4-H Project Guidelines, Quality Assurance & Project Judging/Skillathon Information

Project Guidelines 

Project guidelines are used as a resource for families. Each set of guidelines provides species/project area specific information when it comes to the requirements, opportunities, deadlines & fair information (if applicable). We encourage families to print and/or save a copy. Guidelines are updated each year. 

Project Category

Animal

Beef Horses
Companion/Other Small Animals (Cats, Cavies, Pocket Pets, Reptiles, etc.) Poultry

Dairy

Dairy Feeders

Rabbits
Dogs Sheep

Goats

Pack Goat Class

Swine

 

 Project  Category

Non-Animal

Clothing Shooting Sports
Food/Nutrition Other-Variety

 

2026 Trumbull County Project Completion Requirements 

*2026 COMING SOON

2025 4-H Project Completion Requirements- County & State *Lists all current projects supported by Ohio 4-H 

 

 

2026 Project Judging/Skillathon Dates

Animal 

Animal Project Judging/Skillathon is Tuesday, June 2, 2026 from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds. *Members involved in multiple species may have a flexible/stagger start beginning at 5:30 if not before. Please check with your advisor as the date gets closer for an update.

All animal species' rules and registration forms can be found here

*Skillathon materials' links will be updated as they are completed with the assistance of the species' advisors. 

Skillathon Materials

2026 Version 

*Beef

-Study guide & scoresheet

*no updates from 2024

*Horses

-Study guide & scoresheet

-Bits

Companion Animals*

CAVY- Resources

-Scoresheet

CAT- Resources

- Scoresheet

*no updates from 2024

Poultry

-Fancy Study Guide 

-Market Study Guide

-Scoresheets

- Poultry Breeds 

*Dairy

-Study guide/resources

-Scoresheet

*no updates from 2024

Rabbits

- Study guide/resources

*Dairy Feeder

-Study guide/resources

- Scoresheet

*no updates from 2024

*Sheep

- Market study guide/resources

-Score sheets

-Supplemental Breeding Project resources

*no updates from 2024

Goat

- Study guide

-Scoresheets

*no update from 2025

*SWINE

- Study guide

-Scoresheets

Clothing

Clothing Project Judging is Friday, June 26, 2026 from 1:00-3:00 pm at the OSU Extension Office in Cortland.

  1. 2026 Clothing Judging Schedule - will be emailed to all clothing participants
  2. Scoresheets
    1. Sewing
    2. Non-Sewing
  3. Fashion Revue Narration Form
  4. Fashion Revue Entry Form
  5. FCS Committee Trophy Sponsor Form

General Projects

General/Still Project Judging is Tuesday, June 30, 2026 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Champion Christian Church. Please notify the office of any dropped projects prior to June 1. 

1. General Project Scoresheet

2. Shooting Sports' Project Scoresheet

3. Food & Nutrition Project Scoresheet

 

Quality Assurance Information & Forms 

2026 Quality Assurance Information- Saturday, April 11, 2026 from 9:00-11:00 am at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds

Quality Assurance Verification Form - Must be printed out and taken with you if attending an out-of-county QA. Must be filled out and submitted to the Trumbull Extension Office.