BROOME CO., N.Y. — On Tuesday May 24th at 6:30pm, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County will be presenting a live, in-person, workshop on learning to raise poultry. This session will be a fast-paced, all-inclusive presentation on a variety of topics. Topics that will be covered include: purchasing chicks, brooding birds, comparison of various production models, nutrition, management, processing, and marketing. We also will look briefly at egg production, broiler production and turkey production. We will also discuss the recent avia flu epidemic and how small-scale poultry producers can help stop the spread of this disease.
The fee for the workshop is $10.00 per person. The fee is waived for veterans. For more information, please contact Laura Biasillo at lw257@cornell.edu. To register and securely pay online visit: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/
Funding to support veterans attending this training comes from Broome County Department of Veterans Services and the Cornell Small Farms FarmOps initiative. To find out more about Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County’s support and training opportunities for veterans please visit: http://ccebroomecounty.com/
–Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County
