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 document outlines 24 popular breeds for backyard egg production across 7 important characteristics.
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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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The Teacher Toolkit for the Poultry Evaluation is a bundle designed to provide a Poultry Evaluation CDE team with the curriculum resources they need to be successful.
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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. (3 pages)
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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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This publication contains FAQs and steps for building your own egg candler.
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This publication details the steps to incubate a chicken embryo outside of an egg.