Chemung County 4-H Poultry Science:101

With chick season right around the corner, we’d like to provide Chemung County you with the opportunity to experience the fun and prepare for hatching or bringing homes chicks of their own!

Topics will include:

  • Selecting eggs for hatching
  • Selecting and setting up your incubator
  • A peek inside the stages of development
  • Hatch Day, what to do and not do.
  • Breed study
  • Preparing your brooder
  • Raising healthy chicks
  • Preparing your coop
  • Predator 101
  • Raising poultry for a purpose