A regional poultry and gardening seminar will be held at the Kosse Community
Center on Friday, July 20th. Registration will be held from 8:00am till 9:00am with
the program to run from 9:00am till 3:30pm.
The registration fee will be $30 which includes lunch, handout materials, breaks & 3
CEU’s. Payment for registration will be at the door. Please call & let us know if you
plan to attend so we can plan for lunch & breaks. (979)-828-4270
“The intended audience are people that have thought about getting a few chickens
and raising a garden,” said Ed Schneider, AgriLife Extension agent for Robertson
County and workshop coordinator. “Some may already have both, but need information
or help getting started. We think that a lot of folks that have recently retired
or are looking at retirement want to be more sustainable. They want to raise their
own food to save money and to take pride in doing something they grew up doing.
This workshop will offer something for everyone.”
Scheduled topics and speakers for the morning session are: “Raising Broilers in the
Backyard – Management, Dr. Greg Archer, Texas AgriLife Extension poultry specialist;
Backyard Laying Hen Facilities and Nutrition Management, Dr. Craig Coufal, AgriLife
Extension poultry specialist; Selling the Goods Produced by your Backyard Flock-
Regulations, Coufal; Brown Eggs, White Eggs, Red Chickens, White Chickens, Checkered
Chickens-So What Breed Do I Buy?, Ideal Poultry representative; Ducks, Geese,
Guineas or Turkeys – Why or Why Not?, Ideal Poultry representative.
Afternoon session topics and speakers are: Home Gardening-Soil, Irrigation and Size
and Type of Garden, Dr. Joseph Masabni, AgriLife Extension horticulturalist; Insect
Control in Home Poultry Flock and the Home Garden, Dr. Sonja Swiger, AgriLife Extension
specialist; Heritage Gardening, Selecting What to Grow, Selling Produce and
Organic vs. Non-Organic vs. Mixture, Masabni.