Free Range Poultry Production
Poultry Farming is becoming more important to create sustainable livelihoods for many farmers and other stakeholders who are looking for new, innovative ways to earn a good income. Free range poultry production aims to lay the perfect foundation from which to build a profitable poultry operation.
What Will I Learn?
- Housing and equipment for poultry
- Feeding plan including how to supplement own feeds
- Handling of eggs, small chicken, and fully-grown chicken
- Hatching of eggs using different methods
- Common breeds
- Biosecurity and safety
- Disease management and vaccination programme
- Break-even analysis
- Marketing of poultry
Topics for this course
20 Lessons24h
Day 1:
Lesson 1: Course Overview & greeting00:00:19
Lesson 2: Introduction to poultry farming00:01:48
Day 2:
Lesson 3: Typical industry structure00:00:57
Lesson 4: Key drivers of poultry industry00:08:54
Quiz 1: Short quiz on Lesson 4
Day 3:
Lesson 5: Production systems00:07:36
Quiz 2: Short quiz on Lesson 5
Day 4:
Lesson 6: Housing and equipment00:19:01
Quiz 3: Short quiz on Lesson 6
Day 5:
Lesson 7: Flock Management00:15:42
Quiz 4: Sort quiz on Lesson 7
Day 6:
Lesson 8: Common chicken breeds00:13:49
Quiz 5: Short quiz on Lesson 8
Day 7:
Lesson 9: Feeds and Feeding00:18:40
Quiz 6: Short quiz on Lesson 9
Day 8:
Lesson 10: Handling of eggs00:14:21
Quiz 7: Short quiz on Lesson 10
Lesson 11: Hatching and incubation of eggs00:16:09
Quiz 8: Short Quiz on Lesson 11
Day 9:
Lesson 12: Handling of young chicks00:15:48
Quiz 9: Short quiz on Lesson 12
Day 10:
Lesson 13: Biosecurity00:13:26
Quiz 10: Short quiz on Lesson 13
Day 11:
Lesson 14: Disease and health management00:32:07
Day 12:
Lesson 15: Medication and Vaccination00:11:11
Quiz 11: short quiz on Lesson 14 & 15
Day 13:
Lesson 16.1: Feed Budgeting00:03:56
Lesson 16.2: Break-even-analysis00:02:30
Lesson 16.3: Excel Sheets00:25:35
Day 14:
Lesson 17: Marketing Poultry and Poultry products00:13:53
Quiz 12: Short quiz on Lesson 17
Lesson 18: Feedback Form
Quiz 13: Final Assessment

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Material Includes
- PDF Textbook
- Excel Sheet
Target Audience
- Our training and mentoring programmes are aimed towards farm workers, supervisors and managers at introductory and advanced levels on all aspects of agricultural production, marketing and farm management.
Includes course videos
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