Poultry for profit and pleasure/
Robyn Alders.
- Rome: Agricultural Support Systems Division,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, c2004.
- ix,39 p.: ill.; 21 cm.
- Diversification booklet ; 3 .
Includes bibliographical references(p. 33-39).
Poultry are the most benign farm stock; easy to manage, resilient and relatively productive under the most varied conditions. Anyone with a small patch of land can keep poultry for their eggs and meat, and for breeding. There are few greater pleasures than keeping a flock of hens and feeding them from the produce of the garden or surplus food from the house. The more commercially-minded producer will purchase proprietary foods, exploit local markets and make reasonable income.