California Polytechnic State University

The Cal Poly Poultry Unit was built in 1995 and is considered one of the best in the Western United States. The newly designed unit has the capacity to accommodate 14,000 egg producing chickens, 7,000 replacement pullets, 7,000 broilers, and 2,500 chickens for testing and research purposes. Cal Poly has a contract with Foster Farms to produce broilers. This relationship provides students real world experience of the poultry business and also allows students to make valuable industry contacts… Read More

Poultry Related Courses

Undergraduate Courses

• Poultry Managment 200 Special Problems for Undergraduates Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems.
• Poultry Management 225 Introduction to Poultry ManagementIntroduction to modern techniques in poultry production, processing,marketing and price discovery. Consumption trends, breeds and consumer grades. Laboratory application of management skills, health care, keeping of production and accounting records and processing techniques.
• Poultry Management 290 Animal Production and Management Enterprise Beginning field experience in animal production systems. May include health, nutrition, reproduction, management, processing, budgeting, and/or marketing exercises.
• Poultry Management 305 Game Bird Propagation and Management Habitat needs, management and propagation of North American game bird species in the wild and in captivity. Reproduction, nutrition and maintenance of flock health as practiced by commercial game bird operations.
• Poultry Management 325 Egg Production, Processing and Distribution Management of replacement pullets and laying hens including flock scheduling, vaccination and handling procedures, nutrition management, costs of operation and production projections. Quality determination,processing, sales and distribution of shell eggs and egg products.
• PM 330 Poultry Meat Production and Processing Modern production techniques for the poultry meat industry. Management of hatcheries, broiler and/or turkey meat production, processing and further processing.
• PM 342 Poultry Business Management Organization and management of vertically integrated poultry operations. Personnel management, cash flow analysis, cash vs. accrual accounting,structuring of financial statements, projecting product outputs and cash flow needs, employee benefit programs and insurance needs for poultry companies.
• PM 360 Poultry Industry Seminar New trends, management techniques and governmental regulations, special problems and research developments related to the poultry industry.
• PM 400 Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems.
• PM 470 Selected Advanced Topics Directed group study of selected topics for advanced students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Poultry Research

People Involved in Poultry Research

• Dr. Bob Spiller
• Steve Soderstrom
• Dr. Brooke Humphrey

External Links

• California Polytechnic State University