Local food is "happening" all around us at this time of the year. LFLF went to the Hookstown Fair Friday night determined to bring home some chicken! This is the 1st year that the Beaver County 4-H Stockmans Club/ sponsored a Market Poultry Pen class. We've been waiting for this to come to our local fair for some time. These 4-H projects are good "short time" projects for busy kids & you don't need a lot of money to get started. The 4-H'ers buy chicks in a group of 25 from the "Chick Pool"! Chick Pool chicks are sourced from a certified hatchery. Each 4-H poultry project member can then exhibit 1 meat pen of 3 birds at the fair.
At the livestock auction Friday evening, we successfully bid on these chickens! The pen of 3 weighed 22 pounds, so we'll see how much that is after they dress out. Can't wait for a nice chicken dinner this fall!
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