Poultry/Small FlocksMajor Program

3321

Total Hours

Contributed.

6231

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

551

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

52

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of beginning farmers who implemented pastured poultry fencing and mobile housing

180

Number of potential or beginning producers who gained awareness about the National Poultry Improvement program (NPIP)

78

Number of producers who increased their knowledge on poultry health and nutrition

1265

Number of people who increased their knowledge and understanding of pastured poultry for small and limited resource farmers

438

Stories

Poultry Fun

Ballard County had their first ever Chicken and Turkey Barbecue event this summer. Dr. Jackie Jacob, from UK, worked with my co-worker Tom Miller and myself to put on a fun, educational and tasty event at our Extension Office. We had 12 participants who learned about chicken and turkey barbecue, nutrition and food safety while having a fun time and enjoying the chicken breasts and turkey burgers that they cooked. Our local responsibility was to get the meat to cook and the sides to enjoy with th...

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Poultry Fun

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Incubating Chicks

    The Lawrence County Agriculture and Natural Resource (ANR) Extension Agent partnered with Lawrence County Farm Bureau to provide the preschool classes at Louisa West Elementary school supplies to incu... Read More

  • Fulton County HPAI

    During February of 2022, one of the commercial poultry operations tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza. This triggered the Kentucky Department of Agriculture response team to isolate the ope... Read More

  • Rapid response to provide outreach on Highly Pathological Avian Influenza (HPAI).

    Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is a foreign animal disease that can be devastating to domestic poultry and some wild bird populations. On February 12, 2022, a broiler flock (231,400 birds) w... Read More

  • Poultry Fun

    Ballard County had their first ever Chicken and Turkey Barbecue event this summer. Dr. Jackie Jacob, from UK, worked with my co-worker Tom Miller and myself to put on a fun, educational and tasty even... Read More

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