Small scale chicken production ebook

This Agrodok provides a wealth of useful information on how to overcome the main constraints in small-scale poultry production and deal with threats like predation and infectious diseases. It is a practical booklet with chapters on hatching, housing, nutrition and health. I sincerely hope and believe that the knowledge, tools and experiences offered here will be a valuable resource for poultry keepers. Above all, I hope that it will inspire readers to generate new ideas through applying the ideas they find here. Chickens deserve to be treated well – and professionally. You will see that the birds will show their gratitude by improving their performance! I wish you a healthy flock and a successful enterprise! Dr. René P. Kwakkel Wageningen University - Poultry Nutrition Research

This edition has been revised by Ineke Puls, Gert Wouter Bouwman and Gert de Lange of PTC+, Barneveld, under the guidance of Farzin Wafadar Aqhdam. Agromisa kindly acknowledges their contributions and critical comments. We also acknowledge the financial support of the World’s Poultry Science Association, which made it possible to publish this Agrodok in several languages.

A number of illustrations used in this Agrodok derive from the Network for Smallholder Poultry Development (‘Poultry Network’), USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Newcastle Disease Field Guide by Alders and Spradbrow (ACIAR). The nutrition tables were provided by PTC+ and are based on a variety of sources. Jeroen Boland Agromisa