OCEANA COUNTY 4-H SMALL MARKET GOAT RECORD BOOK- 2018

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1 OCEANA COUNTY 4-H SMALL MARKET GOAT RECORD BOOK As a member of the Small Market Animal Project, you are required to submit your records as part of an educational project notebook in order to show your animal at the Oceana County Fair. This notebook must be shown to the Goat Superintendent or designated Small Market Weighmaster at the time of weigh-in and then entered by you in the Educational Notebook Division at the Oceana County Fair on Entry Day. NUMBER OF YEARS IN PROJECT: AGE: The age you enter depends on how old you were on January 1, 2018 Use this sheet as the first page of your project record book. Fill it out completely. Please print or type neatly. NAME 4-H CLUB LEADER DATE RECORDS STARTED DATE ENDED

2 JUDGE S SCORE/COMMENT SHEET (PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE, PLACE THIS SHEET IN SHEET PROTECTOR OR GLUE TO COVER). This sheet must be keep free to the judge to write their comments. This sheet should help each 4-H er understand their ribbon placing. A. Specific educational value or worth All questions were answered completely All calculations were correct Calculations were incorrect Questions were not completely answered Questions were not answered (missed questions) B. Notebook contains all project records Notebook contained all project records and were fully completed Notebook contained additional project related information (research materials etc.) Project records were incomplete There was no additional project related information C. Accuracy, neatness and general appearance Notebook was neat in appearance (typed/hand printed) Notebook pages were clean and stain free Notebook pages were in order and complete Notebook pages were out of order and missing pages Notebook was difficult to read and messy Notebook had wrinkled and stained pages Other Comments:

3 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 2 OBJECTIVES 1. To let 4-H members experience love of animals. 2. To let 4-H members to experience the obligations and responsibility required in a livestock enterprise. 3. To let 4-H members experience and cope with the values and attitudes of responsibility in a relatively unsupervised environment. Supervision will be provided on a periodic basis. 4. To allow the member to provide meat for the family table and/or to experience the marketing process and system through sale of his project. 5. To let the member experience competition by fitting and showing their animal at local or area organizational sponsored shows, the Fair, and/or the State 4-H Small Animal Show. This record book is part of your Small Market Goat project. By keeping records up-to-date. You will be able to see how much progress you make as you set goals and work to accomplish them. Write or type neatly and clearly. Please keep the pages in order. Feel free to add extra pages at the end of your notebook. SCORING CRITERIA The following breakdown will be used during the judging process of all market livestock notebooks. A. Specific educational value or worth 30% B. Creative way of showing what has been learned 10% C. Notebook contains all project records 50% D. Accuracy, neatness and general appearance 10%

4 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 3 Describe the breed and type of goat being used in your 4-H Goat Project. Why did you choose this breed? AGE AND WEIGHT CHART BEGINNING WEIGHT AGE DATE WEEK AGE WEIGHT FINAL WEIGHT (FW) AGE DATE

5 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 4 EXPENSES (A) Cost of kid $ DATE LBS. OF FEED FEED - VARIETY COST $ (B) TOTAL SPENT ON FEED $ DATE OTHER EXPENSES, VET, SUPPLIES, HOUSING, ETC. COST $ (C) TOTAL SPENT ON OTHER EXPENSES $ GRAND TOTAL OF ALL EXPENSES (TE): (total of A, B and C) $ = Total Expenses (TE) Final Weight (FW) Break Even Price (BE) (or total cost per pound to raise your animal) ** the breakeven price is the price that you need to get at the Small Market animal auction in order to not lose money on your market project. **

6 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 5 JOURNAL OF CARE The Small Market would like the judge to see the time and effort which you put into the care & management of your project animal(s). Include the following: Feeding and watering practices Grooming (clipping, hoof trimming, etc.) Health practices and medicines (vaccinations, etc.) General Management (cleaning living area of manure, feed pans etc.) DAILY- Things done once or twice a day WEEKLY- Things done once or twice a week MONTHLY- Things done once a month YEARLY- Things done one time or occasionally throughout the year

7 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 6 MARKETING One of the most important parts of any market animal project is marketing, this is how you get someone to come to the auction to buy your animal. It may include things such as writing letters and talking to possible buyers. What did you do to market your animal? If you had a market project in the past what did you do differently this year? PROJECT KNOWLEDGE 1. Name the 4 compartments of a goat s stomach?,,, 2. Which is the largest part of an adult goat s stomach? 3. Which of the 4 stomachs of a goat is called the true stomach? 4. What type of digestive system does a goat have? 5. Define bloat 6. Enterotoxemia is commonly called what? 7. What health problem can be treated with copper or zinc sulfate? 8. What is the official USDA ID for goats that are untattooed or unregistered?

8 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 7 FIT AS A FIDDLE Fill in the table- What would a healthy animal s appearance be compared to what a sick one may look, or act, like General Appearance Appetite & Thirst Healthy Animal Sick Animal Hair Coat Eyes Nose Breathing Feet & Legs Skin

9 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 8 Back/Topline Barrel Belly Chest Back/Topline Chine Crop Dew Claw Fore Flank Heart Girth Fore Rib Hipbone Hock Hoof Jaw Knee Loin Muzzle Neck Pastern Pin Bone Rear Flank Rear Rib Rump Sheath Stifle Tail Tail Head Thigh Throat Thurl Wattle Withers * Source: Mississippi Club Goat Guide

10 SMA Goat Notebook Page 9 DISEASES WORD BANK (not all words will be used) Acidosis Black Leg Caprine Arthritis Coccidiosis Floppy Kid Foot Rot Heartburn Overeating Ringworm Parasites Pinkeye Pneumonia Psoriasis SoreMouth Stomach Ache Tetanus Urinary Calculi White Muscle Disease ACROSS 1. Enterotoxemia is better known as the disease. Signs include, bloat, poor appetite fever, diarrhea, or sudden death. 2. This disease is very common and very contagious. Affected animals may have diarrhea, often have a rough coat, don t gain well, have a pot belly & may die. Practice good manure management & do not feed animal on the ground. 3. This contagious disease is characterized by excessive watering of the eye and clouding over of the pupil. DOWN 5. Only affected kids that are about 3-10 days old. Kids are weak and may not be able to stand. Belly may seem enlarged & they drool and/or cough. 6. A contagious, viral disease that causes the formation of scabs on the lips and around the mouths of goats. This virus can affect humans, so be careful when handling goats infected. 7. Caused by a lack of adequate Vitamin E and/or Selenium in the diet. Signs include weakness, stiff gait, frequent recumbency and/or death. 4. Low rumen & body ph usually caused by ingestion of 8. This is contagious and can be transmitted from goat high levels of carbohydrates. Animals go off feed, stop to goat, from goat to human, or from infected chewing their cud, are depressed, can be bloated & have equipment to goat. This is a problem in lambs but since diarrhea. Severely ill animals may flounder & die. most club goats are shown in the same barns & rings as SMA Goat Notebook lambs in may become a problem Page in goats A fatal disease caused by toxins produced by Clostridum tetani. Signs are generalized rigid stiffness of muscles. Animals die from the inability to breathe.

11 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 10 MEAT CUTS (Write the letter from the part on the line next to it) BREAST LEG LOIN NECK RACK SHANK SHOULDER SIRLOIN GOAT NUTRITION WORD FIND (circle the words from the word bank in the puzzle below, they may be up, down, forwards, backwards or diagonal). W E M I N E R A L S D E C M B G B A K T B L A M P N I E T O R P M I C H F O T B A L U S N A W Z K A B R O W S E T H Y A Z N D T E O N I W A I N L L G I O T O S T C N H O T O E L T N H E N E V A E U R Y E O R N G E S H C O U R L T D M R A G K L E M A S R W T B R A S K E Y V T Y L O L E Y N I I M N X A W Q P C S U V G W E O E L V E N R I I N E S H A Y C S N P A I R T U A N S G O R D N W T I A N R M Y A N A N D O T O Y L R O U G H A G E E R A F N C D G C H A Z V O U D E E F L M T Y H B S I L A G E W M O I T G WORD BANK BROWSE CALCIUM CONCENTRATE ENERGY FEED FORAGE GRAIN GRAZING HAY MINERALS NUTRIENT PROTEIN ROUGHAGE SILAGE WATER

12 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 11 ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. What part of your project did you enjoy the most? 2. What was the hardest part of your project? 3. Will you do the market goat project again? Why or Why Not? 4. Would you recommend the breed that you chose for a market project? Why or why not?

13 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 12 I pledge I pledge The 4-H Pledge (fill in the blanks) The 4-H Pledge (fill in the blanks),,,,,,,,,,.. The 4-H MOTTO: The 4-H MOTTO:. What at the 6 Pillars of Character?,,,,, How have you shown good character in your club, or at a show?. Have you witnessed actions of bad character or ethics? If so what did you see?

14 2018- SMA Goat Notebook Page 13 MY 4-H STORY (Interesting things that happened to me and my animal this year, challenges, highlights of my year or anything else I would like to share about my overall 4-H experience) POTENTIAL BUYERS NAMES As part of your 4-H Small Market Livestock Project, you must personally contact at least five potential buyers before the Oceana County Fair. You are encouraged to seek two new buyers that have not been asked or submitted before. You also must have at least three different buyers than those of your siblings in the market livestock project. Please confirm with your buyers their accurate mailing address (example: post office box vs. a street address). The information on page 14 must be completed and taken to the Oceana County MSU Extension Office on or before the due date where it will be copied and used to send out letters to your potential buyers. This page will remain in your notebooks. This is a 4-H Small Market Livestock Committee rule. Failure to comply will result in not being able to sell your animal in the 4-H Small Market Livestock Sale. Please have all buyers signatures on (1) one sheet as copies need to be made at the MSUE office.

15 Page SMA Goat STAFF DATE SMAA/ JUNIOR MARKET POTENTIAL BUYER S LIST GOAT PROJECT (AGES 9 & up)) Name Club Please print business names, phone numbers and complete addresses clearly. 1. Contact Name Business Name Mailing Address Phone Signature 2. Contact Name Business Name Mailing Address Phone Signature 3. Contact Name Business Name Mailing Address Phone Signature 4. Contact Name Business Name Mailing Address Phone Signature 5. Contact Name Business Name Mailing Address Phone Signature (Must be stamped by the MSU Extension Office)

16 2018-SMA Goat Notebook Page 15 PICTURES OF YOUR PROJECT (Please use this page for your project pictures. Add additional pages if you would like The judges appreciate you labeling the pictures so they know what the picture shows)

17 CLUB POINTS 4-H SMALL MARKET ANIMAL ASSOCIATION PROJECT ATTENDANCE RECORD MEETING NAME LOCATION DATE POINTS SIGNATURE OF LEADER Please note: This form must be included with your record notebook and turned into the weigh master on entry day of the Fair. You need to accumulate nine (9) points to be allowed to sell your animal. Six (6) of these nine (9) points must come from club meetings. The three (3) nonclub points from other types of meetings (example: clinics, shows, workshops, fair clean-up and/or county-wide awards).

18 NON-CLUB POINTS 4-H SMALL MARKET ANIMAL ASSOCIATION PROJECT ATTENDANCE RECORD (must be filled out by participant before presenting to MSUE office for signatures) MEETING NAME LOCATION DATE POINTS SIGNATURE OF LEADER, SUPERINTENDENT OR MSU STAFF Please note: This form must be included with your record notebook and turned into the weigh master on entry day of the Fair. You need to accumulate nine (9) points to be allowed to sell your animal. Six (6) of these nine (9) points must come from club meetings. The three (3) nonclub points from other types of meetings (example: clinics, shows, workshops, fair clean-up and/or county-wide awards).