Beginner's
Guide to Poultry Farming
Introduction,
Physical
Facilities, Financial Arrangements, Monagement and Husdandry
Considerations,
Critical Management Factors, Outside the House, Summary.
-Alabama Poultry
&
Egg Assn |
Getting
Stated in the Egg Business
One page essay on
things
to consider, from finding suitable prperty, obtaining birds, flock
health,
feed, to selling the eggs by an Extension Poultry Specialist.
- Univ of
California, Davis |
The
Home Flock
The "home flock"
usually
consists of 20 to 40 chickens kept to supply eggs and an occasional fat
hen. Complete guide to raising a home flock.
- Mississippi State
Univ |
Points
to Ponder Before Starting a Poultry Operation
Meat or eggs,
marketing,
location, financial considerations, more. Basic questions to ask
yourself.
- Univ of
California, Davis |
Poultry
- A Small-Scale Agriculture Alternative
"The low investment
and
small area required to raise a flock of domestic poultry makes this an
ideal venture for the beginning small or part-time farmer."
- Virginia Tech |
Raising
Birds in an Urban Area
Dealing with Zoning
Regulations,
Ordinances, and the Neighbors
- American Poultry
Association |
Starting
and Managing Small Poultry Units
19 page printable
leaflet,
well illustrated, covers all the basics from breeds, meat or eggs,
exhibition,
housing to diseases. With drawings of equipment needed which you can
build
such as hen feeders, housing, nest boxes, etc.
- Univ of
California, Davis
(PDF 1.6MB) (1980) |
|
How
to Begin and Survive a Commercial Gamebird Farm -
Download
this great little primer on some of the most important issues for the
serious
prospective gamebird breeders! free!!! By Dr. Leland Hayes,
a leading authority on quail and upland gamebirds. Applicable to any
poultry
operation.
Highly
Recommended |
Breeds
and Varieties of Chickens
A listing of all
pure breeds
and strains of chickens recognized by the American Poultry Association.
- Mississippi State
Univ |
Management
Guide for The Backyard Flock
Introduction,
Housing and
Confinement, Environment, Chicks, Feeds, Selecting Birds, Dressing
Meat-Type
Birds, Layers, Diseases.
- Univ of Georgia
(1999)
(HTML version) |
Management
Guide for The Backyard Flock
Introduction,
Housing and
Confinement, Environment, Chicks, Feeds, Selecting Birds, Dressing
Meat-Type
Birds, Layers, Diseases.
- Univ of Georgia
(1999)
(PDF - 465K) |
Selecting
Chickens for Home Use
This 3 page leaflet
is
intended for hobbyists or small poultry growers. Covers the basics: egg
or meat production, exhibition, buying chickens, replacing your stock,
hatching your own chicks.
- Univ of
California, Davis
(PDF - 17K) |
Poultry
for the Small Producer
4 page printable
leaflet
covers: considerations before starting, baby chicks, housing, brooding,
feed/water, lighting, equipment, litter, diseases and parasites,
processing
broilers, egg production, egg care, economics, Small poultry house
design
drawings.
- Oklahoma State
Univ (PDF
290k) |
Farm
Flock Poultry
Covers meat
production
with various poultry and waterfowl. Introduction, Marketing, Economics,
Production Practices, Summary.
- Univ of Minnesota
(1991) |
Resource
Guide for Owners of Small Poultry Flocks
8 page printable
leaflet
lising hatcheries, supply houses, poultry organizations, books,
processors
and other resources for the small poultry producer.
- Kansas State Univ
(1998)
(PDF - 147K) |
Broiler
Production: Considerations for Potential New Growers
8 page booklet
covers:
Contract Production - advantages and disadvantages, building and
equipment
requirements, financing, labor, cash flow, waste management, income,
sample
first year budget worksheets.
- Oklahoma State
Univ (PDF
31K) |
What
is Purebred Poultry?
The care and
showing of
purebred poultry.
- American Poultry
Association |
Small
Scale Poultry Keeping: Introduction
Introduction to
raising
poultry on a small scale
- NSW (Australia)
Agriculture
(PDF-105k)
Requires
Internet Explorer 5.0+ to view |
Small
Scale Poultry Keeping: Brooding and Rearing Chicks
(Intro,
Temperature, Preparing
for the chickens, Cold brooders, Floor space and equipment, feeding)
- NSW (Australia)
Agriculture |
Small
Scale Poultry Keeping: Feeding
(Nutrients, Buying
and
Mixing Feed, Free-choice feeding, Water)
- NSW (Australia)
Agriculture |
Small
Scale Poultry Keeping: Housing Layers
(Intro, deep-litter
System,
the poultry shed, mice and rats, equipment.)
- NSW (Australia)
Agriculture |
Small
Poultry Flocks
- North Carolina
State
Univ |
Managing
Rooster Spurs
The "politically
correct"
and "old wive's" method of dealing with them.
- © 2004
PoultryHelp.com |
Clipping
Chickens' Wings to Prevent Flight
- © 2004
PoultryHelp.com |
Care of Day-Old Chicks
You will be delightfully
surprised if you decide to raise chickens and
then have them as pets but you need to know what chooks (as they are
affectionately called in Australia) are like as pets and what the basic
principles of chook parenting are.
- Petalia.com.au
|
School Science Lessons - Chicken Projects
Lesson Plans aimed at older
students. Number of projects listed. Good learning tool for
beginners.
- Univ of Queensland, Australia
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