Blue Egg Layers from University of Arkansas

[caj1985]

I live near Fort Smith and would be very interested in the blue layers from your flock if you have some chicks left.

PM me if you have any still available.

 

[draye]

Are you selling them?? ANd where do you live?? Have you posted them in the sale section?

I'm in Arkansas.
Not selling them just trying to find a home for them. I don't have a place small enough to keep just that few in. Would like to find a 4-H kids that would like them.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Our club would accept them, but they would have to be shipped. Is your sorting facility in Arkansas or Tulsa? I was thinking you were near Fayettville. We sent some chicks from Monticello to Clinton. Took overnight. We can pay the shipping.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I don't think our postal sorting center in Fayetteville has closed yet. Last I heard they held a public meeting about it in December and I have not heard anything solid since then. Maybe there was an announcement I missed when I went on vacation to see my grandbaby at Christmas?

If it moves, it's supposed to be to Little Rock, not Tulsa, so that should not hurt the shipping times to you from here.

 

[Bentley]

Guess there's 7 then as MSU's not on this list

Nope, Michigan State does not have a Poultry Department. They teach a few classes in Poultry, but they do not have a Poultry Science Department. Actually Michigan State Univerisity hasnt had a department of Poultry Science at least the last ten years, probably more. Sorry, but true.

 

[1muttsfan]

From the MSU Poultry research and Teaching Faciltiy website:

Mission
The Poultry Teaching and Research Center’s Mission is two-fold. First to provide facilities and resources for the education of animal science students interested in Poultry Science as a career and second to conduct basic and applied research that will benefit the poultry producers of the State of Michigan.

http://ans.msu.edu/ans/poultry_research_teaching_center

I think that many of the separate species programs have been combined under the heading of Animal Science, they may no longer have a separate program but still have teaching and research facilities.

 

[Bentley]

From the MSU Poultry research and Teaching Facility website:

Mission
The Poultry Teaching and Research Center’s Mission is two-fold. First to provide facilities and resources for the education of animal science students interested in Poultry Science as a career and second to conduct basic and applied research that will benefit the poultry producers of the State of Michigan.

http://ans.msu.edu/ans/poultry_research_teaching_center

I think that many of the separate species programs have been combined under the heading of Animal Science, they may no longer have a separate program but still have teaching and research facilities.

You are correct about the combining of Departments. There are only six Departments of Poultry Science left in the US because of the combining of those departments. Therefore, many Universities, like Michigan State, Penn State, Virginia Tech, Kentucky and others will still teach some poultry courses within the Department of Animal Sciences, but this waters down the program in relation to material specifically for poultry and birds. Many of the courses taught in areas such as genetics, nutrition, disease, breeding, physiology, immunology, etc, will be taught as multi species courses so they are not taught specifically for Poultry and about Poultry. Also, the classes taught would not necessarily be taught by faculty trained in Poultry Science because they would also be teaching courses for the general Animal Sciences. Most of those faculty in Animal Science Departments are graduates of another Animal Science Department (of which there are PLENTY) so this often makes up the bulk of the positions within those departments.

Not knocking Animal Science Departments, that is what my BS degree is in, but it is the sad state of the situation today.

 

[banjoejoe4783]

You are correct about the combining of Departments. There are only six Departments of Poultry Science left in the US because of the combining of those departments. Therefore, many Universities, like Michigan State, Penn State, Virginia Tech, Kentucky and others will still teach some poultry courses within the Department of Animal Sciences, but this waters down the program in relation to material specifically for poultry and birds. Many of the courses taught in areas such as genetics, nutrition, disease, breeding, physiology, immunology, etc, will be taught as multi species courses so they are not taught specifically for Poultry and about Poultry. Also, the classes taught would not necessarily be taught by faculty trained in Poultry Science because they would also be teaching courses for the general Animal Sciences. Most of those faculty in Animal Science Departments are graduates of another Animal Science Department (of which there are PLENTY) so this often makes up the bulk of the positions within those departments.

Not knocking Animal Science Departments, that is what my BS degree is in, but it is the sad state of the situation today.

i think it is sad that the other universities on longer have a poultry science department

 

[Ridgerunner]

I think it is just a fact of higher education. Different universities specialize in different things. Arkansas may beat the pants off most other schools' Animal Sciences departments with chickens, but somebody else will be a lot stronger with cattle. You can get a good basic undergraduate degree a lot of places, but if you are serious about specializing, you need to check it out and see what universities is your best fit for what you want.

An example. Many decades ago a friend I as working with quit work to get an advanced engineering degree in Project Management. There are a lot of good engineering schools where you can get a sound undergraduate degree in engineering, but the best in the country for Project Management at that time were Purdue, Auburn, and one of the North Carolina schools. I just can't remember which one. He could have taken project management courses at other universities, but if he wanted to specialize, those were his main choices. If he had looked at a different specialty in engineering, those specific schools may not have been on the radar. It just depends on what that special area of study is.

Another story. My sister-in-law got her undergraduate degree in textiles. Her parents, brother, and most aunts, uncles and cousins all went to one specific state university and were very loyal to that university. She had to go to the hated in-state rival state university to get her degree in textiles. Brave girl.

I know I'm getting off the topic of those blue egg laying chickens, but I'm killing time and telling stories waiting for more to hatch and some to replace down with feathers. Eventually we'll get more pictures.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]