Summer means many things for many people. For youth it means time to rest from school and play until they can't take it anymore. For families it often means more family time and family vacations. For those of us in 4-H it means hold on because the roller coaster ride has just begun!
In 4-H, Summer means animal science, summer fun day camps. electric congress, congress, camp, and anything else we can squeeze into a few months to give youth the opportunity to stay busy and have fun. Part of that is allowing them to have the responsibility to care for animals, and as they get out of school we are delivering that privilege to them, most recently we made a whole lot of noise about it.
That's because it was time to give out the pigs. We travelled to Billy Oxendine and Larry Chavis's farm to hand out a few oinkers. As you can see the youth were please with the 80 pound pigs that they will raise to reach up to 280 pounds by October. The next time we will see the cute little piggies they will be large hogs so enjoy them while you can. Next up on the animal science give out will be goats next week. But in the meantime stay tuned for all the fun of Summer Fun as we get ready to kick that off next week with Junior Day Camp and Citizenship.
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