Harvey Ussery - Small-Scale Poultry Flock, Revised Edition : An All-Na

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The Author Name is Harvey Ussery
The Title is The Small-Scale Poultry Flock, Revised Edition : An All-Natural Approach to Raising and Breeding Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers

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The first edition of The Small-Scale Poultry Flock helped thousands of small-scale farmers and smallholders adopt a practical model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl based on natural systems. In this expanded and thoroughly revised edition, readers will find plenty of all-new material. Author Harvey Ussery introduces readers to his new favorite breed of chicken, Icelandics describes how he manages his breeding flock using a clan mating system presents detailed information on the use of trapnests and record-keeping spreadsheets for evaluating breeding hen performance and provides step-by-step instructions for construction of an ingeniously designed mobile poultry shelter. Readers will also find fully updated information and tips on all aspects of flock management, including:growing (and sourcing) feed on a small scalecultivating earthworms and grubs as high-protein poultry feedbrooding (and breeding) at homeimplementing manure managementusing electric net fencing for ranging flocksusing poultry as insect and weed managers in the garden and orchardenlisting your chickens as garden tillers and compost-makersprotecting the flock from predatorskeeping the flock healthyworking with mother hensIn The Small-Scale Poultry Flock, Revised Edition Ussery presents a sustainable and ecologically friendly model that can be adapted to a variety of scales. His advice and examples throughout the book will prove invaluable for beginner farmers, growers looking to incorporate poultry into their programme and experienced farmers looking to create a truly sustainable system.

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