num_pages: 416
description: The most comprehensive guide to date on raising all-natural poultry for the small-scale farmer homesteader and professional grower. The Small-Scale Poultry Flock offers a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl based entirely on natural systems. Readers will find information on growing (and sourcing) feed on a small scale brooding (and breeding) at home and using poultry as insect and weed managers in the garden and orchard. Ussery's model presents an entirely sustainable system that can be adapted and utilized in a variety of scales and will prove invaluable for beginner homesteaders growers looking to incorporate poultry into their farm or poultry farmers seeking to close their loop. Ussery offers extensive information Extended information on poultry health and holistic health care with a focus on prevention No other book on raising poultry takes an entirely whole-systems approach or discusses producing homegrown feed and breeding in such detail. This is a truly invaluable guide that will lead farmers and homesteaders into a new world of self-reliance and enjoyment.
language: English
title: The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers
publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing