The complete guide to poultry breeds Everything you need to know explained simply
Book - 2011
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- Published
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Ocala, Fla. :
Atlantic Pub. Group, Inc
2011.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 287 pages : illustrations
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781601383778
- Introduction
- Part 1. Chickens
- Chapter 1. Getting Started: Some Initial Considerations
- Property: Acreage to Zoning
- Pocketbook: Start-up Costs and Feed Bills
- The Rundown of Raising Chickens
- A History of the Chicken and Chicken Production
- Case Study: From Corporate to Coop
- Chapter 2. Chicken Breeds to Choose From
- Meat Breeds
- Laying Breeds
- Dual-Purpose Breeds
- Ornamental Breeds
- Chapter 3. Raising Chickens
- Chick Care
- Designing Your Chicken Coop
- A Sample Chicken Coop Plan
- Plan for an 8' x 8' Layer House - 15 to 20 Hens
- Nutritional Requirements
- Clipping Wings
- Chapter 4. Behavior and Production Management
- Behavior
- Managing Your Birds
- Egg Oddities
- Nesting
- Case Study: Prevention of Egg Eating
- Case Study: Proper Handling of Eggs: From Hen to Consumption
- Chapter 5. Butchering Your Chickens
- Getting Ready
- Methods of Killing Your Chickens
- Processing the Carcass
- Professional Butchering
- New Homes for Chicks and Chickens
- Case Study: Family Fowl
- Part 2. Turkeys
- Chapter 6. Turkeys
- History
- Turkey Anatomy
- Turkey Breeds
- Heritage Breed Preservation
- Chapter 7. Raising Turkeys
- The Turkey House
- Behavior and Breeding
- Nutritional Requirements
- Confinement versus Pasture/Free Range
- Breeding Turkeys and Incubating Eggs
- Part 3. Waterfowl
- Chapter 8. Ducks
- Why Raise Ducks?
- Duck Breeds
- Raising Ducks
- Nutritional Requirements
- Duck Husbandry
- Breeding
- Removing Feathers
- Chapter 9. Geese
- History
- Domestic Goose Breeds
- Raising Geese
- Breeding Geese
- Using Geese as Guards and for Weeding Crops
- Part 4. Game Birds
- Chapter 10. Pheasants, Partridge, and Quail
- History
- Game Fowl
- Species of Game Birds
- Behavior
- Nutritional Needs
- Starting a Flock
- Housing the Game Bird
- Breeding
- Chapter 11. Ornamental Game Birds
- History of the Guinea Fowl and Peafowl
- Guinea Fowl
- Peafowl
- Nutritional Needs
- Behavior
- Egg Laying and Brooding
- Chapter 12. Poultry Health
- Loss prevention
- Conclusion: Making Your Decisions Easier
- Appendix A. Information and Resources
- Heritage Breed Conservation
- Web Resources
- Glossary
- General Terms
- Chicken Terms to Know
- Turkey Terms to Know
- Duck and Geese Terms to Know
- Game Bird Terms to Know
- Guinea Terms to Know
- Index
- Author Biography