Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition: Breed Selection, Facilities, Feeding, Health Care, Managing Layers & Meat Birds
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition: Breed Selection, Facilities, Feeding, Health Care, Managing Layers & Meat Birds
Jacket Description/Back: Whether you are raising a few backyard chickens or a flock of 100, this is the book you need to keep your birds healthy and safe. With the...
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Jacket Description/Back: Table of Contents: Preface 1 Choosing a Breed Breeds Breed Selection Purebred versus Hybrid Which First - Chicks or Eggs? Examining Birds Getting Started 2 Fowl Disposition Fowl Language When the Cock Crows Peck Order Fowl Intelligence 3 Shelter Free Range Fenced Range Portable Shelters Permanent Shelters Cages Fences 4 Feed and Water Water The Natural Chicken Feed Choices Feeding Routines Feeders Feed Storage 5 Routine Management Cannibalism Predators Weather Considerations Coop Cleanup Dealing with Manure Trimming Procedures Handling Chickens Enterprise Integration 6 Health Care Biosecurity Parasites Health, Disease, and Disease Resistance Poisons and Other Hazards First Aid 7 Laying-Hen Management Egg Formation Layer Nutrition Controlled Lighting Distinguishing Layers from Liars Egg Issues Flock Replacement Egg Sales 8 Eggs for Eating Egg Collection Egg Quality Egg Safety Nutritional Value Preserving Eggs 9 Managing a Breeder Flock Rise and Fall of Breeds Breeding Plan Methods of Breeding The Gene Connection Inbreeding Depression Culling for a Healthy, Hardy Flock Feeding Breeders Mating Logistics Artificial Insemination Sex Determination 10 Hatching Eggs Egg Collection Natural Incubation Incubating Eggs Artificially Candling the Eggs The Hatch Chick Identification Record Keeping 11 Chick Care Natural Brooding Mechanical Brooders Brooder Features Feed and Water Chick Problems and Solutions 12 Exhibiting Your Chickens Why Show? Selecting Birds for Show Rules of the Game Coop Training Conditioning At the Show After the Show Become a Master Exhibitor 13 Managing Meat Birds Meat Breeds Management Methods Feeding Meat Birds Broiler Health Issues Production and Marketing Choices Readiness for Butchering 14 Meat on the Table Killing Picking Evisceration Cooling Cutting Up Storing Poultry Sanitation and Safety Glossary Recommended Reading Index Metric Conversion Charts Biographical Note: Gail Damerow has raised chickens for more than four decades and has written extensively about poultry and other livestock, gardening, and rural know-how. Her 17 books include The Chicken Encyclopedia, Hatching and Brooding Your Own Chicks, and the essential wellness guide for a thriving flock: The Chicken Health Handbook. Publisher Marketing: Revised and updated, this is the most trusted and comprehensive reference you can find for chicken care, housing, feeding, and health care. Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of Gail Damerow's comprehensive handbook is now completely revised and redesigned, making it more accessible and informative than ever. You'll get the most up-to-date details on shelter, food, health care, eggs, chicks, and meat, and recent research into chicken behavior and communication makes the sections on flock management truly authoritative. New color photos and illustrations provide more specificity and information about chicken breeds, anatomy, and health.
Contributor Bio:Damerow, Gail Gail Damerow has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including What's Killing My Chickens? and the best-selling Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, and Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks. She lives in Gainesboro, Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard. Find her online at gaildamerow.com. |
Author: Damerow, Gail
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2017-12-26
BISAC: Technology & Engineering|Agriculture|Animal Husbandry|Business & Economics|Industries|Agribusiness|Pets|Birds
Subjects: Chickens
Weight: 2.1 lbs
ISBN: 9781612129303
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781612129303
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