The small-scale poultry flock : an all-natural approach to raising chickens and other fowl for home and market growers / Harvey Ussery ; foreword by Joel Salatin.

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 your 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 -- Poultry for the table -- Butchering poultry -- Poultry in the kitchen -- Serving small local markets -- Epilogue : The big picture -- Appendices.

"The Small-Scale Poultry Flock" offers a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl, based entirely on natural systems.Readers will find information on growing (and sourcing) feed on a small scale, brooding (and breeding) at home, and using poultry as insect and weed managers in the garden and orchard.