Family Poultry Training Course/Scavenging Chickens Training Handbook

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Contents 1 Scavenging Chickens Training Handbook 1.1 Background 1.2 Housing 1.3 Furnishing the House 1.4 Breeding and Incubation 1.5 Rearing Chicks 1.6 Feeds and Feeding 1.7 Health 1.8 Scenario (Situation)

Scavenging Chickens Training Handbook

Background

• What will you learn from the course?
• Why poultry are very important for you and your family

Housing

• What kind of a house should I build?
• Where should I build my poultry house?
• What size will my house be and what materials should I use?

Furnishing the House

• Furnishing the House

Breeding and Incubation

• Should I have a breeding program?
• Candling eggs
• What will I do with my broody hen if she has no eggs to incubate?

Rearing Chicks

• Feeding chicks
• Is there another system of raising my chickens?
• What will I do with my chickens?
• What will I do with my extra eggs that I will now have?

Feeds and Feeding

• Feeds and Feeding

Health

• Health

Scenario (Situation)

• The Status Quo (current situation)
• Scenario 2
• Scenario 3
• Where do I go from here?
  • Confinement
  • Small Scale Layer or Broiler House
• Local feedstuffs