Breeding and Market Poultry and Fowl

Our 4-H youth can work with breeding & market rabbits, breeding & market chickens, turkeys, ducks and/or pigeons. These projects deal with similar issues as our livestock projects but on a much smaller scale. Youth also learn about selection, care, and feeding of small animals, animal health, and importance of good record keeping. This gives them a well-rounded education about their animals and what it takes to raise them. All small animal projects require the youth to take the Youth for the Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) training that is provided each year.

The poultry project is designed to help you learn about chickens, turkeys and other poultry. Through your work in this project, you will acquire an understanding of scientific poultry management and marketing practices. You will gain business experiences and insight is not the values and principles of purchasing, marketing, financial record keeping and obtaining credit.