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!
- Beef (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/beef-learning-lab-kit/)
- Goat (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/goat-learning-lab-kit/)
- Rabbit (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/rabbit-learning-lab-kit/)
- Dog (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/dog-learning-lab-kit/)
- Horse (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/horse-learning-lab-kit/) (2)
- Sheep (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/sheep-learning-lab-kit/) (2)
- Dairy (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/dairy-learning-lab-kit/)
- Poultry (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/poultry-learning-lab-kit/)
- Swine (https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/swine-learning-lab-kit/)
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:
- Livestock: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/4h/clackamas/livestock-projects (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A//extension.oregonstate.edu/4h/clackamas/livestock-projects&data=02%7C01%7CJasmine.Hill%40oit.edu%7C306a9eeb68674b907c2308d80426c364%7Cf4db50f235d14e0694e2167755273558%7C0%7C0%7C637263912305246178&sdata=LLZX226cHANxoQcXOm7PZgMDYQuRGf2goHXdYwSSRxc%3D&reserved=0)
- Dog: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/4h/clackamas/dog-project (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A//extension.oregonstate.edu/4h/clackamas/dog-project&data=02%7C01%7CJasmine.Hill%40oit.edu%7C306a9eeb68674b907c2308d80426c364%7Cf4db50f235d14e0694e2167755273558%7C0%7C0%7C637263912305246178&sdata=gJfzP8K/TduJd4VUsdZi5mjW2vRIOrS9/95IPJ4hJgA%3D&reserved=0)
- Small Animal: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/4h/clackamas/small-animal-projects (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A//extension.oregonstate.edu/4h/clackamas/small-animal-projects&data=02%7C01%7CJasmine.Hill%40oit.edu%7C306a9eeb68674b907c2308d80426c364%7Cf4db50f235d14e0694e2167755273558%7C0%7C0%7C637263912305256175&sdata=aQhp69caolSdOLmi25CRc%2BP00jUfNWGlvWTB58Y5YK0%3D&reserved=0)