Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens
Chickens and Poultry – Weekly Care For You Birds : poultry houses
Looking After Your Chickens
One basic step you need to follow in order to insure that your chickens are happy and healthy is to check their food containers. It is important that both their feeder and drinking containers are fresh and full. Extreme weather conditions can take their toll on your chickens too. If it’s too cold out, make sure that their water supply is not frozen, if it’s too hot; make sure it’s cool enough for them to drink.
Protect your chickens by rubbing some Vaseline on the combs to protect against frostbite. Chickens need a bit of… Continue reading
A Brief Outline on The Process of Poultry Farming
Poultry farming is considered one of the largest forms of animal agriculture in the United States. Initially, it started with family farms in the mid-eastern states. The broilers were grown in small flocks and the main idea of doing poultry farming was eggs. Meat was then only a byproduct. The money that these farmers got was sufficient only for buying groceries and for the household. During the 1900 chicken was served for dinner during a weekend or special occasions. Poultry farming was considered very expensive during those times. During the mid 1900’s poultry was offered in… Continue reading
Building a Chicken House – 6 Basic Steps To Follow If You Are Planning To Start A Poultry Business
Building a chicken house is important if you are planning to start a poultry business. This will serve as the shelter for your chickens, as well as a place for laying their eggs. Several pointers have been considered in order to create a suitable dwelling for the chickens. Space, ventilation, insulation and safety are the four main considerations in constructing a chicken coop or house.
There are some online sites that offer free plans for building a chicken house. Most of them are formulated using the standard measurements. Still, adjustments can be made in order to suit a certain criterion.… Continue reading
Suguna Poultry Farm Limited : chicken farm
Healthy chicken for you; suguna chicken and suguna Shakti
Chicken is perhaps the most common poultry in the world and also the most loved poultry too. The chicken is eaten in a wide variety of form. In fact, apart from the chicken itself, chicken products too are equally popular. Be it the chicken eggs known for their high nutritional content or be it the various kind of ready to eat homemade chicken treats. Chicken is prepared as a food in a wide variety of ways that differ from place to place and culture to culture. The most commonly eaten parts… Continue reading
Chicken Tractor Plans to Help the Backyard Poultry Farmers
More and more people are keeping chickens in their backyards today. They need a cheap and easy way to house these chickens and at the same time allow the chickens to clear their yards of bugs and weeds. The solution is the Chicken Tractor, a simple wooden building made just for the backyard poultry farmer who can’t afford a larger chicken coop and is looking for an alternative.
Constructing a Chicken Tractor
Generally they are 4 x 3 feet with a height of 3 feet. It is made of lumber and chicken wires. There are a few things you need… Continue reading
Introduction to Avian Influenza in Poultry : poultry houses
Avian influenza is a virus which is found in the birds such a turkey, chickens, quails, geese and ducks throughout the world. It is a contagious disease and it was believed that this virus could infect only the birds. But there have been instances recently where a combination of swine and bird flu has been found, which are also affecting humans.
The incubation period of bird flu can range from 0 to 14 days and the symptoms of this condition are mild to severe respiratory problems which include coughing, sneezing etc. The other symptoms would include congestion and hemorrhage on… Continue reading
Free-Range Poultry on an Amish Farm : poultry house
Melvin Fisher started raising pastured poultry on his Organic Grass Farm in 1997. In 1998, after seeing an article on the free-range system in a magazine Melvin ordered the book Free-Range Poultry Production and Marketing by Herman Beck-Chenoweth. Later he attended a workshop on range poultry production. In 1999 Melvin built six poultry skids using the plans in the book and stocked each with 400 Cornish Cross broilers. He retired the pastured poultry pens and never looked back. In 2002 he produced more than 6,000 chickens and 150 turkeys and dressed them out in America’s only U.S.D.A. Inspected non-electric poultry… Continue reading