Keeping Village Poultry

Keeping Village Poultry A technical manual on small - scale Poultry production Network for Smallholder Poultry Development Table of Contents Table of contents Page Introduction 3. 1. Management 5. 2. Housing 23. 3. Feeding 33. 4. Diseases and Health Management 50. 5. Profitability and marketing of products 66. 6. Animal selection and breeds 78. Annexes A. Additional material 85. B. International Poultry Networks 88. Introduction Need for a manual on small - scale Village Poultry There is a growing attention and interest in using Poultry as a tool in poverty alleviation in villages throughout the world. However, the existing literature either gives advice on industrial or semi-industrial production systems using exotic (imported) breeds under highly controlled conditions, or very simple field guides giving little useful advice on how to rear Poultry at Village level. The present manual tries to gather existing knowledge on how to improve Village Poultry production systems with relatively few inputs.

systems consisting of small flocks of 5- 50 local or cross-bred chickens. Small-scale confined poultry rearing, sometimes also called small-scale industrial poultry production will not be dealt with in the present manual. The main reason behind this choice is the fact that many excellent practical handbooks and guidelines

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