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Oh of course! It's a club for kids that gets them involved in working with projects that really enrich their life later on. They can participate in many different areas-- like Aerospace/rocketery, Photography, citizenship skills, textiles--like sewing and quilting, Fashion, Cooking/baking, and the list goes on and on! Among those projects are animals like Poultry (any breed--just breed for standard), Swine (pigs), Meat Goats, Milking goats, horsemanship and on and on... Anyway, I signed my son up for this club and we enrolled in a few projects. The club gives you a book that tells you how to go about your project and you keep records, pictures, reports, etc.. But when we go to club meetings, the kids have a great time and it's the parents sitting in the back talking about their "child's" breeding program that the PARENT is working so hard on. Just had to laugh, because it seems like we stress over all the back end of it and the kids get to do the fun stuff.
http://www.4-h.org/ <----this is the link that further explains the Club.
Nice to see how childeren become involved in a long-term project.
This is how I signed out my "Silver-project" that is now on his 5th generation.
https://sites.google.com/site/silkiesmoroseta/
Enjoy the reportage. Now I just started the 6th generation.
That is amazing work documenting your birds! I will be reading up on your site! And yes, this is similar work to what 4-H likes to encourage the youth to participate in and learn as much as they can. Right now though, my son is just starting to learn what good birds look like and how to pick them out and then deciding what to breed with. He and I are BOTH learning this! But we will be creating a book for him to keep his notes in with pictures, etc. So far, 4-H doesn't encourage the use of a website, I'm sure as things progress over the years, that might change. The starting age is 7 years to join, so this is our first year! My other son is too young to participate in the projects, but he can be a "tag-a-long" ... which just means he can show up for the meetings and learn too! He just can't show. Anyway, I'm very impressed with your site!