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Cornell Small Farms/Chenango Grazing: Raising Pastured Poultry

Summary

Raising poultry is an excellent way to get into a Sustainable Agriculture enterprise, on either a full or part time basis. Raising and marketing a variety of birds such as laying hens, meat chickens, turkeys, and ducks and geese can be done without a large capital investment. One can start out slowly and gradually build a business as skills, markets, and resources accumulate.