Success StoryBackyard Poultry - The Basics



Backyard Poultry - The Basics

Author: Gary Stockton

Planning Unit: Boone County CES

Major Program: Poultry/Small Flocks

Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Homeowners are still interested in learning about chickens and raising their own eggs in the backyards. It has become very popular and there are many questions asked throughout the year about getting started with chickens. We decided to put together a series of Backyard Poultry programs and have a backyard poultry program every 3 months, getting a little more details on production as we go. This first program was focused toward those homeowners that do not have chickens yet but are interested in getting started and just didn't know what they needed to do. There were a total of 15 people that attended the class and 12 of those did not have chicken or had they ever raised chickens. Eggs was the main reason the participates wanted to raise their own chickens. Out of the 15 there, 13 of them said eggs, 1 said meat, and 1 said they wanted chickens for a 4-H project. Out of the 15 there none of them had thought that dogs and cats could be a predator and kill their birds if not adequately penned. All of them said that since seeing the presentation that they were ready to get their backyard flocks started. Once the series of poultry programs is complete we should be able to present more information about participates. 








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