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Pastured Poultry Profits: Net $25,000 in 6 Months on 20 Acres » (REISSUE)

Book cover image of Pastured Poultry Profits: Net $25,000 in 6 Months on 20 Acres by Joel Salatin

Authors: Joel Salatin, Vicki H. Dunaway (Editor), Teresa W. Salatin
ISBN-13: 9780963810908, ISBN-10: 0963810901
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Polyface, Incorporated
Date Published: July 1996
Edition: REISSUE

Author Biography: Joel Salatin

Book Synopsis

Farmer/author Joel Salatin is an ardent believer that a small-scale farmer does not have to subsist at the poverty level. On the cover of Pastured Poultry Profits is the promise that one can "Net $25,000 in 6 months on 20 acres." That ain't chicken feed.

	Foreword
	Introduction
	About Polyface Farm
1	The Pastured Poultry Opportunity	2
2	What is Wrong With the Poultry Industry?	7
3	Fat Animals, Fat People	13
4	Family Background	18
5	Getting Started	25
6	Choosing A Breed	31
7	The Brooder	35
8	Starting the Chicks	44
9	Ration	51
10	The Pen	63
11	Moving the Chicks Out to Pasture	73
12	Pasture Logistics	78
13	What Kind of Pasture?	92
14	On-Farm Slaughter: The Advantages	99
15	Slaughter Mechanics	108
16	Composting Slaughter Wastes	132
17	Inspection	136
18	The Learning Curve	144
19	Sickness and Disease	153
20	Predators	161
21	Weather	173
22	Stress	180
23	Troubleshooting Poor Performance	185
24	Shortcuts	190
25	Seasonality	196
26	Solving Your Own Problems	204
27	Marketing	212
28	Relationship Marketing	220
29	Advertising	230
30	Liability	235
31	Is It Organic?	239
32	Vision	250
33	Laying Hens: Three Options	256
34	Turkeys	270
35	Exotics	274
	Appendix A - Resources	279
	Appendix B - Newsletters	282
	What is the Difference?	311
	Index	315