Informational Session for 4-H Poultry Teams

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4207, rbrz@umext.maine.edu

AUGUSTA, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an informational session for 4-H Leaders on establishing a Maine poultry team for the 2007 Avian Bowl competition in Louisville, Ky.; the session will feature poultry specialist Jacqueline Jacobs of University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension. This meeting will be Tuesday evening, Jan. 9, from 6-8 p.m. at the Kennebec County Extension Office, 125 State Street in Augusta. Those at the meeting will explore the possibility of training 4-H youth for a poultry team. States from all over the country send poultry teams to Louisville each November to compete in the Avian Bowl, Poultry Judging, Chicken BBQ, Turkey BBQ, and Egg Preparation.

For more details, contact Richard Brzozowski at (207) 780-4207.