poultry farming
Avian livestock husbandry
Poultry farming is the raising of domesticated birds—chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese—for meat, eggs, or feathers.
The term covers operations ranging from backyard flocks to industrial facilities housing thousands of birds: Her family has been in poultry farming for three generations.
The industry distinguishes between layers (egg production) and broilers (meat production).
- chickensDomestic fowl for eggs
- turkeysLarge game birds
- guinea fowlSpotted African game bird
- ducksWaterfowl or evades
- feedersThings that supply nourishment
vaccination programs · bird flu · quails · free range · battery cages · hatchery · pheasants · pecking order · geese · brooding · egg production · farm fresh eggs · ventilation systems · incubators · sanitation practices · avian influenza · nesting boxes · chicken coop
- farming typesranching, livestock raising, cattle ranching, crop rotation, aquaculture
- rural industriesdairy, ranching, forestry, livestock breeding, orchards
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, crop yields
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
- American Farmingfamily farms, corn, wheat, hay, farmsteads
- livestockcow, cows, cattle, bull, bulls
poultry farmingcattle ranching
Raising bovines commercially
dairy farming · pig farming · sheep farming · goat farming · fish farming
poultry farmingbird hunting
Pursuing wild fowl
foraging · fishing · trapping · subsistence hunting · hunting
poultry farmingcrop farming
Growing plants for harvest
vegetable farming · cereal production · grain farming · fruit cultivation · grain cultivation