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Small and backyard poultry Welcome to the Poultry Extension website Menu Home ARTICLES Ask an Expert WEBINARS BLOG About Accessibility Contact Scroll down to content Home Welcome to the world of poultry! This site is part of the online United States Cooperative Extension System, known as eXtension. Our mission is to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information and education in the area of poultry science. The information provided applies primarily to small and backyard poultry flocks. Blog Posted on February 8, 2023 February 8, 2023 New poultry medicine course for veterinarians – tell your local veterinarian about it We have a new course available for practicing veterinarians to try and help them start seeing small and backyard poultry flocks. Please tell your local veterinarian about the course so they will be able to help you with any disease issues you may have with your flocks. UK leads program to train veterinarians in backyard … Continue reading New poultry medicine course for veterinarians – tell your local veterinarian about it” Posted on June 3, 2021 June 3, 2021 Colorado Ballot issue: Slaughter age for poultry and other livestock Colorado has an interest ballot issue for the next election. It is supposedly designed to Protect animals for unnecessary suffering and exploitation”. Specifically, it involves revisions to statutes 18-9-201 (amending sections (2), (2.9), and (5), and adds section (3.5)) and revisions to 18-2-202 (adding section 1.9). 16OriginalFinal.pdf (state.co.us) Statute 18-9-201: Definitions Section 2 revisions include … Continue reading Colorado Ballot issue: Slaughter age for poultry and other livestock” Posted on December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 Comparing egg quality across production systems A paper was included in the latest issue of Poultry Science (December 2020) that I thought might be of interest to our readers. It looked that the quality and cost of commercially available specialty eggs and compared them with conventionally-produced eggs, that is, produced with hens in cages. They compared brand name eggs labeled as … Continue reading Comparing egg quality across production systems” ARTICLES Anatomy Behavior Feeds and feeding Food safety Getting started Health Management Youth programs Glossary Contact Webmaster: Jacquie.jacob@uky.edu This is a national Cooperative Extension resource This work is supported in part by New Technologies for Agriculture Extension grant no. 2020-41595-30123 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. © All rights reserved. Facebook Email Privacy Policy Proudly powered by WordPress Manage Cookie Consent To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Preferences Preferences The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics Statistics The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Marketing Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes Accept Deny View preferences Save preferences View preferences {title} {title} {title} Manage...