Sheep and Goat Clinic Opportunity

There is a 4-H sheep/goat videoconference Kidding/Lambing Workshop clinic opportunity on March 20, 2010. This clinic is sponsored by CCE Clinton County, so there will be both kids and adults. There will be activity packets for youth, so please mention the number of youth attending when you RSVP for your packet. You can get one point for either sheep or goat for attending.

For the beginners in the group there will be a Kidding/Lambing Workshop at the St. Lawrence County Extension Farm on March 20th at 10:00 am. It is free for 4-Hers and families are welcome. We will cover the basics of what to do at lambing and kidding time, what to do in an emergency, how to care for an orphan kid/lamb if needed. This is a good chance to ask questions. This will be offered on Video Conference at the Plattsburgh CCE Office ....contact Pete Hagar @561-7450 or phh7@cornell.edu to preregister please...we need at least 3 attendees signed up ahead of time.

There is also a second clinic you can attend-- this is geared more towards adults, but older JRs and Srs may wish to attend.

Thursday March 25rd at 7:00 pm at the Clinton County Extension Office Chet Parsons is coming to visit from the University of Vermont. Chet is one of the people that went on the livestock marketing trip to France. He is going to talk about hoof rot and new ideas about treating and preventing it. We will also cover the use of CIDRs (also known as sponges, that help synchronize heats) and the role they may someday play in fresh semen artificial insemination in sheep. This was common practice in France. There will also be a quick needs assessment of what sheep producers need to improve their operations. There is $5.00 charge for this workshop and there will be refreshments. This will be a live and in person workshop--sign up at 561-7450 or email phh7@cornell.edu.