Poultry
The Florida poultry industry centers on chickens, raised both for meat and eggs. The state has 78.5 million broilers and 11.3 million layers.
Backyard Flocks
UF/IFAS Publications
- Factors Affecting Egg Production in Backyard Chicken Flocks
- The Home Broiler Chicken Flock
- Intestinal Parasites in Backyard Chicken Flocks
- Poultry Diets for Small Flocks
- Prevention and Control of Fowl Pox in Backyard Chicken Flocks
- Procedures for Killing and Dressing Homegrown Fowl
- Small Poultry Flock Nutrition
- Vaccination of Small Poultry Flock
Other Sites & Publications
Business Management
UF/IFAS Sites
UF/IFAS Publications
- The Current Status of Florida’s Game Bird Industry
- Florida’s Commercial Broiler Industry
- Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Poultry
- Numbers for Successful Poultry Production
- Poultry Management Specifications
Eggs & Reproduction
UF/IFAS Publications
- Broiler Performance from Cull Eggs
- Capons
- Chicken Embryo Malpositions and Deformities
- Designer and Specialty Eggs
- Factors Causing Poor Pigmentation of Brown-shelled Eggs
- Hatchability Problem Analysis
- Hatching Egg Sanitation
- Management of Hatching Eggs and Broiler Performance
- Poultry Reproduction and Genetics
- Sex Reversal in Chickens
Facilities & Equipment
UF/IFAS Publications
- Basic Concepts for Composting Poultry Mortalities
- Excavated Pond Construction in Florida
- Farm Ponds in Florida Irrigation Systems
- Minimizing Microbial Contamination in Feed Mills Producing Poultry Feed
- Poultry Waste Management
- Sanitary Design and Construction of Food Equipment
- Selecting a Method for Sealing Ponds in Florida
Other Sites & Publications
Health
UF/IFAS Sites
UF/IFAS Publications
- Avian Diseases Transmissible to Humans
- Chicken Anemia Agent (CAA)
- Common Continuous External Parasites of Poultry
- Common Intermittent External Parasites of Poultry
- Disease Prevention in Commercial Poultry
- E. coli and Salmonella on Animal Farms: Sources, Survival and Management
- External Parasites Around Animal Facilities
- Florida Insect Management Guide: Poultry Pests
- Infectious Bronchitis and its Effect on Egg Production and Quality
- Lesser Mealworm, Litter Beetle
- Northern Fowl Mite
- Pesticide Safety Around Animals
- Pet & Livestock Pests
- Toxicity to Poultry of Common Weed Seeds
Nutrition
UF/IFAS Publications
- Egg Eating by Chickens
- Feed Flavoring for Poultry
- Feeding the Commercial Egg-type Replacement Pullet
- Fishmeal in Poultry Diets: Understanding the Production of This Valuable Feed Ingredient
- Interrelationship of Nutrition and Immunity
- Using Meat and Bone Meal in Poultry Diets
- Water for Poultry
Welfare
Other Sites & Publications
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- Animal Legal and Historical Center
- Florida Veterinary Medical Association
- Livestock Behavior, Design of Facilities, and Humane Slaughter (Dr. Temple Grandin)
- Return to Livestock
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department
- Agronomy Department
- Central Florida Livestock Agents’ Group
- Department of Animal Sciences
- Entomology and Nematology Department
- FAWN: Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture & Community Sustainability at Hastings
- Poultry--Small Farms / Alternative Enterprises
- Soil and Water Science Department
- UF College of Veterinary Medicine
- Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
Other University Sites
- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science--University of Arkansas
- NCSU Poultry Science Extension
- PPoultry--Oklahoma State University
- Poultry Extension--Penn State University
