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. In addition to broiler production the poultry unit produces, processes and distributes eggs throughout San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County. The animal science department strives to be the best in whatever it does and the poultry unit is no exception. Cal Poly has won a number of awards for being the top contract producer for Foster Farms.
