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Raise Happy Chickens And Other Poultry: Teach Yourself
Victoria Roberts
Paperback
£9.99
ISBN:
9781444101201
Published:
29/01/2010
Extent:
288 pages
Illustrations:
50 b-and-w
Series:
Teach Yourself General
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Summary:
Is this the right book for me?
Raise Happy Chickens and Other Poultry is a quickly accessible but authoritative guide, suitable for total beginners, that provides all the information you need to start keeping your own chickens.
Telling you which breed of bird lays best and providing useful guidance on housing, equipment and the necessities of day-to-day care, it meets all the needs of anyone who dreams of a garden full of happy, clucking birds. It also goes beyond just chickens to other types of poultry, and gives advice and practical guidelines on housing, with full explanation of key areas like welfare, behaviour and diet.
Raise Happy Chickens and Other Poultry includes:
Chapter 1: Chickens
Which breed is best for you?
Buying
Handling chickens
Start-up costs and other considerations
Housing
Routines
Feeding and watering
Health, welfare and behaviour
How to cope with a broody hen
Selling eggs: the regulations
What to do when you want to go on holiday
Breeding your own stock
Chapter 2: Ducks
Which breed is best for you?
Buying
Handling ducks
Start-up costs and other considerations
Housing
Routines
Feeding and watering
Health, welfare and behaviour
How to cope with a broody duck
Selling eggs: the regulations
What to do when you want to go on holiday
Breeding your own stock
Chapter 3: Geese
Which breed is best for you?
Buying
Handling geese
Start-up costs and other considerations
Housing
Routines
Feeding and watering
Health, welfare and behaviour
How to cope with a broody goose
Selling eggs: the regulations
What to do when you want to go on holiday
Breeding your own stock
Chapter 4: Turkey
Which breed is best for you?
Buying
Handling turkey
Start-up costs and other considerations
Housing
Routines
Feeding and watering
Health, welfare and behaviour
How to cope with a broody turkey
Selling eggs: the regulations
What to do when you want to go on holiday
Breeding your own stock
Chapter 5: other breeds - guinea fowl and quail
Guinea fowl
Quail
Chapter 6: Meat production
General principles
Slaughter
Plucking and hanging
Processing and cleaning
Trussing
Chapter 7: Diseases, problems and general troubleshooting
Free-range poultry diseases
Common problems and some causes
Common diseases by age
Life expectancy
Description of major diseases
Chapter 8: Cooking with eggs
Favourite recipes
Learn effortlessly with an easy-to-read page design and new added features:
Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, base
- Suitable for all levels of interest, whether you want poultry for fresh eggs, meat or exhibition
- Written by an expert vet with wide publishing and educational expertise, and excellent industry contacts
- Covers not only chickens, but also ducks, geese, turkeys and even guinea fowl and quail
- Fully illustrated with helpful diagrams and photographs
About the Author(s):
Victoria Roberts, BVSc MRCVS, is the Honorary Veterinary Surgeon for the Poultry Club and demonstrates her considerable poultry expertise in five books on keeping chickens as well as in her position as editor of the Poultry Club newsletter.
Reviews:
"A comprehensive introduction to poultry keeping."
- Country Smallholding
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