The small-scale poultry flock: an all-natural approach to raising chickens and other fowl for home and market growers

"The most comprehensive guide to date on raising all-natural poultry for the small-scale farmer, homesteader, and professional grower. The Small-Scale Poultry Flock offers a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl, based entirely on natural systems"...

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1. Verfasser: Ussery, Harvey (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: White River Junction, Vermont Chelsea Green Publishing 2011
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Zusammenfassung:"The most comprehensive guide to date on raising all-natural poultry for the small-scale farmer, homesteader, and professional grower. The Small-Scale Poultry Flock offers a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl, based entirely on natural systems"--Publisher description
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Getting started -- Why bother? -- The integrated small-scale flock -- Your basic bird -- Planning the flock -- Starting the flock -- Basic care -- Housing -- Manure management in the poultry house : the joys of deep litter -- Watering -- Pasturing the flock -- Managing the pastured flock using electronet -- Mobile shelters -- Working partners -- Putting the flock to work -- Chickens in the garden -- A question of balance -- Feeding the small-scale flock -- Thoughts on feeding -- Purchased feeds -- Making our own feeds -- Feeding the flock from home resources -- Cultivating recomposers for poultry feed -- Other management issues -- One big happy family -- Protecting the flock from predators -- Helping the flock stay healthy -- Managing the winter flock -- Other domestic fowl -- Breeding the small-scale flock -- Breeding for conservation and breed improvement -- Managing the breeding season -- Working with broody hens -- Butchering poultry -- Poultry in the kitchen -- Serving small local markets -- Epilogue : The big picture -- Appendices
Beschreibung:xx, 394 Seiten Illustrationen 26 cm

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