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r By: Harvey Ussery. Paperback 416 pgs.
r At last, longtime farmer Harvey Ussery has created the most comprehensive and definitive guide to date on raising all-natural poultry for the homesteader and small farmer. His new book, The Small-Scale Poultry Flock, offers a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl, based entirely on natural systems.
r Ussery’s model presents an entirely sustainable system that can be adapted and utilized in a variety of scales, and will prove invaluable for beginner homesteaders, growers looking to incorporate poultry into their farm, or farmers seeking to close their loop, including extensive information on:
- r Formulating and making your own feed
- r How to breed and brood the flock (for breed improvement and for genetic conservation), including the most complete guide to working with broody hens available anywhere
- r Providing more of the flock’s feed from sources grown or self-foraged, including production of live protein feeds using earthworms and soldier grubs
- r Using poultry to increase soil fertility, control crop damaging insects, and to make compost—including systems for pasturing and tillage of cover crops and weeds
- r And one of the best step-by-step poultry butchering guides available, complete with extensive illustrative photos.
r No other book on raising poultry takes an entirely whole-systems approach, or discusses producing homegrown feed and breeding in such detail—it is truly an invaluable and groundbreaking guide that will lead farmers and homesteaders into a new world of self-reliance and enjoyment.
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