Poultry Project

In the poultry project you can explore poultry by learning about raising birds and dive into health issues, poultry products and careers.

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You will be able to:

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• Learn the basic principles of animal science by owning, caring for, and keeping records on one or more animals

• Explore knowledge of sound breeding, feeding, and management practices

• Investigate current issues facing the industry and how you can start a career in the poultry business

• Learn how to rear eggs

• Learn the different types of birds and what they’re used for

• Identify different breeds

• Locate and name parts of a bird

• Learn proper feeding techniques

• Learn about poultry conformation

• Learn about chick imprinting

• Explore flock pecking order

• Learn to read a feed tag

• Explore poultry products

• Learn about carcass grading

• Discover how an egg is formed

• Construct a poultry skeleton

• Manage your own laying flock

• Learn about poultry genetics

• Explore biotechnology

• Learn to process chickens

• Learn about food safety

• Investigate poultry related careers