After a year's hiatus because the barn wasn't complete, a duo of Indian Lake High School/Ohio Hi-Point FFA students has partnered up for another successful poultry project on campus.
Seniors Eva Carney and Carlie Nickel are raising 49 turkeys in the new FFA Barn on campus. Their baby turkeys arrived as “poults” in July. Since then, Carney and Nickel have been feeding and watering, cleaning the pen and spreading new bedding for the rapidly growing birds.
To fund this project, ILHS/OHP FFA Advisor and Ag Educator Kelsey King says the chapter applied for and received a $4,975 Logan County United Way Youth Allocations grant. The money was used to purchase the poults and needed supplies. These turkeys will remain in the barn for a few more weeks. Then they will be processed in early November.
The ladies plan to sell half of their turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving. The other half will be donated to a local food bank to feed area families over the holidays through United Way.
Turkeys are $2.28 per pound and will be available November 14th from noon to 4 pm at ILHS. You may purchase a turkey ahead of time by emailing [email protected] or [email protected].
Carney and Nickel will use the experience and money earned through the project for their official FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience in an effort to obtain State FFA Degrees in the future.
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