Humane and Healthy Poultry Production: A Manual for Organic Growers - Softcover

Book 1 of 7: Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series

Glos, Karma

 
9781603583572: Humane and Healthy Poultry Production: A Manual for Organic Growers
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1603583572 ISBN 13: 9781603583572
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co, 2011

Synopsis

Part of the NOFA guides. Includes information on:

  • Organic poultry basics
  • Establishing the facilities (housing and equipment, choosing and using litter, outdoor access, brooding, grazing and pasturing)
  • Purchasing and brooding chicks
  • Organic feed and supplements
  • Poultry health care in the organic system
  • Management challenges (production and culling, spotted shells, yolk color)
  • Slaughter and Processing
  • Marketing
  • Production expectations and economic viability



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Product Description

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About the Author

Karma Glos is the daughter of homesteading parents. She majored in field biology at Evergreen State College in her home state of Washington and worked briefly for the U.S. Forest Service studying small mammal ecology. With her husband, Michael, she has been building Kingbird Farm in upstate New York since 1996. Their successful, diverse operation includes hogs, poultry, beef, vegetables, and herbs with the help of many draft horses. She has a passion for healthful, innovative livestock husbandry practices.

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Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1603583572
ISBN 13 
9781603583572
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128