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Practical Poultry Raising. Appropriate Technologies for Development DOCUMENT RESUME ED 241 771 CE 038 575 AUTHOR Fren :h, Kenneth M. TITLE Practical Poultry Raising. Appropriate Technologies for Development. Manual M-11. INSTITUTION Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. SPONS AGENCY Peace Corps, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE Apr 81 CONTRACT 79-043-1029 NOTE 236p. PUB* TYPE Guides Classroom Use Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. _DESCRIPTORS Agribusiness; *Agricultural Education; *Agricultural Production; Agricultural Skills; *Animal Husb-.ndry; Annotated Bibliographies; Developing Nations; Equipment Utilizktion; Evaluation Criteria; Extension Education; Facility Guidelines; Farm Management; Financial Support; Guidelines; *Livestock; Marketing; Money Management; Nutrition; Postsecondary Education; *Rural Development; Rural Education; Vocational Education; *Volunteers; Volunteer Training IDENTIFIERS Chickens; *Poultry ABSTRACT This manual is designed to provide development workers with the information and tooiL needed to begin or to improve poultry production. Covered in the individual chapters,are the . following topics: the nature and scope of poultry production, assessment of local poultry selections, basic information about chickens, country chickens, poultry husbandry, housing and equipment, maintenance of chicken health, feed and nutrition, poultry marketing and finances, and poultry extension. Appendixes to the manual include an examination of housing designs, discussions of poultry other than chickens, farmer-specific assessment criteria, a feed formulation chart, feed requirements, and a bibliography. A glossary concludes the manual. (MN) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** nworevalcu cotrzirnav & racounz Peace Corps' Information Collection & ENchange (ICI* was established so that the strategies and technologies devel- oped by Peace Corps VOlunteers, their co-workers, and their counterparts could be made available to the wide range of development organizations and individual workers who might find them useful. Training guides, curricula, lesson plans, project reports, manuals and other Peace Grupe -generated materials developed in the field are collected and reviewed. Some are reprinted "as is"; others provide a source of field based information for the production of manuals or for re- search in particular program areas.Materials that you sub- mit to the Information Collection & Exchange thus become part of the Peace Corps' larger contribution to'development. information about ICE publications and services is available through: Peace Corps Information Collection & Exchange Office of Programing Training COordinAtion 806 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20525 Add your experience to the ICE resource Center. Send ma- terials that you've prepared so that we can share than with others working in the development field.Your tech- nical insights serve as the basis for the generation of ICE manuals, reprints and resource packets, and also ensure that ICE is providing the most updated, innovative problem-solving techniques and information available to you and your fella,/ development workers. Peace Corps 3 Practical Poultry ( Raising Written by:6 Kenneth M. French ts Edited by: Larry Ritter illustrated by: Marilyn Kaufman This publication was produced for Peace Corps by TransCentury Corporation, Washington, D.C. Peace Corps Information Collection & Exchange 'Appropriate Technologies for Development Manual Number 11 April 1981 PRACTICAT, POULTRY RAISING February, 1981 Prepared for the Peace Corps by TransCentury Corporation under Contract No. 79-043-1029 Available through Peace Corps Information Collection '& Exchange 806 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20525 5 1 About this Manual This manual explores many different aspects of raising and marketing This manual is designed to pro- poultry based upon these sources and vide development workers with the the author's and reviewers' exper- information and tools needed either iences. Because ideas about poultry to begin or to improve poultry pro- production vary greatly in diffe'rent duction. For those who are inexper- countries, IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ienced in poultry production, this WHEREVER POSSIBLE THAT A REVIEW OF manual can identify and provide .the THIS MANUAL BY A RESPONSIBLE rFFICER basic information needed to raise WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT and market poultry successfully. MINISTRY BE PERFORMED BEFORE NNE More experienced poultry workers SUGGESTIONS MADE IN THE MANUAL ARE may find the manual sections on IMPLEMENTED. There are special cultural considerations, nutrition, climatic considerations, feed ingre- extension and additional resources dient problems, disease considera- useful for adapting their knowledge tions and so on which can make sec- and skills to the conditions of a tions of this manual inappropriate new environment. No matter what in certain areas of the world. If your previous level of poultry ex- there are questions about the appro- perience, you can help expand poul- priateness of recommendations made try production by helping farmers in the manual, the experience of local observe, question and find the gaps authorities should have priority between actual and potential pro- until research can be done to show duction, by suggesting improvements the value of the new methods. It and by helping farmers evaluate should be noted also that sources the results. consulted for this manual do not Numerous sources were consulted always agree. On one isule, four in the preparation of this manual in highly experienced sources each gave order to make it useful for raising different recommendations for the poultry under varying conditions. same conditions. To make this manual i '60 6 most useful, methods and tools de- scribed are based either on a maj- ority opinion or upon the exper- ience of the author. Because this' manual gives gen- eral instructions on poultry produc- 'tion, some recommendations and sug- gestions will not be relevant to every development worker's situation. Poultry workers will need to adapt methodS and tools to their own spec- ific needs. We would appreciate, therefore, your comments, corrections and suggestions for future editions of this manual. What information was the most useful?What was not covered that would be useful in re- vised editions? How did you use this manual?What was irrelevant or not useful?Please make comments and let us know how this manual helped you in poultry production. ii 7 ii A 1 About the Author Kenneth M. French has o'er fif- jects in Malaysia, supervising fifty teen years of experience in,agricul- Volunteers in fifteen areas. Pro- , ture and rural development both in jects under his direction included the United States and abroad. As a agriculture extension in,crops and Peace Corps Volunteer in India, he dairy management, rural credit, sail conducted a scientific breeding pro- fertility research and conservation, gram for poultry over a three-year forestry management and marketing period. Based on this experience systems. Wi:\Frenchss.writing exper- and his own farming background, ience includes policy papers for the Mr. French served as a technical and Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture on cross-cultural trainer for Peace agriculture extension, cooperative Corps Volunteers in-India in poul- development and agriculture mar- try breeding and rural development keting. Mr. French has formal train- projects. As the Associate Director ing in agriculture from the Univer- of Peace Corps/Malaysia, Mr. French sity of New Hampshire, where he was responsible for all Peace Corps majored in poultry science. rural agricultural development ro- iii 8 I O Acknowledgments As with any manual, many people Corps perspective. Many thanks go have contributed to the development to TransCentury's Paul Chakroff, of Practical Poultry Raising. The project manager under whose direction author is grateful especially to this manual was prepared, and to Walter S. Staples,Russ Staples and Pamela Ball for assistance in coor P.K: Nambiar, who reviewed the manual dination. Thanks aredue also to for technical accuracy and provided Marilyn S. Chakroff who edited, encoagement along the way. Peace organized and coordinated the.final Corp Whett Reed oversaw technical production of this manual and to aspects of the manual from the Peace Linda Gusman for typing and 4ayout. Table of Contents Page About this Manual About the Author iii Acknowledgments iv 1. Poultry Production-- An Overview 1 2. What Do You Have to Work With? 9 3. Getting to Know the Chicken 21 4. Working with Country Chickens 31 S. .Poultry Husbandry 41 6. Housing and.Equipment 81 7. Keeping Chickens Healthy 115 8. Feed and Nutrition 131 9. Poultry Marketing and Finances 153 10. Poultry Extension 169 Appendices A. HousineDesigns 175 B. Other Poultry 185 Ducks 185 Geese 0 186 Guinea Fowl 188 Turkeys 189 Pigeons 190 v 10 0 Page Appendicescontinued C. Farmer Specific Assessment Criteria 193 D. Feed .Formulation: Chart .197 E. Feed Requirements 203 F. Bibliography and Resources 207 Glossary 211 Index 213 11 '7* vi 1. Poultry Production An Overview What is Poultry? The word poultry applies to all varieties. domestic fowl raised for their eggs, Until recently almost all their meat, or both. Poultry includes chickens were raised in small flocks chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and left to look
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