Poultry Project

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About the Poultry Project

Designed to help members learn about chickens, turkeys and other poultry. Members will acquire an understanding of scientific poultry management and marketing practices. Members will also gain knowledge of the poultry industry and its role in agriculture and the economy.

Members will receive a printed resource manual when they sign up for market chicken, egg production, duck and goose project.

The following Poultry project manuals are out of print and under revision, so they are only available online. Click below to download:

• Dove and Pigeon
• Turkey (Market/Breeding)
• Show Birds

Poultry Project Resources

Follow these links below for more information, tools and tips for your poultry project.

Before you decide which breed(s) of chickens to raise, view the website below for information on many different breeds of chicken, including variety, class, type, origin, productivity, egg color and size, combs, ear lobes, skin color, broodiness, hardiness, maturing and behavior.

• What Kind of Chicken Do I Want to Raise
• Start Your Chickens Off Right
• Poultry External Parasites
• Getting Prepared for Pullets (webinar)
• Need a New Home for your Birds
• What to Expect at Fair
• Showmanship Score Card and SARR Showmanship Score Card
• How to Check Your Birds for Lice (video)
• Washing Your Birds and Preparing for Showmanship (video)

All Poultry manuals can be accessed from the Colorado State website. Follow the links to the appropriate manual:

• Poultry – Raising Fancy Poultry (MA2001)
• Poultry – Raising Broilers (MA2002)
• Poultry – Raising Pullets (MA2003)
• Poultry – Raising Turkeys Project & Record Book (MA2101)
• Poultry – Duck/Goose Project & Record Book (MA2102)
• Pigeon and Dove Manual 

What to Expect at the 2017 Boulder County Fair

Follow these links below for information to help prepare your poultry project for Fair.

• Poultry Check-In (First Few Days of Fair)

Donations for awards and supplies are greatly appreciated.

Poultry needs your support to cover all of the show expenses.  Please donate directly to/at the Fair Office. Be sure to specify that the donation is for poultry. THANK YOU!

Running a Poultry Show is Work!

Below is a list of items that we could use.  If you can bring anything off this list – THANK YOU!  Please bring when Fair starts.

• Paper Towels
• Baby Wipes
• Fly Swatters
• Hand Sanitizer
• Egg Cartoons
• Tape (Scotch & Masking)
• Rubber Bands
• Paper Clips
• Cardboard (25” X 27” – approximately / to fit between cages in case of fighting birds)
• Thank You Cards
• Stamps

Poultry Barn Watch at Fair

SIGN UP ON DOODLE POLL – Enter your name, check dates and times, click on “Save”.

We need your help during Fair.  We have a lot of visitors through the barn each and every day of Fair and it’s always good to have a poultry person on hand to answer any questions, give guidance, and make sure all the birds are safe.  The Poultry Team is usually in the barn, but sometimes we’d like a break, so if you could take a shift during Fair it would be greatly appreciated!

Duties include:  Sweeping isles, checking water on all birds, keeping the birds safe, i.e. if someone is poking their finger through the cage at a bird – asking them to please be nice.  Making sure no balloons or dogs enter the barn.  Talking with the public and basically just being a presence.

Shifts are:
10:00 – 1:00
1:00  – 3:00
3:00 – 6:00
6:00 – 9:00

We are open to the public from Tuesday, August 4 until Sunday, August 9.  The barn will be closed to the public on Monday, August 3 while birds are being sorted.

Thanks in advance for helping!