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4-H Poultry Program

Poultry

4-H Home Poultry Flocks

The home flock program involves all of the practical poultry and Avian Science projects and the Standard Breeders project. The practical projects include brooding, rearing, laying flocks, broiler, turkey and duck projects. These are meat and egg projects which place emphasis on how to do things. The Standard Breeders project is a science project which emphasizes the why of things using areas such as genetics, physiology, embryology, nutrition and health.

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Contests

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Breeds and Breed Standards

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Avian Flu

Contest Resources

Other Links

Curriculum Sources for Educators

For more information

Contact Brian Aukema at bja14 [at] cornell.edu (bja14[at]cornell[dot]edu).