For information on specific livestock species click on the tabs to the right of the 4-H Animal Projects tab.

Besides your 4-H Animal Project Book whatelse is available to help you learn more about your specific species?

For almost every 4-H Animal Project there is a Project Resourse Handbook. The resource handbook contain subject matter specific to your 4-H animal and is an excellent resource and teaching tool for skillathon. 

At least 1 copy of every livestock resource book will be available for youth or clubs to borrow for 1-2 weeks at a time.  Books can be reserved by call the OSU Extension Office at 419-562-8731, email: lewis.780@osu.edu, or stop in the office.

If you would like to purchase a livestock resource book, please call our office to place order.  However, you may want to contact  your 4-H club to see if they have a lending library set up.  

Also available are the 4-H Learning Lab Kits.  These kits are your answer for species-specific, hands-on, learning materials used for teaching and evaluating knowledge of livestock and companion animals.  Kits we have are:  beef, dairy, horse, poultry, rabbit, sheep, and swine.  Kits can be reserved by call the OSU Extension Office at 419-562-8731, email: lewis.780@osu.edu, or stop in the office.