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Description: With Vermont regulations allowing the sale of up to 1000 farm-processed broiler chickens at farmers markets, CSAs, and to restaurants, many new farmers are adding this enterprise to their farm business mix. This webinar will offer information about raising broilers efficiently for an improved bottom line. Join Michael Darre, Professor & Extension Poultry Specialist, at the University of Connecticut, to learn about broiler breeds, pasturing poultry, feeding birds for optimum health and feed conversion, and determining the best time to slaughter. There will also be time to ask questions about issues you have encountered raising meat birds in the past. Dr. Darre is the lead Extension poultry specialist for the all of New England. He obtained his B.S. in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1975, where he went on to obtain an M.S. in Animal Physiology in 1977 and a Ph.D. in Environmental Animal Physiology in 1981. He organizes and runs the the New England-New York Biosecurity and Poultry Pest Management Conference. Much of his time is also devoted to providing information and help to the small part-time/backyard poultry producers.
Newcomers to online learning are welcome. All you need to participate is internet access and a computer that you can hear sound through.
To participate, please go to http://www.uvm.edu/newfarmer and click on "Webinars" at about 6:45 pm EST on December 20, 2011. For more information, contact newfarmer@uvm.edu or call 802-223-2389x203. If you require accommodations to participate in this program, please let Jessie Schmidt know by December 10, 2011 at 802-223-2389 or 1-866-860-1382 (toll-free in VT) or newfarmer@uvm.edu so we may assist you.
