Genesee County 4-H Goat Program Project Record

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1 Genesee County 4-H Goat Program Project Record Name: Birth date: / / Years in Project 4-H Year 1

2 Introduction This project record book has been created specifically for members involved in the 4-H Goat Project. Keeping this record book will help you learn how to organize yourself and learn the importance of always keeping records even if it seems like a chore. Through record keeping you will: Learn how to set goals, how to make plans for action, and evaluate how well you did. Learn the skills of record keeping and organization to use now and in the future. Learn to communicate and summarize. Learn responsibility by completing a task. Through participation in this project, youth will: Goals of the 4-H Goat Project Practice the life skills of: - Decision Making - Communicating with Others - Planning and Organizing - Learning to Learn Identify and select quality goats Demonstrate good goat management and health practices Develop goat showing, sportsmanship, and fitting skills Improve their goat kid consumer skills Promote goat products and the goat industry Guidelines for the 4-H Goat Project Record Book One record book can be used for all of your project animals. This record book is designed to start at the beginning of the 4-H year and all expenses and receipts during the year should be kept for your records. Please keep this record book up to date at least monthly as well as keeping it neat, complete, and accurate. The year should start by setting at least three goals for the upcoming project year. These goals should pertain to gaining new knowledge and skills that will better your goat experience or help in gaining life skills. 2

3 Project Animal Information: Herd Record Whether your project is one goat or a whole herd of goats, fill in the chart below with all the goat you plan to use as part of your 4-H project this year. Goat s name or herd # Registration # Tattoo # Breed Date of Birth Gender Scrapie Tag # If you have dairy goats, do you milk your goats yourself? Yes/ No/I don t have dairy goats Do you personally trim your goat s feet? Yes/ No Are you the sole caretaker for your goats? Who helps you and to what extent? What do you anticipate will be your greatest goat raising challenge this year? 3

4 Project Planning & Goal Setting This page should be completed (1) month prior to the start of your project. Your club leader will need to sign and date this sheet. Identifying goals and how you are going to reach those goals is important in helping you become more skilled and knowledgeable about your project. Personal goals are statements that indicate what you want to achieve or improve upon. 1. Set at least three goals and your plan for achieving those goals for yourself this year. a. What do you want to learn? b. What do you hope to accomplish? c. What new activities do you want to try? 2. What factors will you consider when selecting your project animals? Leader Signature Date 4

5 Project Knowledge: General Knowledge Novice: complete 5 questions; Junior: complete 10 questions; Senior: complete all 15 questions. Define: Wether and Buck What is colostrum and why is it important, and at what age should you wean a kid? Identify 2 internal parasites and a method of control. Identify 2 external parasites and a method of controlling each Define: Gestation and Lactation Identify (3) breeds of goats and their functional purpose; meat, milk, or fiber. Name and describe 2 goat show disqualifications 5

6 Describe 1 method of removing horns List 5 major products from dairy goats What are the 4 common forages grown in the area? Identify 2 infectious goat diseases, the cause, treatment, prevention and cure (if any). Define: Concentrate and Balanced Ration Define: Polled and Grade Name 3 minerals and why each is important with goat nutrition Describe effective predator control practices for your area 6

7 Project Knowledge Continued: Parts of the Goat The following diagram contains 25 numbers, each representing a different part of the goat. Novice: label 10; Junior: label 18; Senior: label all

8 Project Activities List the tours, judging events, workshops, clinics, and seminars you participated in this year to learn about your project. Tell us what you learned at each event and which event you found the most interesting. 8

9 Milk Production Records (use for dairy goats) Choose one of your dairy goats and assess their yearly milk production, or copy this page and choose several goats of different breeds or ages to compare their production rates. Doe s Name: Registration number: Breed: Date of Birth: Weigh the amount of milk produced by your doe a few times each month in order to estimate the average pounds of milk produced per day. Then multiply by the number of days in the month to get a total number of pounds produced that month. January February March April May June July August September October November December Average lbs/day x 31 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 28 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 31 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 30 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 31 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 30 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 31 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 31 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 30 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 31 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 30 days = lbs Average lbs/day x 31 days = lbs Yearly Total Milk Produced ( add total milk produced for each month): Total Value of Milk Produced for the Year: Yearly Total Produced lbs X $ value/lb. = $ Does your goat produce more or less milk than you anticipated? Why might this be? 9

10 Pack Goat Hiking Record Record your pack goat trips here. Copies of this page can be made if necessary. Date Where Miles Overnight Day Total Miles Total Hikes Total Overnights This Year Total Miles Total Hikes Total Overnights All Years 10

11 Project Finances Expense is the money that it takes to keep your goat project running. Feed Expenses Feed expenses include all costs related to the feeding of your animals. This includes buying feed, hay or any other feed supplement. Make sure you save your receipts in order to keep more accurate feed records. For each month please provide the amount of bags purchased and the price per bag, amount of hay and price per bale, and the total for each month. Month # of bags Price per bag # of hay Price per bale Total per month bought bales Example: 10 $ $30 $145 Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Total Feed Expense (add totals of months to get total feed expense) Additional Expenses Date Expense Description Cost/Price 9/25/13 Vet Fees $ Total additional Expenses(add totals of each purchase) Calculate your expense per goat by totaling all expenses and dividing by number of goats. What is your expense per goat? Does this figure surprise you? How can you lower cost in the future? 11

12 Project Evaluation The 4-H motto is: Learn by Doing. Please explain what you have learned by participating in this project, by answering the following questions. Answers must be at least 3 sentences. 1. What did you learn from the project this year? 2. Describe the new skills you have gained over this past year in 4-H: a. HEAD (managing and decision making): b. HEART (relating and caring): c. HANDS (giving and caring): d. HEALTH (living and being): 3. What did you enjoy most about the project? 4. Did you encounter any challenges during this project? What were they? 12

13 5. What goals did you accomplish and how? 6. What would you do to improve your meat animal project next year? Knowledge and Skills Gained There are lots of things to learn while in 4-H. Please check each item that you learned or improved upon during this 4-H year. To set goals for myself Knowledge of my project To try something new How to keep important records What I am interested in To deal with winning and losing To keep track of finances How to listen to other people How to lead others How to solve problems How to run a business meeting How to give a public presentation How to help others succeed How to work on a committee How to complete a community service project Feel free to list any skills you improved upon not listed here 13

14 Project Record Scorecard 4 H members: leave this page blank. The person judging your project record will complete the score card. Points Scoring Criteria Points Awarded Possible by Judge 10 Neatness (legible writing, one color ink, well organized) 15 Completeness (all pages and sections, complete thoughts/ideas) 5 Signatures (member, leader) 10 Accuracy (no math errors, factual statements made) 20 Project Work (goals set, evidence of work throughout the year, Goals accomplished, project record completed by 4 H member) 20 4 H Participation (meetings, clinics, workshops, contest, educational experiences) 20 Project Evaluation (well written, original, complete thoughts, grammar) Sub Total Points Earned by 4 H er Bonus Points 10 Photos, News Clippings (On a separate sheet, include at least one photo, not more than 2 pages) Total Points Earned by 4 H er Scoring: Blue, Red, 74 or below, White Judges Comments: 14