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Poultry Books | Smallholding Books | Livestock Books Land Management for Free Range Layers - by Katie Thear
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An extract from the book Free Range Poultry by Katie Thear published by Broad Leys Publishing Ltd Widely recognised as the definitive guide to modern free-range management, this book is a practical and comprehensive guide that is up to date with legislation and research findings. "The poultry-man who adopts free-range methods should move the houses frequently and keep the grass short." (Leonard Robinson, 1948) The key to successful free-ranging is good land management. This applies to the nature of the land itself, the degree of shelter it offers, how it is fenced to deter predators and how pasture is managed and maintained. Traditional free-rangers have always known this, but some of the first large-scale commercial enterprises in the 1980s failed to appreciate it, thinking that the house was the only thing that mattered. They ended up with houses so large and badly designed that some birds never found their way out. Those that did stayed in the immediate vicinity of the building because no provision had been made for shelter in the pasture, and the area immediately around the houses became devoid of vegetation. Complaints from welfare organisations and consumers that this was not real free-ranging soon had its effect, and new standards were introduced to improve conditions. There is still some way to go, however, in convincing some producers that the grazing area matters. More on Free Range Poultry - From Free Range Poultry by Katie Thear
© 2004 Katie Thear, from Free Range Poultry , published by Broad Leys Publishing Ltd |
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