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  • Overview
    • The Integrated Homestead
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    • The Homestead Garden – And More
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    • Poultry Overview
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    • Housing the Flock
    • Ranging the Flock
    • Breeding the Flock
    • Dealing With Predators
    • Butchering Poultry
    • Producing for Small Markets
    • Poultry Miscellaneous
    • Livestock
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Poultry Overview

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Poultry Overview

This section presents two introductions to poultry husbandry, keyed to experience level. “The Home Flock for Beginners” is the most beginner-level guide to our approach to keeping poultry. My “Poultry 101” article, “Starting a Small Flock of Chickens,” is a more expansive overview for beginners. Readers who are ready to move beyond the basics will find a wealth of information on specific subjects throughout the Poultry section. Of course, my book The Small-Scale Poultry Flock is the best overview of our poultry husbandry.

This section also includes pieces of a general, speculative nature—for example, “Poultry Husbandry in a Changed Energy Future,” “The Homestead Flock: Pets or Partners?,” and “Moral Puzzles in the Backyard”, all originally published in Backyard Poultry. ~Harvey, July 25, 2011

Table of Contents for Poultry Overview Section

  • The Home Flock for Beginners
  • Poultry 101: Starting a Small Flock of Chickens
  • Poultry Husbandry in a Changed Energy Future
  • The Homestead Flock: Pets or Partners?
  • Moral Puzzles in the Backyard
  • The Industrial Broiler System: A Brief Debate

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