Animal Science
4-H members enjoy a wide variety of animal species.
County Resources
Project Resources
These resource handbooks are available for purchase at our office:
- Beef Cattle
- Cavy
- Dairy Cattle/Goats
- Dog
- Goat
- Horse Hunt Seat & Jumper
- Horse Judging Manual
- Horse Resource Manual (see below)
- Pocket Pets
- Rabbit
- Sheep
- Swine
For others not listed, we can print for you at a minimal or no cost.
4-H Learning Kits
Looking for some new, fun & hands on 4-H activities for your club meeting? Check out these great learning kits! If you are interested in a different project area, please let us know. We have a lot of great resources and may have exactly what you need!
Resources created by Jasmine Hill, Clackamas County 4-H Intern, which includes:
- Printable Packets for beginners in the livestock project areas of sheep, swine, llamas/alpacas, dairy cattle, beef cattle, dairy goats, meat goats, pygmy goats, and fiber goats.
- Scrapie Sheet for Sheep and Goats
- How to Trim your Sheep’s Hooves (Video)
- How to fill out Beef Cattle Production Records (Video)
- How to Brush Your Dogs Teeth (Video)
- The Different Kinds of Chicken Combs (Video)
- The Basics of Judging Dairy Cattle (Video)
- Pigeon Wing Pattern Tutorial (Video)
- Horse Show Bio-security (Video)
- Bio-security for the Goat Farm (Video)
can be found at: