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Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Poultry Herald
Author: Locally Laid
Author: Lucie B. AmundsenPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 069840405X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
How a Midwestern family with no agriculture experience went from a few backyard chickens to a full-fledged farm—and discovered why local chicks are better. When Lucie Amundsen had a rare night out with her husband, she never imagined what he’d tell her over dinner—that his dream was to quit his office job (with benefits!) and start a commercial-scale pasture-raised egg farm. His entire agricultural experience consisted of raising five backyard hens, none of whom had yet laid a single egg. To create this pastured poultry ranch, the couple scrambles to acquire nearly two thousand chickens—all named Lola. These hens, purchased commercially, arrive bereft of basic chicken-y instincts, such as the evening urge to roost. The newbie farmers also deal with their own shortcomings, making for a failed inspection and intense struggles to keep livestock alive (much less laying) during a brutal winter. But with a heavy dose of humor, they learn to negotiate the highly stressed no-man’s-land known as Middle Agriculture. Amundsen sees firsthand how these midsized farms, situated between small-scale operations and mammoth factory farms, are vital to rebuilding America’s local food system. With an unexpected passion for this dubious enterprise, Amundsen shares a messy, wry, and entirely educational story of the unforeseen payoffs (and frequent pitfalls) of one couple’s ag adventure—and many, many hours spent wrangling chickens.
Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Poultry Science, Chicken Culture
Author: Susan Merrill SquierPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813549248
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Poultry Science, Chicken Culture is a collection of essays about the chickenùthe familiar domestic bird that has played an intimate part in our cultural, scientific, social, economic, legal, and medical practices and concerns since ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. --
Commercial Poultry
Author: Monthly Bulletin. New Series
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
The Minnesota Horticulturist
Author: Minnesota Farmers' Institute Annual
Author: Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens
Author: Gail DamerowPublisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 158017325X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much more.
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