Format:
Book
Author:
Heinrichs, Christine.
Title:
How to raise poultry : everything you need to know / Christine Heinrichs.
Publisher, Date:
Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2009.
Description:
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm
Summary:
Prized for their feathers or eggs, raised for their meat or their beauty or simply for fun, poultry of a dazzling array of sorts and sizes have a place in the heart of farmers, ranchers, and bird fanciers alike. If you want to raise fowl of whatever kind and for whatever reason this book is the perfect place to begin. Poultry expert Christine Heinrichs lays out the distinctions between waterfowl ducks, geese, and swans, turkeys, gamebirds peafowl, pheasants, quail, and others, ratites ostriches, emus, and rheas, and pigeons. She then clearly details the very different requirements for raising each species, from feeding and housing to husbandry and health, to showing and marketing and legal concerns. Whether youre thinking of starting a flock or acquiring a few feathered friends, this handy guide tells you everything you need to know to raise healthy poultry for pleasure or profit or both.
Subjects:
Poultry.
Other Author:
National FFA Organization.
Other Title:
Poultry
Notes:
"Breed guide & selection, proper care & healthy feeding, building facilities."
"FFA, agricultural education."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.
Contents:
Chickens -- Ducks -- Geese -- Swans -- Turkeys -- Guinea fowl -- Game birds -- Ratites -- Management.
LCCN:
2008031989
ISBN:
9780760334799
076033479X
Other Number:
237325093
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
239430
Call Number:
636.5 Heinrich
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
1
# System items in:
1