1. Poultry feed is food for farm poultry, including chickens, ducks, geese and other domestic birds. Before the twentieth century, poultry were mostly kept on general farms, and foraged for much of their feed, eating insects, grain spilled by cattle and horses, and plants around the farm. This was...
  2. This document includesstep-by-step instructions on how to build an incubator for hatching eggs.
  3. The Most Promising Option (MoPO) for the Thuthukani broiler project is broiler production and will entail production, processing and marketing broilers that have been dressed, graded according to weight ( 1.2kg – 2kg), packaged, labeled and sold in large quantities (20kg+) as chicken cuts or...
  4. Approximately 40 breeds of chicken discussed in this chart including: Ameraucana Ancona Andalusian Appenzeller Araucana Aseel Australorp or Black Australorp
  5. The period from hatching until the chickens no longer require supplementary heat is called the ‘brooding period’ and usually lasts for 3–6 weeks, depending on seasonal temperatures and the type of housing. Chickens need supplementary heat when they hatch, because they are unable to maintain their...
  6. Chickens have very basic needs: food and water, adequate shelter and space, and predator protection. Chicken owners go to all different lengths to meet those needs, from the simplest to the very elaborate. The beauty of raising chickens is that there is no set formula and no way that you must do...
  7. 27/5/2020 Una introducción sobre el cuidado de gallinas, alimento para aves de corral, construcción de un gallinero. Libro 1 de una serie de cuatro libros. Otros libros en la serie Libro 2: Cuidado cotidiano Libro 3: Aumentar el número de pollos Libro 4: Enfermedades comunes Copyright 2022 MissionAssist...
  8. 27/5/2020 Consejos sobre el cuidado diario de las aves de corral y su alimentación e hidratación, y sobre cómo seleccionar buenas gallinas. Este es el segundo libro de una serie de cuatro. Otros libros en la serie Libro 1: Introducción y preparación Libro 3: Aumentar el número de pollos Libro 4:...
  9. 27/5/2020 Consejos sobre cómo seleccionar las gallinas adecuadas para la reproducción y los huevos adecuados para la incubación; detalles de la incubación y el cuidado de los pollitos cuando nacen. El tercer libro de una serie de cuatro. Otros libros en la serie Libro 1: Introducción y preparación Libro 2:...