Year: _________ Yates County 4-H Rabbit and Cavy Science Project Record Book Place picture of project animal(s) here. Name: ______________________________ Age (as of Jan 1): ____________ Club: _______________________________ Number of Years in 4-H: _______ Number of Years in project work: ________ (rabbit) ________ (cavy) My goals for this year are: ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 1 HELPFUL HINTS: Keep your receipts; it will make it easier to fill out the Expense Record! You may want to create a folder or a special drawer to keep them in! Hang the Labor Record by your animal’s feed or somewhere you go each day and will see it. If you did not do any work in a specific section for the year, just write “not applicable” at the top of the page and skip to the next section. You will not be penalized. Estimates are ok! If you need additional pages, feel free to attach them to the back. If you have a question, ask someone… you can always call the 4-H office at 315-536-5123. Project records are due with your fair pre-entry form. These are not made to be hard or intimidating; just to show you how much time, effort and care you and/or your family really put into your project animal in a year. We don’t expect that you are the sole care-giver for your animal. Therefore, we understand if you leave spaces blank. Just don’t lie. Be honest - if you didn’t take care of your animal for a few days or if someone picked up the food one week and didn’t tell you how much it cost, it is ok. Just be honest! THE DETAIL OF THESE RECORDS WILL NOT PREVENT YOU FROM ENTERING YOUR ANIMAL IN THE FAIR. RECORDS ARE ANOTHER LEARNING TOOL THAT DEMONSTRATES THE MANY ASPECTS OF RAISING AND CARING FOR AN ANIMAL! 2 Animal Inventory Animal Name Tattoo Breed Age Sex Ownership Number (personal, family, leased) 3 Expenses - Buying Animal Name Breed Tattoo Age Sex Weight Date Purchased Purpose Cost Number Purchased From (meat, pet, breeding) Total _______ 4 Expenses - Feeding For each month, please list the kind, amount, and cost of the feed, supplements, and treats for your rabbits/cavies. Total the amount for each section and then add your four totals together for a final feed cost. Feed Supplements Month Kind Amt (lb) Cost Kind Amt (lb) Cost Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total ________ Total __________ Treats Other Month Kind Cost Kind Cost Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total _________ Total ________ Total feed costs: ___________ 5 Additional Expenses Please list any other expense such as equipment, bedding, show entry costs, etc. Date Item Cost 8/10/10 Show Shirt $36.00 Total ____________ 6 Health Record If my rabbits/cavies were sick I would contact the _____________________________ veterinary clinic. Address: ___________________________________________________ Phone number: ______________________________________________ Rabbit/Cavy Personality – Please list your animals’ likes and dislikes below. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 7 Health Record (Cont’d) Animal Name Tattoo Age Sex Illness +/- Symptoms Treatment Date Success – Cost Number Treated Yes or No Total Cost__________ Death Record Animal Name Tattoo Breed Sex Age Death Date Number 8 Breeding Record Animal Tattoo Breed of Date Sire Name Breed of Owned or Due Date Name Number Dam Bred or Number Sire Borrowed Date Birthed 9 Offspring Record Dam Sire Date # Born # of Surviving Young Date Young Kept Birthed # Males # Females Weaned # Males # Females 10 Income – Selling Animal Name Breed Tattoo Age Sex Date Purchaser Why Sold Sold for $ Number Sold Total _________ 11 Additional Income Selling wool, equipment, meat, manure, worms, etc) Month Item Sold Amount Total ______________ What additional ways can you think of that would help increase your income? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 12 Labor Record Month Hours Spent Hours Hours Spent Other Hours Training/Handling Spent Doing (Explain) Grooming Chores Total: Please describe your training, grooming, and chore routine. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 13 Show Record Use additional sheets if needed Name of Date Class Placing Cost of Premiums Show Classes Total ______ Total ______ (add to expenses (pg 6) and income (pg 12) Activity Record Please list any 4-H or other non-show activities, workshops, or events you and your rabbit(s) participated in this year. Use additional sheets if needed. Date Location Activity Comments 14 Financial Statement Income Source Amount Selling of animals (page 11) ___________________ Additional income (page 12) ___________________ Total Income ___________________ Expenses Buying of animals (page 4) ____________________ Total feed cost (page 5) ___________________ Total health costs (page 8) ___________________ Total additional expenses (Page 6) ___________________ Total Expenses ___________________ Total income minus total expenses _________________ Amount Circle one: Profit Loss Describe your reactions below: ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 15 My 4-H Project Experiences 1. What did you learn by doing this project? 2. What was your biggest challenge this year? 3. What did you like most about your project? 4. What did you like least about your project? 5. Please share one thing relating to your project that was exciting, emotional or educational. I hereby verify that the provided information is correct and the record book has been completed to the best of my ability. 4-H Member’s Signature: _____________________ Date: ____________ Parent/Guardian Signature: ____________________ Date: ____________ Leader’s Signature: __________________________ Date: ____________ 16 .