MODERN FREE RANGE
BY
MICHAEL ROBERTS

This is a practical guide for the small farmer on free range production and sales.

This is a fully comprehensive guide which covers housing, feeding, care, lighting, in fact everything you need to do to care for your hens in a free range environment.

Chapters are as follows:-

introduction
definition of free range
integration with other farming enterprises
cost for a 100 bird free range unit
marketing and regulations (direct sales and indirect sales regulations)
types of free range birds
location, housing, fencing, shelter
relationship between housing, climate and environment temperature
grain scratch feed for free range
lighting
some house design details (ventilation, insulation, size of house, other details)
feed and feeding
general management (feed, water, grit, dust bath)
daily routine (a.m. and p.m., weekly routine, monthly routine, red mite, moulting, culling, feather picking, egg eating, vermin prevention and wing clipping)
diseases and ailments
index