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.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"A comprehensive introduction to poultry keeping." * - Country Smallholding *
Reihe
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 138 mm
Breite: 215 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-7948-1 (9781473679481)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
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
