636.5/Salatin
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- Subjects
- Published
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Swoope, Va. :
Polyface
1999, c1993.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
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Joel Salatin
(-)
- Physical Description
- viii, 371 p. : ill
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780963810908
- Foreword
- Introduction
- About Polyface Farm
- Why Pastured Poultry?
- 1. The Pastured Poultry Opportunity
- 2. What is Wrong With the Poultry Industry?
- 3. Fat Animals, Fat People
- 4. Family Background
- In the Beginning
- 5. Getting Started
- 6. Choosing a Breed
- 7. The Brooder
- 8. Starting the Chicks
- 9. Ration
- Out to Pasture
- 10. The Pen
- 11. Moving the Chicks Out to Pasture
- 12. Pasture Logistics
- 13. What Kind of Pasture?
- Processing
- 14. On-Farm Slaughter: The Advantages
- 15. Slaughter Mechanics
- 16. Composting Slaughter Wastes
- 17. Inspection
- Problems (It's Not All Roses)
- 18. The Learning Curve
- 19. Sickness and Disease
- 20. Predators
- 21. Weather
- 22. Stress
- 23. Troubleshooting Poor Performance
- 24. Shortcuts
- 25. Seasonality
- 26. Solving Your Own Problems
- Marketing
- 27. Marketing
- 28. Relationship Marketing
- 29. Advertising
- 30. Liability
- 31. Is It Organic?
- Possibilities
- 32. Vision
- 33. Laying Hens: Three Options
- 34. Turkeys
- 35. Exotics
- Appendices
- Appendix A. Resources
- Appendix B. Newsletters
- What is the Difference?
- Addendum for 1996 Reprinting
- Addendum for 1999 Reprinting
- What About Eggs?
- Hoophouses
- Turkeys
- Index