Chook Me!

know anyone that can instruct me on starting a poultry farm?

I'm from a third world country where poverty reigns. Need someone who can give me the know-how on starting a poultry farm.

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1. Get some chickens
2. Step 1: Chickens Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit!
3. POULTRY???? come to utah with me. i'm starting a sheep farm!!!!
4. CHICKENS ARE AND HAVE MANY DISEASES TO BE INNOCULATED FOR BUT KEPT IN A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT WITH DAILY CLEAN WATER AND GOOD FOOD YOU CAN BEAT SOME BUT BE WARE OF THE NEW FLU BIRD FLU AND STUDY ON THIS BEFORE YOU START
5. if u are from a third world country how did u manage to get a computer.
6. Congrats that you have decided to start a poultry farm. Start from only a small poulty first. Don't start at a large scale till you gain experience of the poultry farming. For this: - Earmark some space and make an enclosure for the birds; - The height of ceiling should neither be high, nor so low that a person needing cleaning operation may not feel any difficulty to do the same; - The enclosure should be made at a dry place and not on a marshy place to avoid any disease to the birds; - Their must be some adequate arrangement for proper feeding and water supply for the birds; - The enclosure should also be so desined that the hens may easily lay eggs without breakage; - Arragement of adequate security is also a must to save the birds from becoming prey of cats, vultures or other animals/birds of prey; - If you have prepared for all that then go for buying some healthy chicken (not too small); - Must purchase some 8-10 hens and one cock also; - Must purchase some good guide on poultry farming to learn more and in detail; - Take care of the health of the birds; - If some bird falls sick, keep that away from the other birds, at a separate place. This would give you a starting point of your poultry farm, which may become big by and by by your care of the birds. Rest you can learn while you would be caressing the birds.
7. From a former, i.e., retired poultry farmer, I found out that Tyson and Foster Farms no longer pay per chiicken, but by the sqare foot of chicken space you raise them in, so that your proffiecncy in producing a high survival rate and numbers of fat chicken quickly pays the best. So you pour the food to them, keep the fans running on hot days and the heat on colder days and keep tossing the dead ones. It's a fast paced business now. You'll do best to find someone who has recently retired who will tell you the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Here's a good place to start: