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_aThe small-scale poultry flock : _ban all-natural approach to raising chickens and other fowl for home and market growers / _cHarvey Ussery ; foreword by Joel Salatin. |
| 246 | 3 | _aSmall scale poultry flock. | |
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_aWhite River Junction, Vt. : _bChelsea Green Pub., _c2011. |
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_axx, 394 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c26 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 2 | _aGetting 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. | |
| 520 | _a"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. | ||
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