Small-Scale Poultry Keeping

Small-Scale Poultry Keeping
Author: Ray Feltwell
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2011-03-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0571265391

Whether you hope to produce eggs and poultry meat for local sale, or simply relish the joy of eating your own freshly collected free-range eggs, this new addition gives invaluable advice on the type of poultry to choose, housing, feeding, breeding and general management.

Poultry Book - A Guide for Big or Small Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers

Poultry Book - A Guide for Big or Small Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers
Author: Harry Roberts
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1447487303

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to keeping poultry on a small and large scale, with detailed information on selection and breeding, feeding, rearing, housing, plucking, and all other related aspects. Contents include: “The Beginner”, “Breeds and Strains”, “Houses and Appliances”, “Foods and Feeding”, “Hatching”, “Rearing”, “Backyard Poultry Keeping”, “Intensive Poultry Keeping”, “Winter Egg Production”, “Day Old Chicks”, “Ducks”, “Turkeys”, “Geese”, “Guinea Fowls”, “Diseases of Poultry”, “Vermin”, “Egg Preserving”, “Killing and Shaping”, “Plucking, Drawing, Trussing”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on poultry farming.

Modern Poultry Management

Modern Poultry Management
Author: Herbert Howes
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2016-12-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1473347599

First published in 1939, this is a vintage handbook on poultry farming, with chapters on selection, breeding, feeding, housing, and more. 'Modern Poultry Management' contains a wealth of timeless, practical information and is highly recommended for modern poultry farmers and keepers. Contents include: 'important Branches of the Industry', 'Up-to-Date Methods of Poultry-keeping', 'Breeds and Crosses for General Poultry-keepers and Backyarders', 'General Management of Stock for Laying and Breeding Purposes', 'Incubation', 'Artificial and Natural', 'Rearing the Chicks', 'Feeding and General Management of Chicks from Shell to Maturity', etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with the original text and images.