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Cornell Cooperative Extension To Host LEAF Workshops Series

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s Agriculture Program will host several workshops this season as part of its 2017-18 L.E.A.F. Workshop Series.

“Raising Poultry for Egg Production” will be a three-course series offered at multiple times at the Frank W. Bratt Agricultural Center, 3542 Turner Road, Jamestown. The cost to attend is $10 for each class or $25 to attend all three classes. For more information, visit www.cce.cornell.edu/Chautauqua/leaf1718.

The first class, Housing and Equipment, will be offered Thursday, Oct. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. or Saturday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to noon. The class will cover site analysis, equipment checklist, housing options, predator control, supplies, cleaning and will include a demonstration on making a dust bath and cleaning equipment.

The second class, Chick Care, Hen Nutrition, and Health, will be offered Monday, Oct. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. or Saturday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. to noon.

It will cover breed selection, baby basics, sourcing, feed selection, disease prevention, adult care and will highlight a demonstration on growing fodder and handling chicks upon receipt.

The third class, Egg Production, Marketing, and Regulations, will be offered Monday, Nov. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. or Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to noon. It will cover egg production, egg handling and care, selling and marketing your eggs, regulations to follow. Demonstration on egg candling and carton labelling will also be included.

“Even if you’ve come to one of our poultry workshops in the past, we welcome you to come to any of the classes in this series,” said Katelyn Walley-Stoll, farm business management educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County. “We’ll be covering more of the ‘nuts and bolts’ of raising chickens, and will be incorporating some hands-on demonstrations”. Walley-Stoll also stated that the series is appropriate for beginning poultry raisers or those that are just interested in learning more about the topic.

Interested participants can choose to attend one class or all three classes.

Each class participant will receive a resource guide with informational handouts and reference materials, opportunity for hands-on demonstrations, and the option for follow up consultations.

The L.E.A.F. Workshop Series is open to the general public. The 2017-18 series will feature more than 20 workshops to be held throughout the upcoming fall and winter months.

The program is supported by the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation.

Pre-registration is required three days prior to each class to allow for adequate time to prepare printed resources and materials. Interested participants can register online by visiting www.cce.cornell.edu/chautauqua/leaf1718, emailing kaw249@cornell.edu or calling 664-9502, ext. 202.

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