Beginning Farmer
Resources
- Data Collection (UCD)
- Google Forms: A Free and Easy Way to Capture Data
- Hatchery Biosecurity (Utah)
- How to test for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in Your Backyard Coop
- Innovations at the UCD Pastured Poultry Farm
- Laying Hen Production (Utah)
- Pastured Poultry Nutrition and Forages
- Making a Hoop Pen for Pasture Poultry
- Marek's Disease Pamphlet
- Niche Marketing Livestock in California
- Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network
- Tipsheet: Organic Poultry Production for Meat and Eggs
- Small-Scale Poultry Guide (VA-Tech)
UC Davis Pastured Poultry Farm
Check out our UCD Pastured Poultry Farm page for pastured poultry resources.
YouTube Playlist: Beginning Farmers & Rancher Development Program (BFRDP)
Publications
Pastured Poultry
- Descriptive survey and Salmonella surveillance of pastured poultry layer farms in California
- Feeding and lighting practices on small-scale extensive pastured poultry commercial farms in the US
- Gastrointestinal impactions in backyard poultry
- Hen Health and Food Safety on California’s Pastured Poultry Farms
- Operational challenges and opportunities in pastured poultry operations in the United States
- Senior design project on how to use sensors to monitor poultry's movements and ambient environment: Poultry Data Acquisition
- Senior design project on how to use Black Soldier Fly larvae as supplemental poultry feed: Black Soldier Fly
- Learn more about and view clips from the project here.
- Learn more about and view clips from the project here.