2021 4-H Embryology Chickees graduate, moving on to E & E Eggs

Seven PCPS 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms, four 4-H families and the Pulaski County Extension Office successfully hatched 63 chicks of 90 eggs set, a 70% hatch rate. This is great. We had incubators in classrooms, homes, with kiddos, nonetheless, and we are very thankful, unlike last year’s great moving of incubators to teachers’ houses and the Extension Office when schools suddenly closed. So today our 2021 chickees graduate from their brooder totes and will be headed to E & E Eggs, Riner, Virginia, owned and operated by Emily and Erin, Pulaski County 4-H'ers and young entrepreneurs. Emily and Erin have been raising laying hens for many years, each year adding a new 4-H flock to their layers.  Follow us also on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/PulaskiVAExtension

4-H Weekly Wednesday Activity, April 28, 2021

For all of our 4-H'ers, young to older, enjoy this Perplexing Sudoku, for this week's 4-H Weekly Wednesday Activity.

2021 4-H Embryology Project - Lesson 1, Parts of an Egg

Cynthia Hurst and Chris Lichty from Pulaski County Extension Office had a great virtual 2021 4-H Embryology Lesson today with two third and three fifth grade classrooms along with two 4-H families. In today's lesson we learned 'How long it takes for a hen to lay an egg' and also 'The Parts of an Egg.' We finished our lesson with candling the eggs in the Extension Office Incubators, teachers in their classrooms and 4-H'ers in their homes. Enjoy the video clip of a fertile egg from one of the Extension Office Incubators. Notice the blood vessels in this egg and the chick moving.

 

 

Diabolical Sudoku Puzzle - 4-H Weekly Wednesday Activity

 

Pulaski County 4-H Flight School

Pulaski County 4-H Flight School ~ Do you enjoy engineering & flight?  Take part in designing, building and launching paper airplanes.  Whose airplane can travel the farther distance?  Whose is the most acrobatic?  Find some of our recommended templates by clicking on the 4-H Paper Airplane Guides & Instructions link.   We’d love to see some of your designs, with a picture, even a video of your best flight.  Upload to our Pulaski Extension Facebook Page or email to pulaskicounty4-h@vt.edu

2021 Pulaski County 4-H Camp Parent Feedback needed

Hello Pulaski County 4-H Camp Fanatics,

In gathering feedback from parents, we want to know your interest and comfort level with your child participating in 2021 Pulaski County 4-H Camp for this summer, for youth ages 9-13. 

Please note, this is NOT a registration only a way to determine interest and then relay information to you as it becomes available. Email will be our primary way of contacting you, so please provide an email address you check regularly and double-check for typos. Additionally, in the coming weeks, check your Spam or Junk folder to make sure you don't miss any important updates. 

https://vce.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1QUxrTWSm1nU5N4 

We are looking to collect as much feedback before this Friday, March 26, 2021, so please share with others as you are able.

Thanks,

Chris Lichty, Senior 4-H Extension Agent, Pulaski County

Cynthia Hurst, 4-H Program Assistant, Pulaski County

Beef Vaccination Webinar, March 25 @ 6pm

 

Dr. John Currin will be joining us on Thursday, March 25th at 6 pm on Zoom to discuss Beef Cattle Vaccination Programs. Please join us to learn more about the why and how of vaccinating your cattle. You can also get your BQA Certificate renewed by attending this meeting.

Sign up here: www.tinyurl.com/bqapulaski

A Game of Boggle

Pulaski County 4-H recommends a Game of Boggle for you and your students for this Weekly Wednesday 4-H Activity.  Enjoy the game maybe even a friendly competition at home for some good, family time. How many words can you find?

 

Pulaski County 4-H recommends a Game of Yahtzee

 

Pulaski County 4-H recommends a Game of Yahtzee for this Wednesday Weekly 4-H Activity. Find the complete rules at https://fgbradleys.com/rules//Yahtzee.pdf and the score card at https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~
davis/yahtzee.pdf

If you need dice, we have a few sets available. Please let Chris Lichty, our 4-H Extension Agent, or Cynthia Hurst, our 4-H Program Assistant, know and they'll coordinate getting a set ready for you to pick up at the Extension Office. You may call us at 540-980-7761 or email pulaskicounty4-h@vt.edu.