4-H Animal Project Resources

Animal Science

Intent to Show Form

Market Project 101 PowerPoint

Market Animal 101 Recording

Market Animal Fact Sheet

Ag and Markets Health Requirements 

Beef Program:

• STEER IDENTIFICATION
• Breeding/Feeder Beef ID
• Beef Project Book

Dog Program:

New York State 4-H Dog Program

• Dog project Book

Dairy Program:

New York State 4-H Dairy Program

• non-owner /grade id dairy cattle certificate
• Dairy Project Record Book  
• 2022 Guernsey Calf Application
• Dairy Cattle Showmanship   Video

Goat Program

New York State 4-H Meat Goat resource page

Dairy/Meat Goat ID form

Dairy Goat project book

Cloverbud project book (either Dairy Goat or Meat Goat)

New York State 4-H Dairy Goat resource page

Horse Program:

New York State Horse Program website

• Horse Enrollment (Due June 1st)
• Horse Project Book
• Horse Project Sheet
• Hands on Horse Record
• 4-H Horse Rule Book
• Horse Educational Events

Poultry Program:

New York State 4-H Avian & Poultry

Poultry members should use the Intent to Show form as their ID form. 

All poultry must be from either an NPIP flock (with proof) or test negative for Pollorum. 

• Poultry Project book

• New! Market Turkey Project Book

Rabbits:

New York State 4-H Rabbit and Cavy

Rabbit Record

Rabbit ID, owner/non-owner form

Rabbit terms

Rabbit identification

Rabbit Digestive System

Rabbit Showmanship  - a form which instructs the youth how to complete the showmanship portion of the Rabbit show during Fair. 

Cavy:

• Project record book

Sheep Program

• Sheep ID 
• 4-H sheep breeding book

Swine Program:

• NYS 4-H Swine
• Swine ID Form
• Market Animal Project Book Market project animal book

All Other Animals Record

Market Animal projects:

Marketing Your Livestock Project

Market animal project book

Each species should have a record in the Market Animal Project Book

Record books are due the day animals arrive on the Fairgrounds.

Last updated May 9, 2023