Poster Project

[ClickerChick]

I'm trying to think up a subject to do for a poster for the fair, and I can't think of a new and unique one. Every year, people do posters on eggs, feathers, and normal stuff like that. I want to do a poster on something new and interesting. It has to do with either poultry, rabbits, or pocket pets (hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, etc.).

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[3goodeggs]

Well, gee. It'sallll been done before. Maybe you could do a longevity chart? or a food consumption by body weight of different animals? take all the animals you listed and compare them based on what they eat, how they live, their different needs and what a pet owner will get out of them ie, angora rabbits vs a chicken. or mice vs rats (I had a pet rat in college and she was brilliant and loving and the best pet ever- but people do not believe me. They just think it was weird)
Maybe you can make a poster that will help others decide what type of animal is best for them based on the animal's needs.
Good luck finding something.

 

[ClickerChick]

Ooh, good idea! I'll look into that... Or like two different breeds of the same creature - like an Orpington vs a Leghorn, or a Syrian hamster vs a Dwarf hamster, or a New Zealand rabbit vs a Netherland dwarf rabbit... So many choices!!!

Keep posting more suggestions! I might need it in the future...

 

[salt and pepper]

I would do a comparison chart, how the diet effects the eggs, or genetics =) You know, the ones that make a breed unique, like why some have beards, and some don't etc

 

[ClickerChick]

Ohh, i've got to write all of these down...

 

[drumstick diva]

Maybe you could do the pros and cons of using an incubator vs a broody hen hatching chicks

 

[duckinnut]

Being a 4H parent and have seen many posters,as you say the same things are repeated. What I have never seen was a history of a chicken from its prehistoric beginnings to modern day domesticated chicken. A timeline from dinosaur to junglefowl to food source would be informative to the general public.Most people don't know that the chicken and the T-Rex share DNA.

 

[ClickerChick]

Ooh, that would be cool!

Ya, it's kind of hard to believe, but I guess if you trace it back far enough, the t-rex is connected somehow...

Ahh! All of these great ideas! WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE!?