By Shannon Lukens.

There’s a lot going on at the Routt County Fair in Hayden. Routt County Fair 2023 Schedule.

One thing happening Thursday through Saturday is the FM Light & Sons 4H Ag Experience in the Small Animal Lockhart Barn. It’s hands-on, for all ages, and fun for the whole family. Tami Eggers is the 4H Specialist for Routt County.

“We have a chicken educational display. We have brands in Routt County and what the brands mean. We have a bee display. We have different feeds for your animal. We have a wool display. You can come out and do your own leathercraft project. We have the history of potatoes in Routt County and the history of corn in Routt County.”

There is a hands-on farm scene. Market animals will also be in the barn.

 

Interns from CSU will also have hands-on learning and a scavenger hunt with the Ag Academy, also in the barn.  Charley Miller is from Hotchkiss, Colo., and Baylee McSwain is from Astoria, Oregon.

 

They were at the Moffat County Fair last week, where they helped many of the kids become Junior Ag Ambassadors.

 

Another project is the Art of Ranching Project, which is now a statewide project in its third year. It started in Routt County. 4H kids pick an historic ranch in their county, do research on the ranch, and do oral histories, do a display board and narrative. Then they share the project back in the community

 

“Their narrative will be posted in Encyclopedia Colorado where the world can learn about our historic ranches.”

 

The 4H Ag Experience is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and until 4 p.m. on Saturday. Look for the big yellow Lockhart Barn at the fairgrounds in Hayden.