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In rural areas of Afghanistan, the access to young stock for replacement of old stock for constitution of backyard poultry farming as a best mean of poverty alleviation is a areal problem. The lack of electricity and fuel to use small capacity incubators and lack of access to poultry services...

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How to prepare hydroponic wheat for 10-15 layers? Lets do this step by step, 1. make tray from empty cooking oil can 2. Take 250 grams of wheat grains, wash it and put in a plastic bowl, soak in clean water for 12hrs. 3. take out the soaked grains and put it in the half empty plastic...

Thanks for your comment and consideration, The grains used are mostly Barely which is grown in Afghanistan for animal feed, some H.Hs use wheat grains. This practice has long historical background among rural women, called "SAMANAK" for making special food from hydroponic wheat for human, not...

Hydroponic Forage in Poultry Winter Feeding By Emal Mohammad Jafar, National Poultry Advisor, IFAD/RMLSP/MAIL, Kabul, Afghanistan 31st May 2015 Poultry feeding becomes more critical and expensive during prolonged winter, snow cover and cold weather in rural areas of north Afghanistan. In...

Natural Hatching Under the Broody Hen or Turkey The backyard poultry production is promoted as a means of poverty alleviation and food security in Afghanistan and special emphasis is given to disadvantaged groups and less favoured areas. Access to young stock on village level” is a major...

Thanks, I am very happy to join the Backyard Chiken Community. We will learn and share a lot about backyard chicken husbandry.

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? No, I am not new to chicken, I am directly involved in backyard poultry development since 2010, (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 14 layers and one cockerel , (3) What breeds do you have? The breed is called...