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4-H Sheep Project

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Program Contact

Amy Alder, 4-H Program Manager
Phone Number509-962-7565 Email Address • amy.alder@wsu.edu

Please note there are age restrictions on this project area:

Youth must be 8 by October 1st of the current 4-H year to be eligible for:

  • Competitive situations, such as livestock shows or sales
  • Enrollment in large animal projects, including Beef, Dairy, Goat, Horse, Sheep, Alpaca/Llama, and Swine

Objectives

Youth will:

  • Select, feed, and house a market lamb
  • Select, care for, fit, show, breed, and market sheep
  • Fit and show a lamb
  • Evaluate a carcass
  • Control insects and parasites
  • Market wool

Washington 4-H Records, Forms, and Guides

C1052E – Producer Affidavit & Market Lamb Health Record

C1113E – Supplemental Animal Affidavit & Health Record

EM3125 – 4-H Member Manual:  Advanced Livestock Science

NEEC20594 – Livestock Judging Guide

PNW679 – Judging Sheep and Oral Reasons

EB1462E – Washington Lamb of Merit

OR4H1422L – Sheep Chart

EM4789E – Teaching 4-H Oral Reasons

PNW614 – Pasture and Grazing Management in the Northwest

State 4-H Sheep Project Resources
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Helpful Resources

Washington State Sheep Producers

Animals for Food & Performance – Sheep – Washington State University

Washington State Shearing School – Washington State University

Sheep101

American Sheep Industry Association

Veterinary Science Curriculum Collection

Livestock Curriculum Collection

Sheep Curriculum Collection

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