Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities

Damerow, Gail

ISBN 10: 158017325X / ISBN 13: 9781580173254

Editore: Storey Publishing, LLC, 1995

Codice articolo 158017325X-3-27637401

Riassunto:

Here is all the information you need to successfully raise chickens — from choosing breeds and hatching chicks to building coops, keeping the birds healthy, and protecting them from predators. This revised third edition contains a new chapter on training chickens and understanding their intelligence, expanded coverage of hobby farming, and up-to-date information on chicken health issues, including avian influenza and fowl first aid.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Once you decide to raise chickens, you'll need all the information and advice you can get. And lucky for you, this book is as far as you'll have to look. A Guide to Raising Chickens contains everything you need to know, from starting your own backyard flock to putting eggs on the table. With easy-to-understand illustrations and text, this book shows you all about:

-- Choosing the right breed

-- Caring for chicks

--Feeding the growing flock

-- Building feeders and shelters

-- Collecting and storing eggs

-- Preventing health problems

-- Raising broilers for meat

-- Showing your chickens

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / ...
Casa editrice: Storey Publishing, LLC
Data di pubblicazione: 1995
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Good
Edizione: seconda edizione