Keeping Chickens and Other Poultry
Looking After Hens, Ducks, Geese and Turkeys
Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Pets, Science & Nature, Nature
| Author: | Vivien Head | ISBN: | 9781848584945 |
| Publisher: | Arcturus Publishing Limited | Publication: | February 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Arcturus Publishing Limited | Language: | English |
| Author: | Vivien Head |
| ISBN: | 9781848584945 |
| Publisher: | Arcturus Publishing Limited |
| Publication: | February 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Arcturus Publishing Limited |
| Language: | English |
More and more people are enjoying the benefits of keeping poultry, and chickens are perhaps the most rewarding of all. This book provides a practical guide to chicken husbandry, from hatching your first chicks to cooking with produce that you know has come from happy, free-range birds.There are clear step-by-step instructions on how to make your own incubator and chicken coop, as well as advice on introducing a cockerel to the flock, broody hens, dealing with disease and much, much more.Topics include:• Anatomy of a chicken• Choosing chickens• Feeding• Pests and diseases• Eggs• Ducks, geese and other poultry
More and more people are enjoying the benefits of keeping poultry, and chickens are perhaps the most rewarding of all. This book provides a practical guide to chicken husbandry, from hatching your first chicks to cooking with produce that you know has come from happy, free-range birds.There are clear step-by-step instructions on how to make your own incubator and chicken coop, as well as advice on introducing a cockerel to the flock, broody hens, dealing with disease and much, much more.Topics include:• Anatomy of a chicken• Choosing chickens• Feeding• Pests and diseases• Eggs• Ducks, geese and other poultry
