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Free-Range Poultry Short Course
From: Michael Cote' <cote.1@osu.edu>
Announcing a Small Farmers' Free-Range Poultry Short Course:
The Small Farmers' Institute operated by Resilience, a non-profit
organizartion, is offering a 3 day comprehensive hands-on workshop covering
free-range poultry production, processing and marketing at Locust Grove Farm
in Creola (S.E. Ohio) on November7, 8 and 9th, 1997.
Author and farmer, Herman Beck-Chenoweth will lead the workshop which
includes both classroom and hands-on training. It is expected that
participants will leave the workshop with skills they can use in
establishing or expanding a family poulty business. Families are encouraged
to attend as a unit with interested children welcome. There will be no extra
charge for family members sharing the same materials. The complete course
is $275; limit of two extra family members. Owners of Herman's new book,
"Free-Range Poultry Production, Processing and Marketing" will receive a
$25 discount.
The guidebook, developed with the assistance of a USDA/SARE Producer grant,
describes an innovative way of raising poultry using portable skid houses,
which hold up to 400 chickens each and are towed by tractor to new locations
on the pasture every few weeks as needed. The wooden skids are enclosed by
poultry wire, have litter covered floors and tarp covered gable roofs, and
doors on both ends. The only required fencing is a strong perimeter fence to
keep out stray dogs and predators. Birds are locked on the skids at night
for protection from predators. Full construction plans for skids, feeders
and other equipment for both are included in the book. Additional sections
of the guidebook, which is made up of a three ring binder, cover artificial
insemination, incubation, hatching and brooding of chicks and poults. Two
big sections include first- hand information about processing and marketing.
The book has been designed to enable a neophyte producer to build a
substantial farm business with limited capital investment. This free-range
production model has proven to be well suited to direct marketing and
appeals to consumers interested in "natural" poultry and eggs produced
without antibiotics and growth promotants.
The guidebook is available from Herman Beck-Chenoweth for $39.50 plus $4.50
s/h at:
Back Forty Books
26328 Locust Grove Road
Creola, OH 45622
FAX: (614) 596-3079
Herman and wife, Linda Lee, produce free range chickens and turkeys, eggs
and vegetables and market them to buying clubs, restaurants, and directly
from their farm in Creola, Ohio. Resilience is the "farming uncle" many of
us wish we'd have had and specializes in hands-on training that will enable
new and small farmers to gain the practical skills needed to succeed in
today's changing farming environemnt. For more information about the Small
Farmers' Institute and this short course send a long, self addressed,
stamped envelope to:
Small Farmers' Institute
26328 Locust Grove Road
Creola, Ohio 45622
or call:
(614) 596-4379 between 8AM and 9 AM EST weekday mornings.
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Michael Cote'
Ohio State University Tel (614) 890-2369
208 Ag Admin Bldg Fax (614) 292-7007
2120 Fyffe Rd
Columbus, OH 43210 COTE.1@OSU.EDU
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