Raise Happy Chickens
How to raise healthy chickens and other poultry in your outdoor space
Seiten
2018
Teach Yourself (Verlag)
978-1-4736-7948-1 (ISBN)
Teach Yourself (Verlag)
978-1-4736-7948-1 (ISBN)
A comprehensive and readable guide to keeping chickens as well as other breeds of poultry, ideal for the amateur and interested newcomer.
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.
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.
Victoria Roberts, BVSc MRCVS, is the premier backyard poultry vet in the UK, has five books on keeping chickens (and other poultry), lectures extensively and regularly contributes to the backyard poultry press.
Intro:: short history of poultry
1.: Chickens
2.: Ducks
3.: Geese
4.: Turkeys
5.: Other birds: Guineafowl and Quail
: 6. Meat production
: 7. Diseases and problems: quick reference chart
8.: Egg recipes
: Appendices
: Vermin control
: Transport regulations
: Exhibiting
: Troubleshooting
: Glossary
: Useful addresses
: Further reading
: Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 18.09.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Teach Yourself - General |
Zusatzinfo | 50 b-and-w |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 164 x 218 mm |
Gewicht | 360 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie | |
Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4736-7948-6 / 1473679486 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4736-7948-1 / 9781473679481 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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