Keeping Ducks & Geese - Brossura

Ashton, Chris

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0715331574 ISBN 13: 9780715331576

Casa editrice: David & Charles, 2009

Riassunto

Keeping ducks and geese can be a fascinating hobby for the whole family. From producing eggs for food and painting, quills for writing, birds for exhibition or even eating, ducks and geese can add a new dimension to the garden or smallholding. They make wonderful pets: geese act as guard dogs and ducks are a gardener?s best friend, keeping the pond free of weeds and rescuing crops from a slimy slug massacre.

With detailed information on 40 of the most popular breeds, Keeping Ducks and Geese shows how to select the right breed for you, what you need to get started and how to care for your birds so that you get the best out of them from the outset. A lavish lifestyle section provides recipes for using the rich eggs, family activities, duck and goose folklore, and much more.

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Recensione:

This book is a beauty - written by experts, it is a comprehensive, practical guide that is also stylish and wonderfully illustrated. --Kitchen Garden (Magazine)

'Keeping Ducks and Geese fuses contemporary lifestyle design and authoritative text which will appeal not only to those who already keep waterfowl, but those who are thinking of having them or even just aspire to have the self-sufficient lifestyle they represent' --Feathered World

'the most comprehensive, accessible, stylish and up-to-date practical guide available on keeping ducks and geese' --Country Small Holding

"...is a fantastic inrtoduction to keeping these quirky waterfowl, whether as pets or simply for the delicious eggs they provide." --Country & Border Life

"This very appealing book, full of photographs of some irresistibly cute birds, should inspire many new people to take up ducks and geese. The authors have years of experience of keeping, breeding and judging waterfowl." --The Cottage Gardener

Informative and up-to-date...Breakfast may never be the same again --Amature Gardening

"This very appealing book, full of photographs of some irresistibly cute birds, should inspire many new people to take up ducks and geese. The authors have years of experience of keeping, breeding and judging waterfowl." --The Cottage Gardener

Informative and up-to-date...Breakfast may never be the same again --Amature Gardening

"This very appealing book, full of photographs of some irresistibly cute birds, should inspire many new people to take up ducks and geese. The authors have years of experience of keeping, breeding and judging waterfowl." --The Cottage Gardener

L'autore:

Chris and Mike Ashton are leading writers, breeders and administrators in the British Waterfowl world. As well as winning numerous British Waterfowl Association Awards for their ducks and geese, they have both chaired the BWA Standards Committee and Mike is currently the chief judging examiner for the BWA. They are both regular contributors to specialist magazines and have written two books on the subject.

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• Editore: David & Charles
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0715331574
• ISBN 13: 9780715331576
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128