Organic Poultry Practices
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- Course level: Intermediate
About Course
Organic poultry farming management and techniques Instead of being fed synthetic blends, which sometimes contain animal byproducts, they are given a natural, healthy organic diet, which further improves the quality of the chicken, resulting in tender, juicy, and moist meat. Organic chicken contains up to 65% less fat than non-organic.Description
Taking this course can guarantee a smooth shift from current conventional methods of poultry farming into organic poultry farming. Organic poultry farming can create a huge market, improve the health of the consumers and create a balanced ecology.
The concept of Organic Poultry farming is not so hard to understand. But, if this statement is true, why are farmers not practicing organic poultry farming in spite of its benefits? My answer is, you don’t practice what you do not know or understand.
This course will explain what organic poultry farming is and how it can be practiced effectively.
What Will I Learn?
- Know the organic remedies to diseases:
- Applying Zero Antibiotics
- Allowing access to pasture
- Formulating organic feed and multivitamins by your self
- Learn how to prepare neem oil and molasses
Topics for this course
25 Lessons1h
Introduction to Organic Poultry Farming
The definition of what organic poultry farming means in practice varies between different countries, but it will generally require the birds to have outdoor access, low stocking densities, an organic diet and alternative treatment methods for disease that do not use chemicals.
What is organic poultry
Consideration factors for organic poultry farming
Organic multivitamins and boosters
Organic multivitamins and boosters are combination of organic substances that helps to improve and strengthen the immune system of birds and some other animals. These concoctions are mainly practiced by organic farmers who actually wants to do something different to achieve desired result in poultry farming.
Diseases of birds and their organic treatments
There are lots of diseases that affect birds today and most times, synthetic drugs are prescribed. But there are organic remedies to these diseases. This topic discusses in details, some diseases that can be prevented or cured organically. As well as their different organic treatments.
Preparation of Neem oil, Molasses
Molasses are thick, dark brown juice obtained from raw sugar during the refining process. Neem oil is a naturally occurring pesticide found in seeds from the neem tree. It is yellow to brown, has a bitter taste, and a garlic/sulfur smell. It has been used for hundreds of years to control pests and diseases. Components of neem oil can be found in many products today.
Other Poultry Diseases and Their Organic Remedies
More likely diseases you may encounter in your poultry farms are discussed here with their organic remedies
Organic Poultry Farm Management
Learn how to effectively manage your poultry farm organically. Organic farming requires only organic substances that are bio-degradable
Disaese Prevention In The Farm
Learn organic ways to prevent diseases, vaccinate and ward off pests and predators from poultry farms
About the instructor
2 Courses
1 students
Price: ₦4,000.00
Material Includes
- Handouts in Ms word document
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Target Audience
- Beginner poultry farmers
- Existing poultry farmer
- Poultry farm consultant
- poultry farm extension workers