Poultry Agskills (book)

From Poultry Hub

Poultry Agskills provides a basic guide to some of the skills and practices of poultry production. The book contains step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and full-colour pictures. Some of the skills included are: breed, rear or buy poultry, provide housing, collect and handle eggs, feed poultry and maintain poultry health.

Published in 2008, Poultry Agskills is 76 A4 colour pages. Visit the NSW DPI website to order a copy (AUD27.00)

Table of contents:

• Introduction
• Animal welfare
• General safety precautions
• Choose poultry
• Choose a breed
• Breed chickens using a hen
• Mechanically incubate chickens
• Buy and rear chickens
• Identify stock
• Purchase point of lay pullets
• Provide housing
• Manage broody hens
• Collect and handle eggs
• Feed poultry
• Maintain poultry health
• Prevent and treat external parasites
• Prevent and treat internal parasites and diseases
• Prevent the spread of disease
• Catch, check and dispose of spent birds
• Glossary of terms
• References and industry contacts
• What is a safe work method statement?
• Check your skills

See also

• Fancy poultry breeds
• Nutrient requirements of poultry
• Raising Backyard Chicken
• Chicken Coops
• Poultry Supplies
• Poultry Association
• Poultry Books
• General tips for small scale poultry production
• Keeping Chickens - An Australian Guide (book)
• Getting started in free range poultry (book)
• Building the Poultry Penthouse (book)
• Alternative poultry production systems
• Optimising liveability of free-range layers
• Education and training

External links

• NSW Primary Industries: Poultry