Rock County 4H Poultry Project

Rock County 4H Poultry Project This page is for all Rock County 4-H & FFA poultry project members, parents & leaders. Any instances of in appropriate behavior will remove you from this group.

It has been created to help you get answers to all your poultry questions. This page is just for those who are enrolled in either Rock County 4-H Poultry project or through a Rock County FFA Chapter. Please note that all pictures posted must be your own, and if any pictures of people are posted that you have written permission to post their image. Also please note that This page is not sponsored b

y the Rock County 4-H fair, the UWE (University of Wisconsin extension) nor any other enity. It is soely for the purpose of providing poultry information to the youth that are enrolled in the poultry project. Please keep all language, correspondance and other behavior as being 4-H appropriate.

05/29/2026

A it's May 29 2026 HOPEFULLY everyone has signed up for fair and not waited till the last minute. If so get it done so you can double check everything so we don't have an issue later. Everyone should have their roasters and should be getting their broilers early next month. As of now fair is a go but never now with bird flu. Make sure new exhibitors you have a premise ID for your location of flock. Health papers a must and have each exhibitor bring own set of papers. READ THE RULES IN FAIR BOOK!. Like I posted earlier in the year. I'm resigning as co superintendent after the 2027 fair. I was hoping someone would have reached out by now if interested to take my place with Laura. I posted earlier of what position involves. Let me now if interested. I'll be starting testing soon. My antigen expires July 7 26 so I have to be done testing by then. Hopefully have enough for testing. With me resigning I won't have access to people who need testing. So if you raise your own show birds, laying hens,buy birds with out papers and keep old birds and plan on bringing them to fair you're going to have to become a certified tester or find someone to test. I plan on helping some . Plus the more certified people you could help out your club. The antigen is what cost alot so try to buy for 2 fairs expiration date. Barn set up is Saturday July 18 2026 8:00am. Exhibitors selling at F and F sale make sure you sign up. Spread the word about information and face book page for information. Any questions please reach out. Thanks

05/05/2026

Wednesday May 6 2026. Poultry meeting at the Rock County fair grounds stock pavilion. 6:00pm General meeting, state paper work for fair, talk about new rules. Please try to attend

04/02/2026

Getting that time of year. Just renewed my pollum testing. I'll put a post up on site on rules for paper work or what needs to be done. Any one thinking of becoming a tester, this will show and tell you the process. If you're raising alot of birds and selling them you should think about becoming a tester. Any one just bringing eggs this year will have to have birds tested to. My stained antigen expires early July so Any testing I do will have to be done before that date. antigen out there now has same expiration date. Company supposed to be making new stuff in may. PLEASE PASS INFORMATION ON TO ALL POULTRY PROJECT MEMBERS. Meeting May 6 2026 fair grounds. Look at uw extension calendar. Remember turkey will be taking out to be judged this year. Still looking for parents to help with turkey judging. Just have to help keep birds separated. More to come

02/20/2026

Need to be getting standard and bantam show birds for fair. Running out of time for them to be big enough for Rock County fair. There's a swap meet Saturday February 21 2026 at 6:30 - 10:00 .get there early. Last time chicks were going from $ 10.00 to $40.00. Try to get show birds for that kind of money. We finally got a County wide meeting set up for Wednesday May 6 2026 at 6:00 pm. Stock pavilion fair grounds. Watch the 4-h event calendar for meetings. Please try to attend. Remember turkey exhibitors you will be bringing turkey's out this year to be judged in show area. Will need back tag on your back. Pass the word. Parents we will need help during turkey judging so if you want to help let me know. Also if anyone is interested in becoming a superintendent for poultry project I'll be stepping down after the 2027 fair. Also we're cracking down on pen cleaning. YOU MUST CLEAN EVERY PEN AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. MORE INFO TO COME. Thanks

02/09/2026

Does anyone know for sure that there's a swap meet February 21 2026 at Jefferson County fair grounds or is it a pigeon show.

Attached are the current superintendent tasks for almost all of the preperation before and during the week of the fair....
02/03/2026

Attached are the current superintendent tasks for almost all of the preperation before and during the week of the fair. Reminder, if anyone is interested in volunteering for the superintendent position, please reach out to Laura or Ray. Thank you!

Poultry Project After Fair = Count cup and band money. Order more cups and numbered bands . Bandits work good. Trying zip ties. Bandit sizes 7= bantams,small ,med ducks. 9= standard chickens, med.,large ducks. 11=large ducks, Geese. 14= turkey. Cups are 1 pint size and hanging. If superintende...

01/28/2026

Dear Rock County poultry.
I've been one of the Superintendents of the poultry project at the fair for the past 20 plus years. Over the years I've seen young exhibitors grow up to be adults and see their children starting to show at the fair. I've seen alot of smiles, laughs, tears and some mad parents .
Like all things, time changes a person and I feel my time as Superintendent has run it's course. I'd like to Thank past Superintendents and Fairboard members for their help in the past supporting the poultry project. Also a Big Thank you to Mary Check for her help during my tenure as Superintendent. Last of all a Special Special Thank you to the helpers on judging day. Leona, Trish, Brian, Laura, Gerald,Kathleen and Jackie. Also I would like to Thank my wife Jackie for supporting this adventure all these years. So with that being said I Raymond " Buck " Reilly will be resigning from being poultry Superintendent at the end of the 2027 fair. I will be posting a booklet of what the current Superintendents do now during the year as a helpful guide . I'm hoping a few people are interested in helping the project . That's why I'm staying on till end of 2027 fair .Any one interested please reach out to me or Laura.

Thank you Raymond Reilly

12/21/2025

Sorry for no December meeting. We had one scheduled for December 10 at Craig center but something about insurance between 4-h and Rock County. So hopefully they can get straightened out otherwise we'll have to try to get different venues to have meetings. Any body bringing standard or bantam classes should be looking or ordering birds. Also I would be putting my order in for turkey, roasters and broilers. Turkey's get as early as possible. Roasters 10 to 14 weeks before fair. Broilers 42 to 60 days before fair. With bird flu still being a threat . Practice bio security for flocks. Geese and ducks try to get early. Check Jefferson County fair calendar for animal swap. I believe there's one in end of January. Turkey exhibitors YOU WILL BE BRINGING TURKEY'S OUT OF PENS TO BE JUDGED THIS YEAR. So you will have to be there for judging. Also we will be cracking down on pen cleaning. More to come pass info on to others please. Thanks

10/22/2025

Kids and Parents remember to sign up for 4-h. Need to be signed up before November 1st no exceptions.

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