Poultry for Profit and Pleasure

Poultry for Profit and Pleasure
Author: Robyn G. Alders
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2004
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251050750

This publication is part of a series which seeks to raise awareness amongst policymakers and agricultural support services in low and middle income countries about sustainable income generation opportunities for small-scale farmers and local communities. It contains guidance on the keeping of poultry, and topics discussed include: the history of domestic poultry production, its contribution to sustainable rural livelihoods, key components of rural poultry production, diversification and intensification issues, utilisation of poultry products. It includes examples of case studies of poultry production schemes in Bangladesh, South Africa, Guatemala, Cambodia and the Philippines.

Poultry-Keeping for Pleasure and Profit

Poultry-Keeping for Pleasure and Profit
Author: Charles E. Brooke
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2017-05-21
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9780259922490

Excerpt from Poultry-Keeping for Pleasure and Profit: What to Do, and How to Do It Each year the railway company brings into the district about tons of live poultry, chiefly from Ireland, to be fattened when the supplies of English birds run short. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Practical Poultry Keeping

Practical Poultry Keeping
Author: David Bland
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2014-11-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1847979726

Practical Poultry Keeping is a clear, in-depth guide to this topical subject that will enable anyone to keep poultry for pleasure or profit. Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and explanatory line-drawings, it includes: poultry breeds and uses; poultry housing and equipment; breeding and sexing birds; common problems with eggs; natural and artificial incubation and rearing; nutrition and diet; rearing birds for the table; effective planning, management and marketing and recognizing and preventing common diseases.