Club leader Amy Matthews raises and shows heirloom breeds of poultry and sells animals for breeding purposes, meat and eggs. She has years of personal experience teaching her own children about birds while she learned to raise chickens and turkeys on a few acres with limited facilities.
The poultry project has tons of events for those who do not own birds, as well as those who do, including quiz bowls, barbecue and egg cooking contests, skillathons and judging events. Many of these events provide youth the opportunity to earn scholarship money and to travel across the country.
For more information about the Boyle County 4-H Poultry Club and the poultry project, contact the Boyle County Cooperative Extension Service at (859) 236-4484 or cesboyle@uky.edu.
Special 4-H event:
Sept. 22 — Danville Christian Academy 4-H Club Pumpkin Sale, 20- pound pumpkins for $5 each, Gethsemane Baptist Church campus, side parking lot, beginning at 3:15 p.m.
Upcoming 4-H meetings:
Sept. 21 — Boyle County 4-H High School Teen Club, Boyle County Extension Office, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 21 — Boyle County 4-H Poultry Club, Boyle. Co. Extension Office, 7 p.m.
Sept. 25 — Boyle/Mercer 4-H Shooting Sports Club, new enrollments, Boyle County Extension Office, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 26 — Boyle County 4-H Dog Club, Livestock Pavilion, Boyle County Fairgrounds, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 26 — Boyle County 4-H Needlework Club, Boyle County Extension Office, 4 p.m.
Oct. 2 — Boyle County 4-H Horse Club, Boyle County Extension Office, 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 — Boyle County Dog Club, Livestock Pavilion, Boyle County Fairgrounds, 6:30 p.m.
Upcoming events:
Sept 25 — Boyle/Mercer 4-H Shooting Sports Club Celebration, Boyle County Extension Office, 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 2-3 — Perryville Elementary Environmental Camp, North Central 4-H Camp
Oct. 2-6 — National 4-H Week
Oct. 7 — Halloween Craft Day, Boyle County Extension Office, 9-4 p.m., pre-registered participants only
