Market Poultry Workshop
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- Course
- Date of Publication
- July 7, 2021
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Overview
Are you raising chickens or other poultry for 4-H or FFA? Join Texas A&M poultry experts as they walk you through a series of videos related to the rearing of poultry for youth livestock shows in Texas.
Video presentations include:
- Setting up your project before you get your birds
- The importance of housing design and ventilation
- How lighting impacts your birds
- Feeding show poultry throughout the project
- Wing bands and exhibitor validation for livestock shows in Texas
- Raising show turkeys and the differences between broilers and turkeys
- Culling and selection of market poultry
- Biosecurity and bird health
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