Poultry Research Articles

A guide to better understand and evaluate the status of egg production in the domestic fowl.

This guide offers practical advice to help you raise resilient, high-laying hens and build a successful small-scale egg production system, no matter your level of experience.

Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl, and game birds can harbor and transmit certain agents that might infect people. These practices will help minimize the chance for disease transmission between you and your poultry.

A guide on disease prevention for exhibition poultry, covering biosecurity practices like flock isolation, sanitation, equipment disinfection, and quarantine procedures.

An overview of basic housing principles for small flocks of chickens.

Poultry showmanship is the opportunity for you as a young exhibitor to demonstrate your abilities as a poultry steward and to communicate your knowledge of the poultry industry.

Although most small backyard flocks of chickens remain relatively healthy, it is useful to note a few diseases and abnormalities that may be occasionally encountered.

A guide to raising backyard chickens, covering brooding, housing, perches, nest boxes, water, feed, predator control, lighting, egg production and molting.

This fact sheet provides essential guidelines for hatching eggs and raising chicks, covering topics such as egg collection, incubation, candling, hatching, and chick care. It includes best practices for ensuring a high hatch rate, proper storage, brooder ...

This guide offers practical advice to help you raise resilient, high-laying hens and build a successful small-scale egg production system, no matter your level of experience.

This fact sheet covers poultry history, top egg-laying breeds, egg anatomy, nutrition, and practical tips to help farmers improve productivity and run successful egg production ventures.

The championship potential of a chicken is determined by genetics. Genetics are the traits inherited from its parents. The chicken’s environment dictates if the genetic potential can be met.

Essential guidelines for hatching eggs and raising chicks, covering topics such as egg collection, incubation, candling, hatching, and chick care.

An overview of feeding and nutrition principles for chicken owners, including water, feed quality, feeding systems and feed consumption.

Careful preparation prior to the show is necessary to be an effective show person. The calmness of the chicken is a reflection of how much the bird has been handled and worked with prior to the show.

A guide to organizing a poultry showmanship contest, including eligibility, class divisions, equipment, location, timing and judge qualifications.

A guide for judges evaluating youth poultry showmanship competitions, covering how to assess exhibitors' stewardship skills, bird presentation, and poultry knowledge.

Raising meat-type chickens at home can be a rewarding and productive experience. Not only does it put meat in the freezer, it can also be a great 4-H project for young poultry enthusiasts.

This fact sheet is constructed to be used by 4-H and FFA youth for training or as a tool to aid in the growing of market turkeys for the Utah Junior Turkey Show or for local turkey shows.