Poultry Project

Project Description 

Poultry is designed to help you learn about chickens and other poultry. Through this project, you will acquire an understanding of scientific poultry management and marketing practices. You will also gain business experience and insight into the values and principles of purchasing, marketing, financial record keeping and obtaining credit. This project will help you understand the poultry industry and its role in agriculture and the economy.

Project Requirements

Project Books Required? Yes

Project books can be purchased at project meetings or online here

*** Each enrolled livestock member will attend 3 workshops per specie (Beef, Sheep, Swine, Goat, Rabbit, Poultry, Dairy Cattle) to show/sell their animal at fair. These will be completed prior to June 1st when FairEntry opens up. These workshops will be attended in person in Lewis & Clark County.

What needs to be accomplished to move on to level 2?

• Attend project workshops or participate in similar Poultry activities as noted in the Clover for Level 1
• Be currently in Quality Assurance
• Do a short presentation about Poultry (at club, project or elsewhere)
• Two years in level one and complete the level 1 poultry project book 

What needs to be accomplished to move on to level 3?

• Attend project workshops or participate in similar Poultry activities as noted in the Clover for Level 2
• Be currently in Quality Assurance
• Give a presentation one of the "how to's" listed in the Clover level 2
• Two years in level two and complete the level 2 poultry project book

Project age limit? 8 and up

What should new members know?

• Important: May 1st is Poultry Possession Date and also project sign up deadline 
• Be current in Quality Assurance before registering for fair.

Dates for the 2025-2026 4-H Year

Meetings will be held in the Bill Hamilton Building 6:00-7:30 p.m.

• December 12th
• January 2nd
• February 13th
• March 13th
• April 3rd
• May 8th
• June 12th
• July - Fair
• August - No workshop
• September - No workshop

Project Superintendent Information

Poultry Superintendents: Lexie Edwards and CJ Lassila
Contact: lillexielou(at)live.com or 406-439-9432 (Lexie) or 406-439-5168 (CJ)
How will you be contacted? 4-H newsletter, emails and text messaging

Junior Superintendents: Ayla Mundinger-Adsay and Kiley Eckhart

Important Dates

May 1st, 2026 is Poultry Possession Date.

Lewis & Clark County 4-H Poultry Facebook Page

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Montana State University and the Montana State University Extension Service prohibit discrimination in all of their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital and family status. Issued in furtherance of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jeff Bader, Director of Extension, Extension Service, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717