Interested in showing a 4-H Bucket Calf at the Stanton County Fair? Here’s what you need to know!
The purpose of this project is designed to provide an opportunity for 4-H youth to exhibit an animal, teach basic management skills, and to teach basic record keeping skills.
The Guidelines include:
- 4-H AGE: 5 through 12 years of age as of January 1 of the current year.
- Each exhibitor will be limited to 1 entry.
- BUCKET CALF: an orphan or newborn calf, either a heifer or steer. No bull calves allowed. The calf may be beef, dairy, or a cross bred and must be bucket fed. Calf must be born between February 1 and June 1 of the current year.
- IDENTIFICATION: Calf must have an official 4-H ear tag tag by June 1 and be identified on the county identification sheet.
- RECORD BOOK: Every exhibitor will use the specially designed bucket calf record book for your age group to keep record of their project, complete it with a story and turn it into the Extension office by noon on Wednesday of the county fair.
- INTERVIEWS: All exhibitors will participate in an in-person interview during the county fair.
- COUNTY FAIR CLASSES: Calves will be shown with a rope halter in the bucket calf specific class. The calf can only be washed and brushed (no fitting or clipping).
SCORINGSYSTEM: Ages 8-12 will be judged by the following considerations:
- Evaluations of knowledge by interview
- Health, quality and condition of calf
- Evidence of training
- Record Book
adding their total scores for showmanship, interview, and record book. The breed will not be considered.
Cloverbuds: Ages 5, 6 and 7 will participate as a non-competitive project and will receive a participation ribbon.