Welcome to the Poultry Extension website
Welcome to the world of poultry! This site is part of the online United States Cooperative Extension System, known as eXtension. Our mission is to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information and education in the area of poultry science. The information provided applies primarily to small and backyard poultry flocks.
With the current COVID-19 situation the US Department of Homeland Security has confirmed food and agriculture as a critical infrastructure. With people becoming more and more distant from food production, it is important to remember that we are dependent on farmers for our food. I saw one post on Facebook that said there was no …
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People are justifiably concerned about the recent outbreaks of human COVID-19, but there is a lot of misinformation circulating on the internet. One is with regards to chickens. Despite what some news outlets have reported, COVID-19 did NOT originate in chickens and you CANNOT get COVID-19 from chickens. There is some speculation that it originated …
KFC Canada tested a plant-based ‘chicken’. They sold the product at a single KFC and an A&W restaurant in Canada. They sold out in that one day. They offered a ‘chicken’ sandwich alone or along with a plant-based Fried Popcorn Chicken Bucket. Both were developed under Greenleaf’s Lightlife brand. Last August KFC conducted a one-day …
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