Master Backyard Poultry

The Master Backyard Poultry program is designed to give backyard poultry owners a combination of virtual educational and hands-on learning experiences. The program is designed for first time owners all the way to the seasoned veterans. Cost of the program is $50. Participants receive exclusive access to all of the virtual sessions plus any of the classes listed under the “free section”. Classes under “fee based” are not included in the program fee, but are able to be purchased individually. The virtual program will take place on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm (cst) in the Fall starting on September 23.

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Virtual Sessions 2025

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• Breed Selection
• Brooding Basics/housing transition
• Nutrition for Broilers and Layers
• Biosecurity
• Health Management and disease
• Egg production – farm to table/local sales

Hands-on Sessions

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Free Classes

Pasture and Forages Management

• Spring Pastures (3-26-25)
• Multi-Species Grazing (6-11-25)
• Summer Weeds (7-8-25)
• Fall Planting (9-15-25)
• Hay Selection (9-24-25)
• Equipment Calibration (1-13-26)

Horse

• Trailering Clinic (5-20-25)
• Equine Ground Manners (6-3-25)
• Equine Wrapping and Bandaging Techniques (2-3-26)
• Maintaining a Healthy Hoof (2-11-26)

Beef

• AI & Pregnancy Checking (4-14-25)
• Hay Selection (9-24-25)
• Raising Freezer Beef (9-29-25)
• Handling Facilities (10-6-25)
• Working Cattle (10-27-25)
• Bull Selection (11-6-25)

Poultry

• Breed Selection (9-30-25)
• Brooding Basics and Transition Housing (10-7-25)

Small Ruminant

• Small Ruminant Fencing (3-18-25)
• Parasite Management (4-8-25)
• Shearing/Hoof Trimming (4-15-25)
• Multi-Species Grazing (6-11-25)
• Hay Selection (9-24-25)

Horticulture

• Raised Bed Gardening (4-8-25)
• Permaculture & Edible Landscaping (4-17-25)
• Dig, Divide, & Design with Perennials (4-22-25)
• Landscape Irrigation (5-20-25)
• Seed Saving (7-17-25)
• Seeding Cool-Season Turf Grasses (9-9-25)

Other Topics

• Homestead Farm Layout (9-10-25)

Fee-Based Classes

Craft Products

• Home Brew Packaging (3-6-25)
• Spring Craft Brew (4-5-25)
• Fall Craft Brew (10-25-25)
• Intro to Home Brewing (1-22-26)

Culinary

• Jams & Preserves (5-13-25)
• Canning (6-17-25)
• Art of Knife Sharpening (11-17-25)

Mechanics

• Small Engine Troubleshooting (11-11-25)
• Tractor Maintenance (1-27-26)

Outdoors

• Deer Processing Clinic (11-22-25)

Poultry

• Poultry Processing (11-1-25)

Horticulture

• Ornamental Spring Pruning Rescheduled (New Date Coming Soon!)
• Seed Starting (Class Full)
• Strawberry Workshop (5-6-25)
• Blueberry & Elderberry Workshop (6-24-25)

Masters Programs

• Master Beef
• Master Horse
• Master Small Ruminant
• Homesteading Program and Farming Fundamentals
• Master Gardener
• Master Backyard Poultry

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