
The Complete Guide to Poultry Breeds
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Content
- Intro
- Dedication and Author Acknowledgement
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Chickens
- Chapter 1: Getting Started: Some Initial Considerations
- Property: Acreage to Zoning
- Pocketbook: Start-up Costs and Feed Bills
- The Rundown of Raising Chickens
- A History of the Chicken and Chicken Production
- Chapter 2: Chicken Breeds to Choose From
- Meat Breeds
- Laying Breeds
- Dual-Purpose Breeds
- Ornamental Breeds
- Chapter 3: Raising Chickens
- Chick Care
- Designing Your Chicken Coop
- A Sample Chicken Coop Plan
- Plan for an 8' x 8' Layer House - 15 to 20 Hens
- Nutritional Requirements
- Clipping Wings
- Chapter 4: Behavior and Production Management
- Behavior
- Managing Your Birds
- Egg Oddities
- Nesting
- Chapter 5: Butchering Your Chickens
- Getting Ready
- Methods of Killing Your Chickens
- Processing the Carcass
- Professional Butchering
- New Homes for Chicks and Chickens
- Part 2: Turkeys
- Chapter 6: Turkeys
- History
- Turkey Anatomy
- Turkey Breeds
- Heritage Breed Preservation
- Chapter 7: Raising Turkeys
- The Turkey House
- Behavior and Breeding
- Nutritional Requirements
- Confinement versus Pasture/Free Range
- Breeding Turkeys and Incubating Eggs
- Part 3: Waterfowl
- Chapter 8: Ducks
- Why Raise Ducks?
- Duck Breeds
- Raising Ducks
- Nutritional Requirements
- Duck Husbandry
- Breeding
- Removing Feathers
- Chapter 9: Geese
- History
- Domestic Goose Breeds
- Raising Geese
- Breeding Geese
- Using Geese as Guards and for Weeding Crops
- Part 4: Game Birds
- Chapter 10: Pheasants, Partridge, and Quail
- History
- Game Fowl
- Species of Game Birds
- Behavior
- Nutritional Needs
- Starting a Flock
- Housing the Game Bird
- Breeding
- Chapter 11: Ornamental Game Birds
- History of the Guinea Fowl and Peafowl
- Guinea Fowl
- Peafowl
- Nutritional Needs
- Behavior
- Egg Laying and Brooding
- Chapter 12: Poultry Health
- Viral diseases
- Bacterial diseases
- Parasitic diseases
- Internal parasites
- External parasites
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Some other nutritional disorders
- Behavioral problems
- Loss Prevention
- Conclusion: Making Your Decisions Easier
- Appendix: Information and Resources
- Heritage Breed Conservation
- Web Resources
- Glossary
- General Terms
- Chicken Terms to Know
- Turkey Terms to Know
- Ducks and Geese Terms to Know
- Game Birds Terms to Know
- Guinea Terms to Know
- Author Biography
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