Success StoryChicks Changing Lives
Chicks Changing Lives
Author: Stefaine Back
Planning Unit: Magoffin County CES
Major Program: Agriculture & Natural Resources
Plan of Work: Protecting, Preserving, and Promoting our Natural Resources
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
The problem
Youth lack knowledge about animal life cycles and using chickens both as a nutritious food source and possible avenue of income.
The educational program response
Youth worked to complete a 6-hour course on the basics of chicken anatomy, life cycle, different breeds, embryology, habitat, parts of an eggs, egg nutrition and the process of incubation and chick hatching. The Magoffin 4-H Afterschool club completed the course and successfully hatched chicks at the Magoffin County Extension Office.
The participants/target audience
The Magoffin 4-H Afterschool Club has 10 members and meets most Thursdays from 3:30-5:00pm.
Other partners (if applicable)
Kristen Stumbo, CEA for ANR, Magoffin County
Program impact or participant .
100% of youth reported a growth in knowledge about chickens, their life cycle, egg incubation, and the nutrition of eggs.
80% of youth reported gaining knowledge in the area of raising chickens, hatching eggs and the potential income associated with chicken farming.
50% of youth expressed an interest in having backyard chickens in the near or distant future for personal use and/or potential income ie: selling eggs or chickens.
60% of youth reported an increased desire to consume more eggs and try new egg recipes.
100 % of youth reported the program as information and/or enjoyable even if they did not want to eat more eggs or have chickens of their own.
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