Green Chicken Poop: Causes & Best Ways to Treat
Most poultry farmers get worried on sighting green poop in the chicken pen or coop. Well, you shouldn’t get worried in some cases. Diarrhea in chickens and other poultry birds …
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A Beginner’s Guide to Waterfowl Duck & Geese Farming
Are you thinking about starting the duck and geese farming business? It’s a business that comes with a few challenges. However, if you’re up for the challenge, it can be …
Ameraucana Chicken Breed Information & Guide
The Ameraucana chicken is a newly recognized breed that lays blue eggs. (To find out where the blue eggs come from, click here). However, it should be noted though that …
Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) in Livestock Farming
Feed Conversion Ratio is a topic of great importance in livestock farming, most especially commercial animal farms. Feed takes about 70 percent of the total cost of production in poultry …
Simple Layer Chicken Feed Calculator
Feed and feeding are vital in livestock farming. Generally, the cost of feeding is over 70% of the total cost of production. So if you’re thinking of raising and keeping …
Floor Space Requirements for Broilers & Layers + Calculator
In livestock farming, floor space is very important. For instance, floor spacing is one of the factors or things that affect growth performance as well as the general welfare of …
7 Facts About Poultry and Bird Flu
There was a period of about a year back in the mid-2000s when we were hearing an awful lot about the bird flu disease. In many ways, it was quite …
A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Point of Lay Chickens
Have you recently seen the Point of Lay Chicken For Sale adverts? Do you want to replace your stock with point of lay chickens? Are you new to this whole …
The Other Egg Debate: To Wash or Not Wash?
The issue of whether or not to wash your home-laid eggs is still raging on. Some chicken owners insist on washing their eggs upon collection, while others are not concerned …
How to Brood & Care for a Baby Turkey
Brooding and caring for baby turkeys might be easy for some experienced turkey or poultry farmers. However, some people (especially newbies or starter farmers) have challenges taking care of a …