4-H Chick Chain
The purpose of the 4-H Chick Chain is to give 4-Hers the opportunity to raise baby chicks and experience caring for chickens that will be used for either layers or broilers. The 4-H members that participate in this activity will have fun taking care of their chickens and other family members will be able to enjoy the good-tasting, nutritious food that they produce. This project will also help participating 4-Hers develop poultry management skills, learn to produce healthy chickens, develop an awareness for business management through recordkeeping, contribute to the family’s food supply and realize the pride of accomplishment.
Each 4-Her participating in the 4-H Chick Chain will receive his/her baby chicks in April. No money is needed, but, six pullets out of every 25 chicks received will need to be returned as payment to the Lincoln County Fair for the annual 4-H Poultry Show & Sale. Monies from the sale of the pullets will be used to purchase baby chicks for the next years 4-H Chick Chain participants.
4-H Feeder Calf Show & Workshops
The Feeder Calf Show will be held at the Tennessee Livestock Producers’ barn in Fayetteville. This is a pen of three show; pens may be made up of steers or heifers. Anyone who is planning to exhibit a pen(s) of three in the show or to participate in the workshops, needs to call the UT Extension Lincoln County Office at 433-1582to preregister as we will be serving a meal that day and this will help us to know how much food to order.
2020 4-H Market Hog Shows
The Central Region & State 4-H Market Hog Shows will be held in Murfreesboro. Both shows are open to youth in the the 4th thru 12th grades.
To participate in in the shows, market hogs will need to be tagged.
Please call to set up a time for your hogs to be weighed before the deadline. Exhibitors may tag 12 hogs. Each exhibitor may show up to six inidvidual hogs (singles) in the shows and one hog in the carcass division. The carcass pigs must weigh between 230 – 270 pounds.
Please contact Dan Owen at the UT Extension Lincoln County if you have any questions about either of these 4-H shows.
4-H Horse Shows
4-H Beef Shows
The Central Region Beef Show and State Beef Expo will both be held in Murfreesboro. Steers and Commercial Heifers must be owned by May 1 and tagged by May 1. Registered heifers must be registered in the exhibitor’s name or leased by May 1 to be eligible to show in the 4-H Beef Shows. Commercial heifers must be tagged by May 1; the date of the County 4-H Beef Show has not been set. The Knoxville Spring Junior Cattle Show will be held in April; entries will be due by March 15.
4-H Sheep Shows
The date for the County Sheep Show has not been set. The Regional 4-H Sheep Show will be held in Lebanon, TN. State 4-H Sheep Show will be held in Lebanon, Tn. All sheep must be owned by May 1.
4-H Meat Goat Shows
These shows are open to youth in the 4th – 12th grades; exhibitors may show any breed of goats; shows will include classes for does and wethers. The county show will be held in July. The dates for the regional show is in Shelbyville,TN and the state show is in Lebanon, TN. Some county fairs will also have meat goat shows; a list of these show dates will be available later in the spring. Please call the UT Extension Lincoln County Office at 433-1582 for more information or e-mail Dan Owen.
4-H Dairy Shows
The Regional 4-H Dairy Show will be held in Lebanon, TN sometime in August; the State 4-H Dairy Show will be held in mid-October in Murfreesboro. All animals must be owned and lease papers turned in by July 1.