AGES: 8+

LIVESTOCK CLUBS RUN FROM FEBRUARY 2024-JANUARY 2025

Meeting dates: ALTERNATING SATURDAYS*

Summer Hours: 9:00 - 11:00 AM / Winter Hours 9:30AM - 11:00PM

*Dates may vary to accommodate Holidays that land on Saturdays throughout the year. Regular communications will be sent out confirm dates as needed.

Regular Activities: Raise and care poultry in TUF’s year long livestock club. Participants will work collaboratively to learn hands-on about feeding, nutrition, record keeping, general animal care, breeding, maintaining shelters and more. Participants will learn the ins and outs of raising animal for multiple production purposes.

Groups will meet once every other week. This is when the majority of the husbandry is done by the participants- including cleaning coops, filling waters, mucking coops, and handing chickens. In addition, each week participants spend time learning about all aspects of nutrition, disease management, general animal care, reproduction, incubating and hatching eggs, costs, body conformation, egg and meat production as well as showmanship.. On an as-needed basis, participants bathe and groom the animals, perform health and parasite checks and management, and take care of any other animal needs. As restrictions allow, participants may interact with the visitors and volunteers who come to the farm on Saturdays for self-guided tours, farm events, birthday parties, etc.

Annual Events: Club members have the opportunity to participate in the Adams County Fair in July. This event gives participants opportunities to practice and demonstrate specific skills they learned at TUF. This event also provides the animals an opportunity to be shown by the participants and to compete against one another and other animals. During each event poultry participants develop their public speaking skills as they interact with judges and be tested on their animal husbandry knowledge. A 4-H membership is required for Adams County Fair Participation, this is completed externally of TUF.

NOTE: Participants are only permitted to enroll in a Market Project (i.e. husbandry for meat production) after 1 year of Livestock Club participation. This is required so that the youth can observe and understand the process start-to-finish first. Market projects include purchasing, owning, and boarding an animal at TUF, along with additional farm chores without staff supervision but with parental supervision. Additional cost are associated with market projects (i.e. purchase of animal, additional feed, etc).

TUF FAMILY MEMBERSHIP:

Family Membership is required for your youth to participate in TUF's Livestock clubs as there will be events and activities that you will be encouraged to attend and participate in. In addition, some participants will be required to complete or volunteer for additional responsibilities at TUF. These supplementary activities will likely require parental supervision. ($100/year) Register for you TUF Family Membership Here (If you are already registered, it will auto register you).

A Family Membership Form & Waiver is required and should include anyone included in the Family Membership, even if they are not be registering for a Livestock Club. (Completed Once annually at registration) Complete TUF Family Registration Form & Waiver

** You will have to register 1 child at a time**