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Breeds of Geese - A Collection of Articles on The Domestic, The Chinese, The Roman, The Toulouse and Other Varieties of Geese... Breeds of Geese - A Collection of Articles on The Domestic, The Chinese, The Roman, The Toulouse and Other Varieties of Geese (Paperback)
Various
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "Breeds of Geese" contains information on the Domestic, the Chinese, the Roman and many more. It is intended to illustrate the characteristics of the main breeds and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Chicken Tractor - The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, Homestead (3rd) Edition (Paperback, 3rd Homestead (... Chicken Tractor - The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, Homestead (3rd) Edition (Paperback, 3rd Homestead ( ed.)
Andrew W Lee, Patricia L Foreman
R596 Discovery Miles 5 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Chicken Tractor The Homestead (3rd) Edition This is the book that tells you how to integrate small flocks of poultry in with family food production. There is a "back to the land" movement happening across the world, and it's happening in backyards and on small parcels of land. Chicken tractor systems have become so popular that the term "chicken tractor" is a household word. This is the definitive book that leads the way. Learn how you can: Raise homestead flocks for eggs, meat and money. Use chickens to create super-rich soils that enable hyper-productive gardens. Easily, step-by-step, process poultry at home. Build custom chicken tractors for your homestead. Make a straw bale coop for your flock. Understand how to select, buy and raise the best chickens for your goals. Chicken Tractor is a revolutionary, practical, hands-on book that has helped tens of thousands of gardeners create better gardens. It has changed the lives of millions of chickens all across the planet. In a world full of theory and unapplied academics, Chicken Tractor shines as a sterling example of a practical prototype developed by dirt-under-the-fingernails, creative thinkers. The simple elegance in design and description challenge me afresh to smack my forehead and exclaim "now why didn't I think of that" In our efforts to bring new paradigms to poultry production, we share a common vision, a brand-new ethics of excellence for proper models, delicious food and local profit potentials. - Joel Salatin, Author and Polyface Farmer

Poultry And Egg Production (Paperback): Various Poultry And Egg Production (Paperback)
Various
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Questions Answered About Poultry (Paperback): Cyril Grange Questions Answered About Poultry (Paperback)
Cyril Grange
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all poultry enthusiasts. Equally as valuable to an amateur poultry keeper as to those in the agricultural industry its 191 pages contain a wealth of information and anecdote on a variety of aspects of poultry husbandry. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

City Chicks (Paperback): Patricia L Foreman City Chicks (Paperback)
Patricia L Foreman
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Chickens have become the mascot of the local food movement. A desire for sustainable, clean, wholesome food and superior soil quality has led more and more suburban and city dwellers to keep laying hens in their backyards and gardens. Learn how you can: [ Be close to your food source with a continuous supply of fresh, heart-healthy eggs to feed yourself and others. [ Take the best care of your chickens and find out where to buy them. [ Learn how to be a chicken whisperer. [ Improve your garden soil for super yields, superior flavor, and optimal nutrition. [ Recycle food, grass clippings and yard waste, make compost and help reduce trash going to landfills, saving millions of municipal taxpayer dollars. [ Help save millions of municipal tax payer dollars by diverting food and yard waste from landfills; instead create compost - with the help of your flock. [ Raise baby chicks with items you already have. [ Avoid getting roosters and why you don't want them. [ Learn how to be a Poultry Primary Health Care Practitioner. [ Make and use effective and inexpensive treatments for your flock as described in the Poultry's Pharmacy. Learn how others: [ Have built urban chicken tractors, hen huts, condos and chicken chateaus to blend in with neighborhood landscape and architecture. [ Join in urban eco-agro-tourism with annual coop & garden home tours for fund raising. [ Start or join local poultry clubs. [ Keep small flocks to help preserve endangered breeds of chickens. [ Draft and pass local laws allowing laying hens within their town's limits. By the co-author of Chicken Tractor, Backyard Market Gardening and Day Range Poultry. City Chicks is a remarkable trend-setting book for poultry lovers and urban agriculturists. The imaginative and entertaining style of writing is combined with hands-on, real-life experience to bring you one of the most complete and authorative books on micro-flock management.

Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard (Paperback): Jessi Bloom, Kate Baldwin Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard (Paperback)
Jessi Bloom, Kate Baldwin
R617 R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Save R82 (13%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Important tips include attractive and effective fencing options to keep the chickens contained and guidance for choosing the best plants for gardeners and their birds. For everyone who has been bitten by the chicken bug, this indispensable guide is a must-have for how to garden with, for, and around chickens. Only book to teach readers how to have a thriving garden and chickens too! Innovative ideas for gardening with chickens, including solar and green roof coops Extensive lists of the best plants to create a chicken-friendly oasis, and design strategies and problem solving plans for homeowners

Plucked! - The Truth About Chicken (Paperback): Maryn McKenna Plucked! - The Truth About Chicken (Paperback)
Maryn McKenna 1
R463 R236 Discovery Miles 2 360 Save R227 (49%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'This is an important book. You can't understand the radical cheapening of food, with all its unpleasant effects, for farm animals and our most cherished rural landscapes, until you begin to understand the industrialisation of chicken. Industrial chicken is now displacing many more sustainable farming systems, driving them out of business. This book explains how that happened and why we should all be worried about it and demand change' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life Plucked! examines everything that has gone wrong in the modern agricultural system: overuse of antibiotics, threats to the environment, violations of animal welfare, destruction of farming communities, disruption of international trade and delivery of over-processed, obesity-promoting, nutritionally hollow food. Drawing on years of research into the 'big chicken' industry, acclaimed science writer Maryn McKenna uncovers the people searching for solutions and seeking to return chicken to a sustainable and honoured place on our plate and asking whether, with reform, chicken can safely feed the world. Rich with characters who together propelled the story of chicken's unintended consequences, Plucked! will reveal how the antibiotic era created modern agriculture. It is an eye-opening exploration of how the world's most popular meat came to define so much more than just chicken nuggets.

Biology of Breeding Poultry (Hardcover): Paul Hocking Biology of Breeding Poultry (Hardcover)
Paul Hocking
R3,783 Discovery Miles 37 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book reviews the biological science and background to breeding meat poultry, specifically broiler, turkey and duck. These commercial birds have been changed by genetic selection to such an extent that they are substantially different from traditional breeds and laying hens. Covering science, management and husbandry systems, this comprehensive text provides the most up to date collection of papers on the topic from a range of international experts.

Raise Happy Chickens - How to raise healthy chickens and other poultry in your outdoor space (Paperback): Victoria Roberts Raise Happy Chickens - How to raise healthy chickens and other poultry in your outdoor space (Paperback)
Victoria Roberts 1
R450 R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Save R75 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Is this the right book for me? Raise Happy Chickens 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.

Spirulina Platensis in Poultry Nutrition (Hardcover, Unabridged edition): Hosna Hajati, Mojtaba Zaghari Spirulina Platensis in Poultry Nutrition (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
Hosna Hajati, Mojtaba Zaghari
R2,210 Discovery Miles 22 100 Out of stock

Today, due to the high population of human beings, scientists are increasingly concerned with food shortages and searching for alternative sources of dietary protein, such as algae, insects, and worms. Spirulina represents a superior alternative source, as it has a high nutrient content without toxicity, and can be reared in many countries worldwide. Given the limited amount of studies on the advantages and disadvantages of using Spirulina in birds' diets, this book fills an important research gap. It highlights the nutritional aspects of using Spirulina in poultry diets, and will appeal to animal husbandry and veterinary students, professors, feed formulators, poultry production consultants and farmers.

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