2025 PROJECT Completion & fAIR REQUIREMENTS Guidelines

General Information for the Hocking County Skillathon

The following guidelines will be used for all livestock skillathons. Use these guidelines even if they are different than stated in your project book.

Beginner – Completed grades 3 - 5

Intermediate – Completed grades 6 - 8

Advanced – Completed grade 9 or higher

 

 

 

2024 4-H Project Judging & Skillathon Results

Study Aids to Prepare for the Hocking County Skillathon in 2025

Beef and Dairy Cattle

• Body Parts - Resource Book, pg 2-2
• Cattle Diseases 
• Route of administration Injections - Picture Examples

Goat

• Body Parts - Resource Book, pg 22
• Withdrawal Calculation Sell and Hold Activity
• Goat Hoof Parts and Trimming

Horse

• Body Parts
  • Beginning Horse Management - pg 81
  • Light Horse Selection - pg 10
  • Horseless Horse - pg 65
• Horse Parasites
• Horse Digestion Tract and Questions

Llama/Alpaca

• Body Parts - Resource Book, pg 12 & 14

Poultry - Chicken, Duck, Goose, Turkey

• Parts of a Chicken
• Parts of a Duck
• Parts of a Goose
• Parts of a Turkey
• Poultry Withdrawal Calculations Sell or Hold Activity
• Poultry Diseases 
  • Avian Flu
  • External Parasites
  • Fowl Cholera
  • Fowl Pox
  • Internal Parasites
  • Marek's Disease
  • Pullorum Disease
  • Staphylococus - Bumble Foot

Rabbits

• Body Parts - Rabbit Resource Book, Page 28
• Rabbit Digestion Anatomy and Information (resource book pages 45-46) - with Questions
• Rabbit Sanitation 

Sheep 

• Body Parts - Resource Book, pg 11
• Lamb Wholesale Cuts
• Sheep Withdrawal Calculations - Sell or Hold Activity

Swine

• Body Parts - Resource Book, pg 3-2
• Poultry Withdrawal Calculations - Sell or Hold Activity
• Swine Medication Insert

Letters for Projects with Special Requirements

• Dog Projects: Letter to members enrolled in Dog Projects 2025, Dog Project ID and Vaccination Form for 2025, Dog Rule Changes Summary 2025
• Poultry Projects: Letter to members enrolled in Market Chicken (Broiler) Projects, Order Form for 2025, Poultry Resources
• Poultry Projects: Letter with Pullorum Information
• Self Determined Projects: Letter to members enrolled in 4-H Self Determined Projects 2025, Link to Self Determined Project Guides, Project Competion Requirements
• Cake Decorating: Letter to members enrolled in Cake Decorating Project 2025, Project Completion Requirements
• Clothing/Textile Science Projects: Letter to members enrolled in Clothing/Textile Science Projects 2025 with 4-H Fashion Revue Form and Completion Requirements Guidelines per project
• Food/Nutrition Projects: Letter to members enrolled in Food/Nutrition Projects 2025 with My Plate Flyer,  Blank Menu Form and Menu Guide
• Woodworking Projects: Letter to members enrolled in Woodworking Project 2025 with Woodworking Project Overview
• Writing Projects: Letter to members enrolled in Writing Project 2025 - The Writer in You #588, Project Completion Requirements