Poultry and Birds (BGC)Click on a curriculum item below to view details about the curriculum.
Poultry 1 - Scratching the Surface 
Poultry 2 - Testing Your Wings
Poultry 3 - Flocking Together
Poultry - Helper's Guide
Poultry 2 - Testing Your Wings (1999) 
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens
Utah 4-H Jr. Broiler Project - Member's Manual
Utah 4-H Turkey Project Members Manual
Utah Junior Turkey Show Handbook
Your Chickens: Kids Guide to Raising and Showing
Activities include parts identification, species and breeds, selection, exploring an egg, feather features, cooking eggs, feeding, handling, washing and showing. (c 2001)
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Covers budgeting, pecking order, feed tags, retail products, bone identification, carcass grading, health care and egg exploration. (c 2001)
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Plan a judging clinic, manage a flock, exploring careers, processing chickens, conducting poultry games and discuss values and ethics. (c 2001)
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Youth will enjoy participating in the 15 group activities in the Poultry Helper's Guide. (c 2001)
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Poultry 2 - Testing Your Wings (1999)
Covers budgeting, pecking order, feed tags, retail products, bone identification, carcass grading, health care and egg exploration. (c 1999)
This item may be purchased for $1.00 through the Utah State 4-H Office by calling Extension Publications at 435-797-2251.
If you are just starting out or an expert, this compendium is packed with helpful information for raising chickens. Covers facilities, breeding, feeding, egg processing, animal behavior, health care, and managing a business.
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National 4-H Council (4-H Mall)
Utah 4-H Jr. Broiler Project - Members Manual
In this booklet, youth learn all the fundamentals of caring for young chicks and more mature chickens. Covers feeding guidelines and vaccinations and everything in between.
This item may be purchased for $0.50 through the Utah State 4-H Office by calling Extension Publications at 435-797-2251.
This manual teaches 4-Hers how to keep clean a turkey environment, how to raise healthy turkeys, and proper care and treatment of turkeys.
This item may be purchased for $0.35 through the Utah State 4-H Office by calling Extension Publications at 435-797-2251.
This handbook teaches 4-Hers about turkeys from birthing stages to market aged turkey while teaching proper turkey health and nutrition is taught. In additions, this guide also discusses the general rules of Utah junior turkey showing, prizes awarded, and State of Utah rules and guidelines for these shows.
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Youth can learn all of the ins and outs on showing, animal behavior, feeding and health care using this reference book written just for them. Photographs and line drawings.
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National 4-H Council (4-H Mall)
