is Woodworking, sewing, knitting etc.. and much more.

Maybe it's because we are a border town - but ours (while very large, with lots of members) has no poultry club, besides meat and doesn't even support a layer breeds. They make you pre-order birds of their choice, that they order to participate in the chicken/poultry. You can't use your own birds that you breed yourself, either.  I was under the impression that ALL 4h clubs, would have a wider variety of options for showing birds and fancy breeds, (which is what my daughter wanted to do) but here, neither of the local clubs support it.  The nearest big city, is over 6 hours round trip from us, and I'm not even sure they'd let her join since we live so far away.

There is no woodworking, sewing, or knitting, though we do have a beauty pageant. They do pigs, sheep, cows, goats. They don't even have dog training competitions, or herding like some of the clubs.

It should be what the local community would support. If people want to expand to "Fancy Breeds" chicken and enough interest they should be able to start a club. You could talk to the county agent or someone at the university that supports 4-H in Texas. Not certain how I forgot about dogs since my vet had asked me if I would be interested in being the advisor for the dogs when the current person retired from doing it. 

Alot of dual purpose chicken ARE WONDERFUL and look fancy!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Morning all

Mornin Peter! Whatcha got planned this lovely day? Wait did you tell me yesterday?

 

[kajira]

This is our 4h: http://www.adams4hclub.org/projects/

My daughter would be jealous of all of that.... Sigh

She wanted to do dog training, horses, chickens and goats. She also wanted to do sewing, photography, and some of the other volunteer stuff. For some of the kids when they get older, they can do internships from 12-17 with a vet, that looks GREAT on a resume, if they want to become a vet or any kind of doctor when they grow up.

We dont' have a local vet here, either, so I don't even know if they can accommodate the volunteer programs for career goals like some of the 4h clubs can.