This is a video comparing organic eggs to regular eggs. This video details the pros and cons of organic eggs vs regular eggs. Many people are switching to organic products such as milk and eggs. Image Sources: 1) Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento Agriculturasp 2) Wikimedia - Lilly M 3) Wikimedia - Geoffrey McKim Organic eggs vs conventional eggs This video is on Organic eggs vs regular eggs or organic eggs vs conventional eggs. ** I was not paid by any company for this video.**

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http://www.docno.org John Cassidy takes us through the basic points of building an urban flock. Stop by Hollygrove Market and Farm on Satruday's from 10-2 to visit the chickens and get a box of food.

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14 year old Sam Reed showing his free range egg business and chickens. If you like this video, search Reeds Raising Pastured Chicken top see how they raise their meat birds

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Dr. Diana makes pumpkin bread while her pet chicken, Chicklet looks on. Chicklet, our pet chicken helps in lowering our grocery bills by laying one green edible egg per day. In return she is welcomed into our home to share some treats whenever she wants to. She is a free roaming chicken. Her diet consists of a variety of chicken feed, as well as various seeds, human treats, insects, and worms. Her eggs are green due to genetics (species of chicken) not by the food she ingests. She was purchased from a local feed store when she was about 4weeks+ old and she's about 2.5 years old. She's extremely intelligent and a great "watch chicken".

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You want to raise hens organically that lay eggs of both quality and in quantity? The ancient Crested Polish breed will give you this and so much more. With their ability to forage and consume an omnivorous diet with the minimum recourse to cultivated grain, we get excellent eggs and hours of amusement and education from these delightful birds. Vous pensez à l'élevage de poules en bio? Vous voulez une bonne pondeuse rustique et en plus une race connue pour sa beauté, son élégance et son esprit? Ne cherchez pas plus loin que la race Padoue. C'est un film qui met en vedette cette race et explique pourquoi vous devez les en avoir dans votre jardin. ¿Estás pensando en la cría de pollos orgánicos? ¿Quieres una capa de huevo bien rústico y también una raza conocida por su belleza, elegancia y espíritu? No busque más allá de los pollos Paduvanos. Es una película que muestra por qué esta carrera debe tener un lugar de honor en su jardín.

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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Various Methods of Poultry Farming</b><br>Worldwatch institute described that, “about 74% of total poultry meat and 68% of total poultry eggs produced from intensive poultry farming method. Free range farming is the other alternative method of intensive poultry farming. Free range farming method is used for large number of poultry birds with high stocking density. There are some basic differences between intensive&nbsp; and free range poultry farming. Intensive poultry farming method is a highly efficient system which saves, land, feed, labor and other resources and increases production. In this system the poultry farming environment is fully controlled by the farmer. So, it ensures continuous production throughout the year in any environment and seasons. Intensive poultry farming has some disadvantages too. Some people says intensive system creates health risks, abuse the animals and harmful for environment. On the other hand free range poultry farming method requires a large place fro raising the birds and the production is about the same as intensive method. However, in the case of both intensive and free range poultry farming method the producers must have to use nationally approved medications like antibiotics regularly to keep the poultry birds free from diseases.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Layer Poultry Farming</b><br>The poultry birds which are raised for egg production are called layer poultry. Commercial hen generally starts laying eggs at the age of 12-20 weeks. They start laying eggs regularly at their 25 weeks of age. After 70-72 weeks of age egg production of layer poultry get reduced. For commercial&nbsp;<a title="Layer Poultry Farming" href="http://www.roysfarm.com/layer-poultry-farming/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 187, 33); transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear;">layer poultry farming</a>, producers generally keep the hens for 12 months from their first laying period. And then sell them for slaughter purpose. Although chickens naturally survive for more than 6 years. For re-invigorating egg laying, the hens are force moulted in some countries. For commercial egg laying poultry farming systems, the environmental conditions are often automatically controlled by the producers. For a simple example, presence of light helps the bird for laying eggs earlier. So, the producers should provide more lightening period to increase the probability of beginning laying eggs. The egg-laying birds lays more eggs in warmer months than the cold months. So, keeping the temperature of the room moderate will be very helpful for better egg production. Some commercial egg laying chicken breeds can produce more than 300 eggs a year. Layer poultry are raised in various methods. The common and most popular layer&nbsp;<a title="Poultry Farming" href="http://www.roysfarm.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 187, 33); transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear;">poultry farming</a>&nbsp;systems are described shortly below.</p><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Free Range Farming:&nbsp;</b>Free range poultry farming means providing freely roaming facilities to the poultry birds for a certain period of a day. Although they are kept inside the house at night to keep them free from predators and adverse weather. In free range farming method the poultry birds generally roam freely throughout the whole day. Which means they spent half of their life outside the house. For free range poultry farming system select a suitable land which has the facilities of adequate drainage system, good ventilation, appropriate protection from prevailing winds, good protection from all types of predators and free from excessive cold, heat or dampness. Excessive cold, heat and damp is very harmful for poultry birds and reduce their productivity. This system also requires less feed than cage and barn systems. The poultry manure from free range farming used as fertilizer for crops directly. Although free range farming method is very suitable for poultry birds but it has some difficulties too. In this system the poultry birds can be victim of predators easily and may caught by various type of diseases.</li></ul><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Organic Method:&nbsp;</b>Organic layer poultry rearing system is also one type of free range farming system. But the main differences between the two systems are, in free range farming method a large numbers of poultry birds are raised together but in organic method a certain species of poultry bird are raised in small group with low stocking density. Organic laying system has some restrictions in the routine use of synthetic yolk colourants, water, feed, medications, other feed additives and obviously a smaller group size with low stocking density. In organic laying system the producer should keep highest 1000 poultry birds per hector and maximum 2000 birds in each house.</li></ul><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Yarding Method:&nbsp;</b>Yarding poultry farming method is such a method in which cows and chickens are raised together. The farmer make a fence in his yard and keep all the poultry birds and cattle there together. The birds and cattle has the freedom of movement inside the fence. It is a very popular system used by small farmer.</li></ul><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Battery Cage Method:&nbsp;</b>Battery cage layer poultry rearing method is one of the very common methods used in many countries. In this system usually small sized metal cages are used. Every cages can accommodate about 3 to 8 hens. The walls of the cages are generally made of mesh or solid metal and the floor is made of sloped wire mesh which allow the faeces to drop down. When the hens lays eggs, then all the eggs gather in the egg collecting conveyor belt of the cage. In this system food is provided in front of the hens by a long bisected metal or plastic pipe and water served to them by using overhead nipple systems. The cages are arranged in long rows in one above another system. There may have several floors in a single shade which can keep many even thousands of hens together. For reducing feather and vent pecking, the light intensity is generally kept lower than 10 lux. The battery cage method has some benefits. The main benefits of battery cage are listed below.</li></ul><ol style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">It is very easy to care for the birds.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Very easy to collect eggs.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Cleaner eggs.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Requires less feed to produce eggs.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Thousands of hens may be housed in a specific floor space of the house.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The birds suffers less by internal parasites.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Labor cost is very low.</li></ol><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Besides those benefits battery cage system has some difficulties too. By rearing large number of hens in a small place the air inside the house may contain high ratio of co2. The hens can’t get sufficient space to walk, flap their wings, stand or perch. For this reason they may suffer by frustration and boredom and their behaviors may change which affect their production. Battery cage system is banned in some countries because it is considerate as against the animal welfare.</p><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Furnished Cage Method:&nbsp;</b>Furnished cage method is a developed version of battery cage system. In this system the hens get more spaces and facilities than battery cage system. A furnished cage for hens should contain sufficient space for walk, perch, flap their wings, nest, special feed and water pot etc.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Broiler Poultry Farming</b><br>The poultry birds which are raised for commercial meat production are called broiler poultry. By using&nbsp;<a title="Modern Farming Methods" href="http://www.roysfarm.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 187, 33); transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear;">modern farming methods</a>&nbsp;broiler chickens become suitable for&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;within their 5 to 6 weeks of age. However, see the common raising systems which are mostly used for commercial&nbsp;<a title="Broiler Poultry Farming" href="http://www.roysfarm.com/broiler-poultry-farming/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 187, 33); transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear;">broiler poultry farming</a></p>

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Poultry Farming<div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Poultry farming means ‘raising various types of domestic birds commercially for the purpose of meat, eggs and feather production’. The most common and widely raised poultry birds are chicken. About 5k million chickens are being raised every year as a source of food (both meat and eggs of chicken). The chickens which are raised for eggs are called layer chicken, and the chickens which are raised for their meat production are called broiler chickens. The UK and USA consume more meat and eggs of chicken than other countries of the world. On an average the UK alone consumes more than 29 million chicken eggs everyday. However, in a word commercial poultry farming is very necessary to meet up the demand of animal nutrition (eggs and meat). Commercial poultry farming is also very profitable. And commercial poultry farming business is one of the traditional business ventures. Here we are describing more about the advantages of poultry farming business and the steps for running this business.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Benefits of Poultry Farming</b><br>Poultry farming business has numerous benefits. As a result many farmers prefer to invest in this business. People generally establish poultry farm for the purpose of producing eggs, meat and generating high revenue from these products. Billions of chickens are being raised throughout the world as a good source of food from their eggs and meat. However, here I am shortly describing the main benefits of poultry farming.</p><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The main benefit of poultry farming is, it doesn’t require high capital for starting. You need just basic capital to start raising poultry. And most of the poultry birds are not costly enough to start raising.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Poultry farming doesn’t require a big space unless you are going to start commercially. You can easily raise some birds on your own backyard with one or numerous coops or cages. So, if you are interested in poultry farming, then you can easily do it on your own backyard with several birds.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Commercial poultry farming business also ensure high return of investment within a very short period. Some poultry birds like broiler chickens take shorter duration of time to mature and generating profit.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Poultry farm structures do not require high maintenance. You can minimize diseases and illness in poultry by following proper hygiene and care. Diseases are less in some poultry birds like quails, turkeys etc.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">In most cases, you don’t need any licence. Because almost all types of poultry birds are domestic. Although, if you need licence from the relevant authority it is also easy for poultry.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Poultry provides fresh and nutritious food and has a huge global demand. Global consumers of poultry products prefer them due to their nutrients and freshness. Poultry products are not much expensive and most of the people can afford those.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Marketing poultry products is very easy. There is an established market for poultry products in almost all places of the world. So, you don’t have to think about marketing your products. You can easily sell the products in your nearest local market.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Poultry farming creates income and employment opportunities for the people. Unemployed educated youth can easily create a great income and employment opportunity for them by raising poultry commercially. Women and students can also do this business along with their daily activities.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Almost all bank approve loans for this types of business venture. So, if you want to start this business commercially, then you can apply for loans to your local banks.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">There are many more benefits of poultry farming along with the above mentioned benefits. Start raising and you will gradually learn everything.</li></ul></div>

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