 | Practical Poultry Raising (Peace Corps, 1981, 225 p.) |
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| | Acknowledgments |
| | About this manual |
| | About the author |
| | 1. Poultry production - An overview |
|  | 2. What do you have to work with? |
| | Assessing the local situation |
| | Which management systems are used in your area? |
| | Can you help? |
| | Finding the gap |
| | Filling the gap |
| | Evaluating your resources |
| | 3. Getting to know the chicken |
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| | Characteristics of chickens |
| | Anatomy of chickens |
| | Handling live chickens |
| | Catching chickens |
| | 4. Working with country chickens |
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| | Why work with country chickens? |
| | Production potential |
| | Gathering information |
| | Possible management improvements |
| | Upgrading the flock |
| | Farmer assessments |
| | 5. Poultry husbandy |
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| | Breed source |
| | Layer breeds |
| | Meat breeds |
| | Dual - purpose breeds |
| | Starting a new flock |
| | Hatching chicks |
| | Incubation |
| | Egg selection |
| | Incubator management |
| | Candling eggs |
| | Brooding chicks |
| | Meat breed management |
| | Layer management |
| | Other general management principles |
| | 6. Housing and equipment |
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| | Free - range |
| | Contained, with limited range |
| | Contained systems |
| | Building a chicken house |
| | Making wire cages |
| | Use of cages |
| | Equipment |
| | 7. Keeping chickens healthy |
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| | Other health problems |
| | Performing a post mortem examination |
| | 8. Feed and nutrition |
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| | Commercial feeds |
| | Nutrient requirements of poultry |
| | Non - nutrient feed substances |
| | Ingredient use limits |
| | Sources of feed nutrients |
| | Nutritional deficiencies |
| | 9. Poultry marketing and finances |
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| | Marketing country chickens |
| | Marketing medium - size broilers |
| | Weighing chickens |
| | Storing eggs for market |
| | Cleaning eggs |
| | Egg grading |
| | Storing eggs for home consumption |
| | Size of flock |
| | Records |
| | Increasing poultry profits |
| | Sources of finance |
| | Poultry and egg cooperatives |
| | 10. Poultry extension |
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| | Training and visit system |
| | Special poultry projects |
| | Appendices |
| | Appendix A: Housing designs |
| | Appendix B: Other poultry |
| | Appendix C: Farmer specific assessment criteria |
| | Appendix D: Feed formulation chart |
| | Appendix E: Feed requirements |
| | Appendix F: Bibliography and resources |
| | Glossary |
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