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Charlton County
UGA Extension Office

Livestock Programs

The Georgia 4-H Livestock Program offers extraordinary educational opportunities for youth ages 9 to 18. 4-Her's involved in the livestock program are challenged with real-life issues as they learn responsibility through raising, showing and judging livestock. Livestock projects give students the opportunity to practice and acquire new knowledge in the fields of animal science, business, time management and leadership. Charlton County 4-H livestock programs include horse, beef, swine and goat projects.


Beef Cattle


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Showing beef cattle takes time and dedication to feed and grow a mature, high quality breeding or meat project. Students in grades 4-12th are eligible to show beef cattle. Students can show steers or heifers in 4-H. The student is responsible for purchasing their project. The 4-H office can give you resources and contact information for quality Georgia beef breeders for you to purchase your show project from. Beef projects are purchased in the early spring and grown until the shows begin in the fall. There are several state and local shows students are encouraged to participate in throughout the show season to get the most out of their time and dedication they put into their projects.

For more information on showing beef cattle, contact the Extension office.


Goats

Goat shows begin in Late August and run through November. 4-H'ers purchase their show goats May- July.  For more information on showing goats please contact our office.

Livestock Competitions



Swine

4-H'ers must be in 4th grade to be egligible to show a swine project. All show pigs must be purchased by the month of November to be eligible to show in the State Market and County Show. Click the learn more button for a brief outline of what to expect when showing pigs. For more information, contact our office.


Charlton County Swine Show 2020

Horse Club

 


If you are interested in becoming a member of the 4-H Horse Club, please call the office 912-496-2040 and give us your information. The meetings will be the held once a month on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 6-7 PM at the Extension Office. Children must have parents permission to participate.  Please plan to attend the first meeting with your child. 

We are welcome to any guest speakers who would like to volunteer to speak to the students about horses. Please call the office if you or someone you may know is interested in being a guest speaker.


For more information on showing livestock, contact the Extension office at (912) 496-2040 or mwestmo1@uga.edu