Pastured poultry profits

Pastured poultry profits

Joel Salatin

Book - 1999

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Subjects
Chickens.
Chicken industry.
Pastures.
Home-based businesses.
New business enterprises.
New agricultural enterprises.
Published
Swoope, Va. : Polyface 1999, c1993.
Language
English
Main Author
Joel Salatin (-)
Physical Description
viii, 371 p. : ill
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780963810908
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • About Polyface Farm
  • Why Pastured Poultry?
  • 1. The Pastured Poultry Opportunity
  • 2. What is Wrong With the Poultry Industry?
  • 3. Fat Animals, Fat People
  • 4. Family Background
  • In the Beginning
  • 5. Getting Started
  • 6. Choosing a Breed
  • 7. The Brooder
  • 8. Starting the Chicks
  • 9. Ration
  • Out to Pasture
  • 10. The Pen
  • 11. Moving the Chicks Out to Pasture
  • 12. Pasture Logistics
  • 13. What Kind of Pasture?
  • Processing
  • 14. On-Farm Slaughter: The Advantages
  • 15. Slaughter Mechanics
  • 16. Composting Slaughter Wastes
  • 17. Inspection
  • Problems (It's Not All Roses)
  • 18. The Learning Curve
  • 19. Sickness and Disease
  • 20. Predators
  • 21. Weather
  • 22. Stress
  • 23. Troubleshooting Poor Performance
  • 24. Shortcuts
  • 25. Seasonality
  • 26. Solving Your Own Problems
  • Marketing
  • 27. Marketing
  • 28. Relationship Marketing
  • 29. Advertising
  • 30. Liability
  • 31. Is It Organic?
  • Possibilities
  • 32. Vision
  • 33. Laying Hens: Three Options
  • 34. Turkeys
  • 35. Exotics
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A. Resources
  • Appendix B. Newsletters
  • What is the Difference?
  • Addendum for 1996 Reprinting
  • Addendum for 1999 Reprinting
  • What About Eggs?
  • Hoophouses
  • Turkeys
  • Index

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