Events
4-H Exploration Days
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Annual MSU pre-college program that attracts approximately 2500 youth participants and chaperones representing all 83 Michigan counties.
State 4-H Goat Show
Location: MSU Pavilion, East Lansing, MI
Exhibitors have the opportunity to compete in showmanship and breed classes as well as pack, obstacle and driving. Exhibitors must be Michigan 4-H members and must own the goats they enter.
State 4-H Goat Expo—2014 Date TBA
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
This event includes contests in judging, quiz bowl, skillathon, creative writing and problem-solving. The event catalog will be out shortly, check back for more information!
Goats
Goats—dairy type, pygmy, Angora and Boer—make great 4-H projects. They are relatively easy to handle, interesting and inexpensive to keep. In addition to learning about traditional animal care in a 4-H goat project, you can explore the use of products that come from goats such as milk, meat and fiber. You also can participate in activities such as quiz bowl, skillathon and judging, that don’t require you to own a goat.
Contact
For more information on how to get involved as a youth or volunteer, contact your county MSU Extension office or:
Katie VanderKolk, 4-H Animal Science Educator
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone: 517-432-5270
Resources
- 4-H Animal Project Record for Beginning Members (4H1457)
- 4-H Goat Quiz Bowl Resources
- 4-H Livestock Record Book for Intermediate and Advanced Members (4H1177)
- Animal Judges Lists and Permission Forms
- Feed Record Card (4H1277)
- Goat Organizations
- How do proposed changes to federal child labor laws affect you? (10/17/11)
- Member’s Personal 4-H Record Book (4H1192)
- Michigan 4-H Goat Project Snapshot (4H1611)
- Michigan 4-H Judging Cards (4-H1293–96)
- Pygmy Goat Basic Owner’s Manual
- Recommendations for Managing Public-Animal Contact
- Veterinary Science Organizations
- Your 4-H Angora Goat Project
