Publisher's Synopsis
Part of the NOFA guides. Includes information on:
- Organic poultry basics
- Establishing the facilities (housing and equipment, choosing and using litter, outdoor access, brooding, grazing and pasturing)
- Purchasing and brooding chicks
- Organic feed and supplements
- Poultry health care in the organic system
- Management challenges (production and culling, spotted shells, yolk color)
- Slaughter and Processing
- Marketing
- Production expectations and economic viability
