The school has received 12 chicks, and Year 9 students are readying them for the Meat Bird Pairs competition at the Royal Easter Show in April.

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Agriculture head teacher Nicole Dwyer said the students learnt many skills in the lead-up to the competition.

"The kids will grow them, weigh them, [and] look after them," Ms Dwyer said.

"They learn to wash them as well, so that they get the presentation right."

There are three components to the competition - the presentation of the two best males and females; processing and judging to commercial standards; and a presentation detailing how the birds were raised and prepared for the show.

Ms Dwyer said the number of students completing agriculture at the school is higher than ever.

"We have two agriculture classes running this year, so we’ve got about 50 kids doing [it] ... It's fantastic to see the numbers growing," she said.

"There’d be over one-third of the school population doing agriculture."

The school is in the midst of expanding its agricultural program, working on a new plot on Torrens Road.

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