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*NEW Poultry Class: Beginning Backyard and Small Flock Poultry


Courses for Adults / General Interest -
Spring/Summer 2025

The Beginning backyard and small flock poultry class will teach participants the best management practices for starting a backyard flock of chickens. The class will cover breed selection, starting baby chicks, nutrition, housing, biosecurity, health and care of hens as well as city ordinances and the selling of eggs. If you are considering raising chickens this class will help answer your questions. Presented by the University of Minnesota Extension; Colleen Carlson has served as the Ag Production Systems Extension Educator in Scott and Carver counties since 2016. Colleen teaches a number of poultry classes through UMN Extension and has raised a variety of chickens, ducks, turkey, geese and peafowl. Colleen is a 5th generation poultry keeper.

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AE137

  Jill Patrie


Vista : Room 120
Thursday, May 8
5:00 - 8:00 PM

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