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Poultry competition helping to hatch careers

26 November 2009
By Rebecca Perry

Poultry effort ... Nambour State High students Delia Evans, Mikhaela Wever and Kirra Clapham, with World Poultry Science Association Queensland president Adam Naylor, Nambour State High teacher Ray Pembleton, and Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries' Paul Kent.

Poultry effort ... Nambour State High students Delia Evans, Mikhaela Wever and Kirra Clapham, with World Poultry Science Association Queensland president Adam Naylor, Nambour State High teacher Ray Pembleton, and Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries' Paul Kent.

Students from Nambour State High School on the Sunshine Coast have 'eggs-elled' themselves in a national competition promoting careers in the poultry industry.

Nambour State High School students won this year's High Schools' Poultry Industry Education competition for their project which studied the effect of different chicken feeds on egg quality and production.

Caboolture State High School was awarded second prize for its project which compared storing eggs on the shelf at room temperature with those stored at 4 degrees Celsius in a refrigerator.

Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF) project coordinator Paul Kent said the competition aimed to encourage students to consider a career in the poultry industry.

Now in its tenth year, the national High Schools' Poultry Industry Education competition is run by Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries, the Queensland branch of the World's Poultry Science Association and the poultry industry.

To enter the competition school groups are required to submit a poultry project report and create a poster display which is judged by industry representatives.


For more information visit the QPIF website external page (will open in a new window) or phone 13 25 23.