Chicken Little...Soon to be Chicken Big

It is that time of year again. Time for children to get excited about summer, and start their animal science projects that will offer them learning right up into the next school year.
As always we started things with the smallest animal we give out each year...our laying hens. The birds are just a few days old when they go home and adorable, but come fair time they will be much bigger and just about ready to lay fresh eggs.
The neat thing about raising poultry as part of the animal science projects is it gives youth an opportunity to learn about record keeping, show techniques, and allows them to gain responsibility for taking care of other living creatures. Also many youth like to create their own business selling the fresh eggs they get from their laying hens.
Stay tuned as we get ready to give out more animals this summer, up next are the pigs. Make sure to tune in because it will be something to squeal about.