Agrilife Extension Resources
We have a variety of resources, both in-person and online, available for backyard and commercial poultry producers. The topics range from chicken egg and meat production to breed selection and biosecurity to curing and smoking farm-raised chickens, turkeys and quail.
Related Departments: Poultry Science, Animal Science
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This manual aids in teaching beginners and experienced individuals how to properly evaluate live birds, ready-to-cook poultry, shell eggs, and processed poultry. It also includes information related to poultry production, management, and science and cooperating with others in solving poultry industry problems.
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This publication helps families interested in maintaining a small laying flock to produce eggs for home consumption. It covers housing, feeding and management of pullets and laying hens.
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Owning backyard chickens and other poultry can be a rewarding hobby, but it does come with risks, specifically from illnesses caused by a Salmonella infection. This publication contains FAQs about disease prevention while raising poultry at home. (3 pages)
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This publication details two recommended broiler feeding programs as well as one recommended turkey feeding program for successful show birds.
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This publication is a plan for creating a simple brooding unit for classroom use.
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This publication is a checklist for your egg-to-chick project.
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Temperature, humidity, and egg handling are important facets of a successful hatch. This one-page fact sheet also includes information on storing eggs, incubating them, and how to manage the actual hatching process. (1 page)
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This comprehensive guide provides detailed information on how to maintain the quality during incubation to ensure a maximum hatch.
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Incubating and hatching chicken eggs can be made into projects that are as simple or as elaborate as you need them to be. This 5-page publication outlines experiments you can use to lay the foundation for understanding broad subjects such as nutrition and the circulatory system, or the basics of data measurement, collection, and analysis. […]
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This publication aims to help poultry producers protect Texas waterways from contamination associated with livestock production and which may pose a health risk to Texas citizens. It includes best management practices for keeping bacteria, sediment, nutrients, and pesticide runoff out of waterways as well as preventing the loss of water and topsoil. (80 pages)