Organic Backyard Poultry Workshop in Massachusets

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Poultry Workshop in Concord Massachusets This Saturday! Learn the ins and outs of a pasture-based organic backyard poultry enterprise at Pete & Jen’s Backyard Birds. Organic Poultry Workshop: Presented by NOFA/Mass; Saturday, July 23, 2011; 1pm – 5pm; Pete & Jen’s Backyard Birds; 159 Wheeler Road, Concord MA; Cost: $40; Register now! For more information and to register, visit: www.nofamass.org/programs/extensionevents/organicpoultry.php

This workshop is presented by the Northeast Organic Farming Association Massachusetts Chapter (NOFA/Mass) as part of their Massachusetts Organic Poultry Workshop Series and hosted by Pete & Jen’s Backyard Birds (www.peteandjensbackyardbirds.com). Learn about raising broilers and layers from chick to market. Topics include:

• Brooding
• Mobile coop construction
• Electric fencing
• Feed rations and supplements
• Veterinary care
• Marketing
• Humane slaughter.