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Through the activities in the poultry project, you will begin by learning about egg parts, breeds, costs to raise poultry, how to prepare for chicks, how to care for and handle your birds, how to select pullets and showing poultry. As you progress through the levels, there are new challenges to explore activities such as egg production, how to select and judge broilers, how to present diseases of poultry flocks, how to build a budget, how to organize a judging clinic, how to process chickens for food and learn about the advances in biotechnology as possible careers in the poultry industry. You must complete a minimum of seven activities and three learning experiences per level to complete this project.

Resources & Curriculum

Defend the Flock - #FlockDefender Youth Program
National 4-H Poultry Curriculum
How to Make a Nipple Drinker for the Chick Brooder
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