Hancock County Junior Fair Poultry

05/05/2026

Junior Fair Livestock Exhibitors with Market Animals: If you are interested in taking your market animal(s) home at the end of the fair to sell the meat privately, changes are being implemented for all departments. For more information and to understand your options, consider attending this Q&A session.

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Are you a new Hancock County market project exhibitor or have questions about changes coming for the 2026 sale? Join Sarah for a question-and-answer session on May 20th at 6:30 PM in the Old Millstream building!

04/07/2026

The Blanchard Valley Poultry Assoc. has partnered with Legacy Country Corner to supply Cornish Cross meat chickens for the 2026 Meat Chicken Bulk Order. Place your order by Friday, May 15th using the QR Code below or click this link:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/HancockCountyJFPoultry/2026HCBulkMeatChknOrder

04/01/2026

The Wednesday, April 1st Quality Assurance will be held at Central Church of Christ (307 E Hardin St, Findlay, OH 45840) starting at 7:00 PM.

It’s QA season!
All 4‑H & FFA members with market or breeding livestock projects must complete Quality Assurance each year.

Hancock County QA options (attend one session):
- March 4 – 7 PM – Zoom
- March 25 – 7 PM – In-person
- April 1 – 7 PM – In-person
- April 28 – 7 PM – Zoom

Zoom sessions require registration:
https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2tmrKnoiRGV7IeG

In‑person sessions do not require pre‑registration.
Test-Out passes are exempt.

Can’t attend in Hancock County? Call us and we’ll help you find another county’s QA.
QA deadline: July 10
Questions? Call the office at 419‑422‑3851

03/30/2026

We are happy to help with any questions! To the best of our knowledge, this is the most current information on the last two 2026 Quality Assurance events in Hancock County:
~ Wednesday, April 1st, 7:00 PM, In Person, TBA
~ Tuesday, April 28th, 7:00 PM, ZOOM

If you have additional questions regarding a specific Quality Assurance event, please contact the 4-H Office at (419) 422-3851.

Reminder: Every Junior Fair Livestock Exhibitor is required to attend a Quality Assurance session by July 10th to be eligible to show at the Hancock County Fair. This is a Ohio Dept. of Ag requirement.

If you cannot attend a session in Hancock County, please contact the 4-H Office for assistance with attending a session in another county.

03/27/2026

03/17/2026

We are excited to offer market turkeys for the 2026 Hancock County Fair! We understand this opportunity may be coming a bit late for some families, but we still wanted to make it available to everyone. Next year, we plan to open orders earlier.

All turkey orders must be received by NOON on Friday, March 27th, in order to meet the deadline with Cooper Farms Hatchery. Cooper Farms has been a wonderful supporter of county 4-H and FFA programs and is offering up to five free poults for each youth completing a market turkey project.

Youth may order more than five poults; however, each additional poult beyond the first five must be purchased. Extra hens are $3.50 each.

Please note that this offer is available only to youth enrolled in 4-H or FFA who will be completing a market turkey project in 2026.

Turkey pickup will be Tuesday, April 14th (*), from NOON-4:00 PM. at the Extension Office. Payment for any additional poults is due at pickup.

To place an order, please submit your request online by clicking here: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0U65F7hy5dnyamq

If you have any questions, please call the Extension Office at (419) 422-3851.

(*) Due to the difficulty of getting poults this year without them being shipped to a post office, the first hatch date has been changed to April 13th for this year only. This applies to all Junior Fair Market Turkey Exhibitors.

03/15/2026

I am one of those that is allergic to the rabbits and understands the concern.

03/14/2026

The department superintendents are responsible for meeting the needs of their exhibitors and their animals, including ensuring a safe environment for everyone involved. In Hancock County, we have poultry exhibitors with allergies to rabbit dander and exposure can cause significant breathing difficulties for them.

For that reason, as poultry superintendents, we DID NOT state that the poultry department is unwilling to share a small animal building with the rabbits. What we DID state is that, if the poultry and rabbit departments share a building, appropriate measures must be taken to protect exhibitors with allergies to rabbit dander.

Any report, statement, or rumor suggesting otherwise is not accurate.

03/12/2026

🥚 🐔 Join Extension professionals and other industry leaders for a series of webinars dedicated to poultry husbandry.

Starting April 22—and every fourth Wednesday of each month through November—join them from 7-8 p.m. for these virtual workshops.

Learn more and register at https://bit.ly/3OPWpXA

02/26/2026

This is an amazing clinic!

Mark your calendars for the 2026 Youth Poultry Clinic!

This all-day event in Columbus will delve into various aspects of the poultry industry, covering topics such as selection, poultry products, veterinary science, market birds, laying hens, QA, and more. Join us for an informative and engaging experience!

Registration will close on Saturday, March 28, or when capacity is reached. To register, go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd66rsqCPDL-3a6YdPw3Ddkij2qgfsOTJrKndMN6r_6LKbHJw/viewform