This is the 5^th of a series about ready-to-lay pullets and eggs as a 4-H or FFA Project. Articles cover a range of topics from the origin of chickens to showing chickens and eggs at the county fair.

This is the 4^th of a series about ready-to-lay pullets and eggs as a 4-H or FFA Project. Articles cover a range of topics from the origin of chickens to showing chickens and eggs at the county fair.

This is the 3^rd of a series about ready-to-lay pullets and eggs as a 4-H or FFA Project. Articles cover a range of topics from the origin of chickens to showing chickens and eggs at the county fair.

This is the 2^nd of a series about ready-to-lay pullets and eggs as a 4-H or FFA Project. Articles cover a range of topics from the origin of chickens to showing chickens and eggs at the county fair.

The farm market laying flock and the urban backyard egg- producing flock are responsible for an explosion of interest in raising egg producing chickens. Egg-producing hens have great personalities and quickly become tamed to the point that even young children can care for them. 4-H and FFA members, as well as adults will become proficient producers of quality eggs if they understand the background and husbandry techniques in egg production. This series of articles covers a range of topics from the origin of chickens to showing chickens and eggs at the county fair.

Chickens exist in many colors, sizes, and shapes. There are more than 350 combinations of physical features. In order to be able to identify and classify each of these, we have established a system of designations known as classes, breeds, varieties, and strains.

One answer to the demand for chicken coops is the pasture poultry ark (Figure 1), a combination of an A-frame shed and the traditional chicken tractor, which is a floorless coop/pen that is moved daily.

Pastured poultry is a system of raising poultry for meat, eggs, or pleasure on a pasture management system.