Poultry Information
Poultry Meeting
6:00pm
Ag Project Center
Students who are new to chickens please meet me at the barn and I will give you some directions and review everything you need to know prior to your chickens arriving! All supplies should be in the barn by then!
Remind
Pen Set Up
Keeping Chickens at the Agriculture Project Center: You can move your supplies into the barn starting November 19th. All supplies need to be moved in and set up no later than November 27th. Your pen is labeled with your name on it as well as your locker. Please provide me with a key or combination for your locks.
Calendar
Chicken Arrival-NOVEMBER 30
Note-I will be at a conference this day so you will need to be prepared to be self sufficient and I will have a meeting at barn on Monday December 3rd at 6:00pm to check-in.
If you keep your birds at home please schedule a time for me to come check-in.
Chris & Cole-$15.00 due to Mr.Webster ASAP
Quality Counts
******MUST BE COMPLETE by November 15th******
Verification of Quality Counts is a natural extension of this effort to demonstrate that 4-H and FFA youth have a base knowledge of the principles of quality assurance and good moral character.
https://www.texaslivestockvalidation.com/qc/qcregister.aspx
Beginning Directions
Register
-Select your FFA chapter (Plano, Plano West, or Plano East)
-Enter your DOB and Phone Number in the format provided.
**On Android devices, you will need type the hyphens and dashes.
-Click Submit Registration
-You will receive an email from dottie.goebel@ag.tamu.edu to keep for your records & activate your account.
**Do not delete this email as it contains a Return Link that you will NEED to come back to
the course at any time.
Supplies
D&L Ag Mart-McKinney
Wells Brothers-Plano
Princeton Ag Supply
Chicken Waterers
Disposable Pie Pans
Bag of Sugar
Outdoor Thermometer
Pine Shavings (Large Flake)
1 Bucket of High Octane Power Fuel
1 Bucket of High Octane Champion Drive
Feed
Purina Poultry Pre-Starter (for days 1-14ish)
Purina Poultry Starter (for days 14ish-22ish)Purina Poultry Gro-Fin (for days 22-finish)
EARLY BIRD POULTRY supplement
The cost is $48.50 for a 5 gallon bucket. It should last the entire time.
Call-5127606161 to place order (Make pick up plans before you order)
Bricks
These will be used to raise you feed at your chickens to bigger.