 | Better Farming Series 13 - Keeping Chickens (FAO - INADES, 1977, 48 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Preface |
|  | Small livestock farming in the villages |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Little work but yields little |
| | Chicken farming must be improved |
| | The animal husbandry services help |
| | How to choose poultry |
| | Traditional types of poultry |
| | To improve poultry |
| | Good cocks must be selected |
| | Good hens must be selected |
| | Good chicks must be selected |
| | Improved breeds |
| | How to feed poultry |
| | To feed poultry well is important and difficult |
| | Poultry need good feed |
| | How poultry make use of food and water |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Energy feeds |
| | Body- building feeds: proteins |
| | Mineral salts |
| | Vitamins |
| | Clean water |
| | Special needs of chicks, laying hens, and table poultry |
| | How to protect poultry against disease |
| | Preventing poultry from getting ill |
| | Vaccination |
| | Main diseases of poultry |
| | How to house poultry |
| | (introduction...) |
| | How to build a poultry house |
| | Nests |
| | Feeding troughs |
| | Drinking troughs and fountains |
| | The brooder |
| | (introduction...) |
| | How to choose and look after hens to produce chicks |
| | Here is an example |
| | Suggested question paper |
Feeding troughs
83. Feeding troughs should be sufficient in number and long enough for each bird to have its place when it wants to eat.
Feeding troughs should not be too wide, so that the birds cannot leave their droppings in them.
Hollowed out bamboos could be used, for example.
On the next page Is a good type of feeding trough. It can be made In the village.
Nail the bottom of the trough to two planks. To the right and left of the trough nail two perches.
The sides of the trough are made of thinner boards. They are higher if the trough is for hens.
They are lower if the trough is for chicks.
To prevent the hens from leaving their droppings in the troughs, add a wooden bar that turns (a roller).
If the trough is outside the poultry house, make a little roof of sheet iron.
In that way the food is sheltered from the rain and stays clean.
Take off the roof to fill the trough.
Feeding trough; Roof of an outdoor
feeding
trough
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