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Resource Type: Articles
If you keep poultry it is very important to learn how to detect an unhealthy or sick bird, so that you can take action. If you do not, disease may spread to other birds and the whole flock may be lost.
Resource Type: Articles
Housing village chickens at night will protect them from rain and the cold, from predators and from theft. This article shares information about constructing a chicken house, chicken house hygiene, perches and nests.
Resource Type: Articles
Advice from a poultry expert. Keiron Forbes has earned the name ‘Chickenologist’ from travelling around the world helping people to start chicken projects, solving problems with their birds and giving advice on how to understand how chickens behave.
Resource Type: Articles
Correct feeding of village poultry will not only improve their production of eggs and meat but also keep the chickens healthy – well-fed chickens will produce good food for you. Chickens need a mixed diet to stay healthy, just as people do.
Resource Type: Bible studies
The Bible is a story of God’s relationship with people. In his covenant with the people of Israel, in the journey to the Promised Land and in his sending of Jesus Christ we see him reaching out to us, seeking to gather us to him, to live with him and be looked after by him.
Resource Type: Interviews
Experience from Honduras. Footsteps interviewed Rommel Romero, Coordinator of the Diakanos Programme at Proyecto Aldea Global, Honduras, to find out how his project helps people to make a living from keeping poultry.
Resource Type: Articles
Avian flu is an infectious viral illness that spreads among birds. It can affect chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, quail, pheasants, pigeons, “song birds” and many types of wild birds. The birds may or may not show signs of the disease; if signs do appear, they begin two to five days after the bird catches the virus.
Resource Type: Articles
Ducks, like other poultry, can be used for their meat and their eggs. There are many ways of raising ducks. The simplest method requires little capital input, where ducks are raised in the farmyard as part of a mixed farm.
Resource Type: Magazine
Practical advice on all aspects of poultry-keeping, including nutrition, health and business development.
Resource Type: Research reports
Part of a series of reports showing the results of needs assessments with survivors of sexual violence
