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Small-Scale Pastured Poultry Grazing System for Egg Production
Livestock Management July 2009 LM-20 Small-Scale Pastured Poultry Grazing System for Egg Production Glen K. Fukumoto Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences aising you own food can be fun, rewarding, and tors. The possible benefits of starting your own pastured Ralso a great educational tool to teach children about poultry unit include simple animal husbandry responsibilities and the food • providing fresh meat and/or egg products with a mini production chain. There is a strong need in today’s so mal carbon footprint or the need to import food miles ciety to build upon the connections between the farms • recycling of household food residuals reduces our and ranches involved in agricultural production as the waste stream to the landfill and our environment main sources of our food. With a greater interest in • developing an agricultural “ethic” in our children, by supporting local food production systems and commu providing an understanding of where food comes from nity discussions about becoming more food self-reliant, • developing livestock husbandry skills and builds re small-scale poultry grazing systems can be integrated sponsibilities in caring for animals that produce food into many small farmsteads in our tropical ecosystems. • introducing and integration of the natural systems With the closure of many commercial poultry operations (mineral, water, and plant growth cycles) involved in in Hawai‘i and in other Pacific island nations, small farms agriculture will play an important role in improving community food • providing a sense of pride when providing high-quality security and sustainability and will be a vital link toward foods in the community building a network of people involved in the production • providing a potential source of additional revenue for and marketing of high-quality artisanal foods. -
2019 Sustainable
2019 SUSTAINABLE AND WORKSHOP SERIES June-December Presented by: Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association The Ohio State University Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions Clintonville Farmers Market Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance GET BACK TO THE LAND his annual series of public tours features 30 organic and ecological All events are free and open to the public and do not require pre-registration farms and businesses in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, providing unique unless otherwise noted. opportunities for farmers, educators, and conscientious eaters to learn Events will take place rain or shine. Guests should dress appropriately; hats, Tabout sustainable agriculture and local foods on the farm from growers and producers sunglasses, long pants, closed toe walking shoes, and sunscreen are recommended. with years of practical experience. Tours involve standing and moderate walking; visitors with physical limitations or In addition to farm tours, this year’s series also includes 16 other events, including other concerns should contact the tour host in advance. For everyone’s safety, guests workshops on farm planning, leadership, keylines, hoophouses, and fiber; farm-to- should keep children with them at all times. Please do not bring pets to the tours. table dinners; open houses; networking events; summer camps; a conference, and a Event organizers do not endorse any commercial products displayed or discussed on tours. multi-part beginning farmer training course. Organizers and hosts are not responsible for accidents. Event -
Producing Poultry on Pasture
A3908-01 Pfor smallult farmsry & backyards Producing poultry on pasture astured poultry is a system of raising Drawbacks of pastured poultry poultry for meat, eggs, or pleasure on • Susceptible to predators Pa pasture management system. This • Vulnerable to weather publication will focus mainly on chickens, • Pasturing is seasonal but the concepts are true for all types of poultry, such as ducks and turkeys. For • Requires daily labor, intensive labor if producers with limited resources or for home processing those who wish to raise poultry at home, • In general there are very few licensed the pastured poultry management system poultry slaughter facilities has both benefits and drawbacks. Adam A. Hady Benefits of pastured poultry • Low capital investment Pastured • A production system that can start poultry systems small and grow Cooperative Extension In any pasture poultry system, you will start • Can be a one-person operation your chicks out in a conventional brooding system and then move them out to one of • Potential for extra income three pasture systems when the brooding • Increased soil fertility period is over. • Strong consumer demand, with many consumers looking for an alternative Chicken tractor system to conventional broiler chicken The chicken tractor system of pastured poultry is the most common system used • A process that can involve kids for raising broilers. In this system, groups of birds about 3 to 5 weeks of age are taken out to movable growing pens on pasture. These usually floorless pens are moved Figure 1. The traditional once or twice a day, allowing the birds to chicken tractor with a group of have a regular supply of fresh vegetation commercial broilers (Figure 1). -
Backyard Poultry Seminar – Ellington
Small Poultry Enterprise Management Michael J. Darre, Ph.D. P.A.S (retired) Department of Animal Science University of Connecticut Updated – 2019 by Michael Pennington-Martel (CPA Secretary, [email protected]) Mention Dr. Darre and his legacy, and slightly updated by me. Mention www.ctpoultry.org. Mention the difference between Dr. Darre and myself, an old school chicken guy vs a newer backyard type chicken person. http://web.uconn.edu/poultry/poultrypages/ Some links may be broken now that Dr. Darre has left, but many still work. If they have any issues, let me know. Some things are now on the www.ctpoultry.org page. 2 What does rearing a small poultry flock involve? Physiology Nutrition Genetics Health Food Safety - HACCP Engineering Economics Behavior Management Other . Just some of the subjects we will also be studying. How many folks already have chickens? Anyone over 50 birds? Choosing a breed If getting birds for New England, look for cold hearty birds. Many of the birds I’m going to show are available here. 4 Some Examples of breeds for Pastured Laying Hens 5 Cochin Polish Barred Plymouth Rock Black Australorp Light Brahma More breeds. Clockwise: Top left, buff cochin, originated from China Top right, Barred Plymouth Rock (from MA) Bottom right, Columbian Wyandotte Bottom Middle, Black Australorp Next up. White Crested Black Polish ARAUCAUNA Ameracauna Black Australorp Different colored eggs, blue, green, easter egger, brown, white, etc 7 Partridge Wyandotte Red Sex-linked Buff Orpington 8 Rhode Island Red Barred Plymouth Rock 9 Chicks you can get from Agway! We could talk breeds for hours! 10 Of about 300 breeds listed in the American Standard of Perfection - only about 20 are of commercial importance. -
The Russian Orloff Chicken They Are Somewhat Rare in the U.S
Volume 8, Number 1 Backyard February/March 2013 PoultryDedicated to more and better small-flock poultry Think Like a Chicken Understanding Bird Talk Pg.26 From Russia with Love: The Russian Orloff Pg. 62 The Sex-link Chicken: Clarifying Crossbreeds Pg.58 Backyard Poultry FP 2-12 security:Mother Earth 4.5 x7 2/15/12 9:34 AM Page 1 RANDALL BURKEY COMPANY COYOTES Quality Products since 1947 menacing to your Free Catalog • 800-531-1097 • randallburkey.com livestock, pets or poultry? SATISFACTION GUARANTEED or your money back! $ 95 ––––––––––––––19 SUPER LOW PRICE –––––––––––––– Protection Against Night Time Predator Animals FREE SHIPPING On orders of 4 Nite Guard Solar® has been proven effective in repelling lights or more. predator animals through overwhelming evidence from –––––––––––––– testing by the company and tens of thousands of users. PROMO CODE 4FREE Nite Guard Solar attacks the deepest most primal fear of night animals – that of being discovered. The simple but effective fact is that a flash of light is sensed as an eye and becomes a threat immediately to the most ferocious night animals. Mount the units eye level to the predator FOLLOW US ON FACE BOOK If protection is needed in all four directions, four www.facebook.com/niteguardllc of the units are needed. .................. EVERYTHING FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1997. .................. See How It Works @ www.niteguard.com SCAN TO WATCH VIDEO 1.800.328.6647 • PO Box 274 • Princeton MN 55371 CHICKEN Backyard Poultry FP 2-12 security:Mother Earth 4.5 x7 2/15/12 9:34 AM Page 1 RANDALL BURKEY COMPANY COYOTES Quality Products since 1947 menacing to your Free Catalog • 800-531-1097 • randallburkey.com livestock, pets or poultry? GUARANTEED $ 95 ––––––––––––––19 SUPER LOW PRICE –––––––––––––– FREE SHIPPING On orders of 4 lights or more. -
GAMEFOWL at ADRIE BROUWERS'
GAMEFOWL at ADRIE BROUWERS’ By: Elly Vogelaar. Photos: Team Brouwers. "Why does someone decide to start keeping Game Fowl", is my first question to Adrie Brouwers. The answer will surprise you perhaps just as much as me: "Because they are so friendly and calm by nature" ... Who's Adrie Brouwers Adrie Brouwers lives in Roosendaal and is an enthusiastic chicken breeder; of Gamefowls, to be more precise. And, like his fowls, he is just as friendly and calm, and also said to be tenacious. As a result of his tenacity, he managed to get a one-day Show of Gamefowls in the Netherlands, the Optimum Avium International, which will soon be organized for the third time in his home- town, Roosendaal. More about that later. First, we shall learn a little more of the man. Photo above: Adrie with one of his Shamo roosters. Right: A breeding pen of Malay and a head study of a Malay cock. As a teenager he bred cage birds and already had a passion for fowls. But at home there was no room to keep chickens. In 1978, he left the family home and together with his wife moved into a house with a garden in Eindhoven. Soon a number of coops were built, and he even built an incubator. Chicks were hatched and the coops became populated with many varieties of fowls. As a brand new member of the local breeders’ club he went to the National Exhibition in Hertogenbosch, where he saw the large Malays and they conquered his heart. Looking back, he thinks that at the first exhibition he visited, he was actually inspired by the versatility of the chicken fancy. -
Poultry in the United Kingdom the Genetic Resources of the National Flocks
www.defra.gov.uk Poultry in the United Kingdom The Genetic Resources of the National Flocks November 2010 Cover: Red Dorking male (photograph John Ballard, courtesy of The Cobthorn Trust) All information contained in this brochure was correct at time of going to press (December 2010). Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR Telephone: 020 7238 6000 Website: www.defra.gov.uk © Crown copyright 2010 Copyright in the typographical arrangement and design rests with the Crown. This publication (excluding the logo) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright with the title and source of the publication specified. This document is also available on the Defra website. Published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Printed in the UK, December 2010, on material that contains a minimum of 100% recycled fibre for uncoated paper and 75% recycled fibre for coated paper. PB13451 December 2010. Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Poultry keeping systems 4 3. Species Accounts 6 3.1. The Domestic Fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) 6 3.2. Turkeys 8 3.3. Ducks 8 3.4. Geese 9 3.5. Minor Species 9 4. Breed Organisations 10 5. Data Recording and Registration 11 6. References 12 7. Annex: Current situation for individual breeds and strains 13 Abbreviations 24 1 1. Introduction Domestic poultry form the most important sector of livestock keeping worldwide, the production of meat and eggs being a major contributor to human nutrition. -
English (Table 14)
Country Report (For FAO State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources Process) Contact address Editorial Committee Office of the Japanese Country Report Animal Genetic Resources Laboratory, Genebank National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan TEL/FAX +81-29-838-7041 [email protected] Contents Part 1 1.1 Japan’s geographical conditions and the current status of animal production 1 • Fauna of Japan (the National Strategy of Japan on Biological Diversity 2002) 1 • Relationship between production systems, agricultural ecosystems, socio-economic conditions and livestock diversity 2 • Importance of animal production in the Japanese economy 3 1.2 Conservation status of the farm animal diversity 4 • Diversity among domestic livestock species and breeds 4 • Systems for conservation of genetic resources 9 MAFF gene bank project 9 Projects for conserving native horses in Japan 10 Natural treasures 11 Conservation of livestock and poultry as animals for study 11 • Breeding technologies utilized for animal production in Japan 12 • Technology applicable to rare livestock and poultry 13 Pig’s unfertilized egg and sperm microinjection 13 Formation of chicken PGC (primordial germ cell) and chimera germline 13 • State of trait characterization and evaluation (fundamental, production-related, quantitative, molecular genetic assessment) 13 ii • Information systems in Japan 15 1.3 Livestock utilization status 17 • The utilization of breeds by animal species (data related to livestock improvement 2000) -
Sustainable Chicken Production
800-346-9140 SUSTAINABLE CHICKEN PRODUCTION Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION GUIDE ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information center funded by the USDA’s Rural Business -- Cooperative Service. Contents: Alternative Production Methods .................................................................................................................2 Free-range..............................................................................................................................................2 Pastured poultry...................................................................................................................................3 Semi-intensive.......................................................................................................................................3 “Yard and Coop”..................................................................................................................................4 Innovative..............................................................................................................................................5 Breeds for Pasture-Based Production ..........................................................................................................5 Flock Health for Alternative Poultry Production ......................................................................................6 General Management Concerns ...................................................................................................................8 -
Break-Even Analysis of Small-Scale Production of Pastured Organic Poultry
PNW 665 Break-even Analysis of Small-Scale Production of Pastured Organic Poultry Kathleen Painter, Elizabeth Myhre, Andy Bary, Craig Cogger, and Whitney Jemmett CCS broilers take longer to finish and are considerably Introduction smaller, a higher price of $7.87 per pound or $27.55 per As consumer demand for locally produced, high quality average broiler is needed to break even (table 1 and ap - foods expands, so do opportunities for small-scale agri - pendix A). These results are based on assumed costs cultural enterprises—such as pastured poultry produc - for purchasing day-old chicks, feed, slaughtering, labor, ers. The widespread growth in farmers’ markets across and land use, as detailed later in this bulletin and pre - the nation has created better opportunities for small- sented in table 2. Because these break-even prices are scale producers to meet customers and evaluate local quite sensitive to the underlying cost assumptions, this market demand for their products. People who buy or - publication includes budget spreadsheets which pro - ganic poultry consider it to be more healthful and more ducers can use to enter their own costs to determine flavorful, and a growing number of consumers support break-even prices for their conditions (appendix A). humanely raised protein sources (Laux 2012). Table 1. Carcass weight, break-even price, and costs for Cornish Raising pastured poultry has relatively low entry costs, Cross and Slow Cornish Cross broilers. making it an appealing choice for smaller producers. Cornish Slow Cornish Producers can charge more for poultry that is pastured, Cross Cross rather than raised in a traditional large confinement op - Average carcass weight of broiler (lb) 4.71 3.50 eration. -
THE OPTIMUM AVIUM INTERNATIONAL 2016 a Flashback
THE OPTIMUM AVIUM INTERNATIONAL 2016 a flashback By Adrie Brouwers, on behalf of the show committee. Translation: Willem van Ballekom Photos: Optimum Avium and Hristo Lukanov The Optimum Avium International show is THE show for gamefowl, longtail- and longcrower breeds. A few years ago I got the idea to organize this event. I knew that many breeders were looking for an event like this. Some people said the effort would be useless as less and less birds were entered in the regular poultry shows. My opinion was different and with the help of a number of enthusiastic and experienced people I accepted the challenge. Shamo. Photo: Hristo Lukanov. The first edition, Optimum Avium 2015 was organized in Roosendaal, this in a perfect location, a gymnasium school complex with two spacious sport halls. The results for this first show edition were overwhelming, more than 400 birds were entered for this show. Due to many requests and reactions by breeders and spectators we decided to organize a second edition. This second Optimum Avium International show held on the 16th of January 2016 exceeded all our expectations. More than 540 birds were entered. An unmatched number of breeds were shown, many of them never or very rarely seen on European shows. A total of 543 entered birds 411 gamefowl, 102 longtail and 30 longcrowers, large and bantam were entered. We as show committee expected more birds than in 2015 but this number was beyond our expectations. However we decided to not stack any of the exhibition cages. A second sports hall was available and added to the show. -
Promotion Show for Japanese Breeds at the Noordshow 2015
Above: Breeder Akijo Kuroyamal with his Onagadori roosters. Photo: © Stanislaw Roszkowski. PROMOTION SHOW FOR JAPANESE BREEDS AT THE NOORDSHOW 2015 By: Berta van der Meer and Wanda Zwart (NL) At the recently held Noordshow there was a promotional exhibition of Japanese varieties, and it proved a huge success. In the middle of the hall we had a separate area entirely in oriental style. The only setback was that our foreign guests who were to exhibit some breeds could not come due to the bird flu. This meant we were lacking a few breeds we would have loved to show to the public. These works of art among chickens deserve to stand in the spotlight. In Japan, these little gems are looked at in a very different way; to the Japanese a chicken has a soul, a special meaning and history. They cherish their animals preserving these often ancient varieties is elevated to an art form. More and more people are attracted to the many rare breeds, especially the longtail fowl and long-crowers. A group of equally fascinated European breeders got together and organized this pro- motion. It is often thought that these chickens must be kept under special conditions, but in fact this only counts for Onagadori cocks if you want the tail to continue growing. All other long tail varieties can just roam free like any other chicken. During Noordshow, several breeds were presented to the public and one could ask any questions to the people mounting the displays. The long-crowers are also very special, with their melodious crowing, which can be sustained for up to 25 seconds.