Author: Jacqueline Jacob
Major Program: Poultry/Small Flocks
Poultry ownership continues to increase in urban and suburban areas of the United States. This has been seen in the Commonwealth of Kentucky as well. In past years, we have provided in-person poultry workshops in the counties targeting current and potential backyard poultry producers. It was not possible to hold in-person workshops during the COVID-19 pandemic, so we moved the workshops to virtual using zoom. We held four, one-hour webinars that were recorded and the recordings placed on YouTube
Author: Anthony Pescatore
The Covid pandemic created pressure on the food supply. Due to the limited supply of some poultry and egg products, people had an increased interest in producing poultry and eggs. While there is available information on small or backyard flocks and there is information on large commercial operations, there is a lack of information on Small Scale Commercial Poultry Operations. A series of six weekly webinars were conducted to address the small commercial poultry operation. Each webinar addressed
Author: William Crawford
As we continue into our second year of COVID-19, small producers of poultry and livestock continue to face challenges to get their animals processed. I recall about a year ago receiving word of an organic poultry grower who was looking to travel all the way to Missouri to get his birds processed. There are several reasons that contribute to this dilemma. The simplest explanation is supply and demand. There are more birds than the current processors can accommodate. It is not quite that simply th
Author: Jonathan Oakes
Organic production is beginning to grow more popular in the current era of agriculture. People want to know the when, what, where, why, and who of the food they consume more and more. This past December, the Russell County ANR Agent and UK Extension Associate with Extension Ag Programs were contacted by an organic egg production company to help a new producer, who purchased an existing operation, to become certified and compliant with organic production on the farm. Without the
Author: Christin Herbst
Over the past several years, incubating poultry and waterfowl eggs has been a popular project with the Carroll County Cooperative Extension Service. Ducks, quail, and a wide variety of chickens have been successfully hatched, with the hatched birds being offered to Carroll County 4-H’ers for county fair projects.The 2021 incubation project features a new bird species our Extension Office has yet to incubate: peafowl.Peafowl are native to Sri Lanka in India, where they were foun
