Keeping Chickens, Complete Practical Guide to - Rearing; Care; Choosing Your Breed: A directory of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, and how to keep them, with over 700 photographs (Hardcover)

This visually appealing guide provides all the information that you need in order to start keeping poultry. A buyer's guide shows what features to look for in healthy poultry, and essential information is provided on good poultry husbandry to ensure optimum welfare. A beautifully illustrated guide to poultry breeds of the world follows. Each breed is illustrated with a lavish photograph, and comprehensive text describes the breed type and characteristics. A final chapter looks at popular goose, duck and turkey breeds. If you are interested in keeping chickens in the back yard, selling eggs for profit, or exhibiting pure breeds, this is the perfect book for you.* Includes a comprehensive visual directory of the world's pure breeds or poultry, turkeys, ducks and geese, describing the key characteristics of each. * Common everyday questions are answered, including What is involved in keeping poultry at home? Can chickens make suitable pets? How do I make a poultry house? What is the financial outlay? and What breeds should I choose? * Information is provided on poultry housing, maintenance, feeding, security, health and hygiene.

General

Imprint:	Lorenz Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	Fred Hams
Dimensions:	282 x 216 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-7548-3565-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Farm & working animals Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Domestic animals & pets > Birds, including cage birds
LSN:	0-7548-3565-0
Barcode:	9780754835653

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