How to Enter the Douglas County Fair using FairEntry

  1. 4-H Online home page

    Visit the FairEntry Website

    Douglas County FairEntry site


    Sign in with your 4-HOnline username and password.
    • Hint: Your username is the email address you use to sign in to 4-HOnline. If you cannot remember your password, visit 4-H Online homepage and click the ‘I forgot my password’ button.
    • You will receive a confirmation email once you have completed the entry process. Entries can be edited through June 30. Fees will only be charged once.

  2. Click the Register an Exhibitor button.

    screen shot of fair entry page showing "register an exhibitor"

  3. Click the exhibitor for which you would like to make entries.

    screenshot showing a screen offering a choice between two 4-hers

  4. If applicable, enter YQCA number

    • Livestock exhibitors showing beef, dairy cattle, goats, rabbits, poultry, sheep, or swine must enter their YQCA number. Your certificate will be uploaded in the next question. If this does NOT pertain to you, please type N/A. screenshot showing the question box where you will type in the required info

  5. Download, sign, and upload the 4-H exhibitor code of conduct and your YQCA Certificate if you are a livestock exhibitor.

    Screenshot of a not yet downloaded 4-H code of conduct

  6. Review all contact information to make sure it is correct. Click the continue to entries button.

    sreenshot showing blacked out 4-her contact information

  7. Click the 'add an entry' button.

    screenshot of page showing add an entry highlighted in green next to 4-her's name

  8. Select the department you would like to make an entry for.

    screenshot of 4-h departments

  9. If you will not be making entries for animals, skip to step #10.

    • You will be required to ‘add an animal from scratch’ for livestock and animal projects.
    • Hint: For swine without a 4-H EID tag, re-enter the ear notches in the tag field. Sheep and goats without a 4-H EID tag can use the scrapie tag number in the tag field. screenshot of "add an animal from scratch" screen

  10. Click on the tag number for the animal you would like to enter and the corresponding class name. Click continue.

    screenshot of the animal class being selected

  11. Review your selections. Click Create Entries.

    screenshot of "review your selection" with "creat entries" highlighted in green

  12. Below is an example of a static entry.

    • To make additional entries, click on Add an entry. Find the corresponding department.
    • Hint: Remember, 4-H age is determined by Jan. 1, 2025. screenshot showing differnt age levels as departments.

  13. Click on the class you would like to enter.

    • Hint: Adjust the quantity to reflect the total number of entries you want to make for that class. screen shot of classes

  14. Review your selections. Click 'Create Entries'

    screnshot of 'review your selections' showing 'create entries' highlighted in green

  15. To complete the checkout process, be sure to pay.

    • The user fee for the system is $7.
    • Bedding and vet check for bucket calf is $13.00, and for large cattle is $24.
    • Vet check is $1 per animal for all other species. screenshot of payment scren