If you want to start “small” then this is the blog for you.

We have been into poultry rearing for a number of years now and, we have experienced its ups and downs. It all started with a small cage and 30 day old chicks and we have never looked back!Today, our backyard poultry is a registered business with 500 layer bird operation and we still rear batches of about 150 broilers...

We will reveal to you the secrets of profitable backyard poultry whether you plan it as a business or hobby in simple, easy to follow posts mainly drawing from our wealth of hands-on experience and knowledge and the experience of other poultry producers in our small informal network...

visit us: http://henhousefarms./2012/03/14/the-secrets-of-backyard-poultry-money-from-your-backyard/

The advantages of starting small:
http://henhousefarms./2012/03/14/some-advantages-of-starting-small/

Backyard Poultry: What you Are Getting Yourself Into
https://henhousefarms./2012/03/17/what-you-are-getting-yourself-into/

Only Healthy Birds perform
http://henhousefarms./2012/03/18/16/

No doubt you have heard the old saying, “health is wealth”. Well it true, especially so if you are in the poultry production business. As we have said already you can prevent a whole lot of sorrow if you adopt the preventative approach to poultry diseases.

Hygiene:

Hygiene is key and it starts with the proper location and design of the poultry house. You must locate a foot bath at the entrance (never compromise this);

Isolate sick birds as soon as possible and bring them to the attention of that local vet we told you to find. Remove dead birds immediately or dispose of them by burying because dead birds spread disease quicker than live birds!...