Overview

A couple working six months per year for 50 hours per week on 20 acres can net $25,000-$30,000 per year with an investment equivalent to the price of one new medium-sized tractor. Seldom has agriculture held out such a plum. In a day when main-line farm experts predict the continued demise of the family farm, the pastured poultry opportunity shines like a beacon in the night, guiding the way to a brighter future.

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Author:   Joel Salatin
Publisher:   Polyface, Incorporated
Imprint:   Polyface, Incorporated
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.524kg
ISBN:  

9780963810908

ISBN 10:   0963810901
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   17 June 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

About Polyface Farm 1. The Pastured Poultry Opportunity 2. What is Wrong With the Poultry Industry? 3. Fat Animals, Fat People 4. Family Background 5. Getting Started 6. Choosing A Breed 7. The Brooder 8. Starting the Chicks 9. Ration 10. The Pen 11. Moving the Chicks Out to Pasture 12. Pasture Logistics 13. What Kind of Pasture? 14. On-Farm Slaughter: The Advantages 15. Slaughter Mechanics 16. Composting Slaughter Wastes 17. Inspection 18. The Learning Curve 19. Sickness and Disease 20. Predators 21. Weather 22. Stress 23. Troubleshooting Poor Performance 24. Shortcuts 25. Seasonality 26. Solving Your Own Problems 27. Marketing

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Joel Salatin and his family own and operate Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restaurants in the farm’s bioregion. He has written 14 books to date, is editor of Stockman Grass Farmer Magazine, and lectures around the world on land healing and local food systems. Polyface Farm operates a formal apprenticeship program and conducts many educational workshops and events. 

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