Extension Educationin Bexar County

If you will  be exhibiting turkeys at the 2017 Bexar County Show or the 2018 San Antonio, Houston or Rodeo Austin stock shows, orders will be due  to our office by Monday, August 21st.  Cost is $4.25 per turkey poult.  Order your  turkey poults on the form available here. A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 75 turkey poults may be ordered per exhibitor/family.  Each exhibitor MAY order an individual set of birds (up to 75) OR siblings within the same household may order and share a... Read More →

If you will be exhibiting Market Lambs/Goats or Registered Sheep/Goats or a Wether Dam/Doe at the December 2017 Bexar County Show or 2018 major shows, you must purchase a validation tag.  Tag orders are due to our office on or before Monday, August 21st.   Order form is available here.  Market Lamb, Market Goats, Wether Dam and Wether Does, and Registered Breeding Sheep and Registered Breeding Goats state tags are $20 each.  County Market Lamb & Breeding Sheep and Market Goat & Breeding Boar Goat tags are $2 each.   ... Read More →

This workshop is open to all 4-H members.  Next workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 23rd at Kuentz Elementary Library at 6:30 p.m.

If you are planning to exhibit chickens (broilers) at the 2017 Bexar County Junior Livestock Show in December 2017, order your broilers on the form here.  Broilers are $1.80 each.  Minimum order of 25 chicks or maximum order of 50 chicks per exhibitor.  Deadline to order is Friday, September 1st.  There is a drop slot in the front door of S-212 to help you meet this deadline.

Mark your calendar for Sept. 16 – 17 at the Medina County Fairgrounds.  Deadline is Sept. 1st.  For more information see flyer here.

Fall is approaching, so it is time to start planning your Bexar County Show Rabbit Meat Pen projects.  The rabbit show date is Friday December 29, 2017.  Show rules state that meat pens are not to be over 70 days old, with a gestation period of 30 days.  That means bunnies should be born on October 20, 2017, and does bred on September 20, 2017.  Many sellers will not breed their does until they receive an order and many need time to schedule ahead of the breeding date, so... Read More →

Sept. 23rd at the LaVernia Chamber of Commerce Hall.  Deadline to enter is Sept. 5th.  For more information and entry form, click here.

If you will be exhibiting a market pig at the 2017 Bexar County Junior Livestock Show or any 2018 major show (San Antonio, Houston, etc.)  you must purchase a swine validation tag.  Swine tag orders are due to our office by Tuesday, September 5th. County tags are $2 each, which will allow you to show your pig at the December 2017 Bexar County Junior Livestock Show only.  State tags are $20 each, which will allow you to show your pig at the 2017 Bexar County Junior Livestock Show... Read More →

Some lessons will be in a classroom, but several lessons will be hands on. First workshop will be Sept. 5th at the Helotes Activity Ctr. At 6:30 p.m.  For more dates and locations click here.  For more information about the workshops contact Jackie at jackiewanke@gmail.com.

Sept. 16th at the Archer County Shooting Complex in Archer City, Texas.  Entry deadline is Sept. 8th.  For guidelines and entry form click here.

With September around the corner, 4-H enrollment and school beginning shortly, I’d like to invite you to attend a planning meeting to hear your thoughts related to 4-H livestock project work.  We have several hundred youth in Bexar County participating in livestock projects and related programs.  It’s important that they have the resources, education and help necessary to make their experience a positive one.  What types of programs can we/should we offer to help in this endeavor?  Come join the discussion and share your ideas! Although anyone is... Read More →

Are you interested in learning how to care for your dog or train your dog?  For more information and training dates, click here.

For dates and location click here.