Author: Arthur RolandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Farming for Pleasure and Profit
Author: Arthur RolandChickens, 2nd Edition
Author: Sue WeaverPublisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1935484915
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Hobby Farms Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit is geared toward the hobby farmer looking to begin his or her own flock of chickens on a small farm or even backyard. Author Sue Weaver, who keeps various exotic breeds and countless barnies on her farm, is an expert on all things livestock and an avowed chicken fanatic. This photo-filled guide begins with “Chickens 101” and details the physiology of chickens, members of the Phasianidea family, providing beginning hobby farmers with a basic education in the chicken’s unique physical makeup (from wings and feathers to beaks and digestive tracts), behavior, mating, and its unexpected high intelligence. The author offers advice on choosing the right types of chickens to get started: meat, egg, or dual purpose, or maybe even “just for pets.” The book is an excellent resource for selecting which breed of chicken is best for the hobby farmer, based on the birds’ traits, such as aggression, personality, noise factor, tolerance for heat, confinement, cold, etc. Chickens also provides information on selecting or building a suitable chicken coop for the hobby farmer’s brood, outlining the basic requirements (lighting, ventilation, flooring, waterers, insulation, safety, and so forth). A detailed chapter on feeding chickens offers essential guidance on nutrition, commercial feeds, supplements, and water requirements. For the chicken hobby farmer looking to start with a clutch of baby chicks (from his own hen or an outside source), the author provides excellent info on incubators and hatching as well as all of the accommodations and preparation required for hens in the nest box. A chapter on selling eggs and broilers provides timetables, requirements, and dos and don’ts to get a hobby farmer’s business off on the right foot. All chicken keepers will find the chapter on health of particular value, with expert advice on preventing common problems and dealing various maladies and diseases. Much detailed information about all of the topics in the book is encapsulated in sidebars. A glossary of over 125 terms plus a detailed resource section of chicken and poultry associations, books, and websites complete the volume. Fully indexed.
How to Raise Poultry for Profit
Author: National Poultry Institute (Washington, D.C.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Productive Poultry Husbandry
Author: Harry Reynolds LewisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Poultry, Garden and Home
Author: Big Four Successful Poultry Journal
Author: The Smith Method of Poultry Keeping
Author: Henry TraffordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Pastured Poultry Profits
Author: Joel SalatinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780963810908
Category : Chicken industry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A proven production model is described, which is capable of producing an income from a small acreage of equal or superior to that of off-farm jobs.
The Joy of Keeping Chickens
Author: Jennifer MegyesiPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1634500261
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Finally backyard farmers who want to keep a few hens for eggs have a bible that's attractive enough to leave out on the coffee table, and inexpensive enough to purchase on a whim. This comprehensive guide, written in charming prose from the perspective of an organic farmer, will appeal to readers who are interested in raising chickens, or simply want the best knowledge about how to cook them. With this in mind, farmer and animal expert Jennifer Megyesi discusses all the basic details of raising the birds—general biology, health, food, choosing breeds, and so on—and she cuts through the smoke to identify what terms like "organic," "free-range," and so on really mean for poultry farmers and consumers. No chicken book would be complete without information on how to show chickens for prizes, and this is no different, but The Joy of Keeping Chickens also stresses the importance of self-sustainability and organic living, and the satisfaction of keeping heirloom breeds. Readers will appreciate the comprehensive nature of this readable, informative guide, and Megyesi's enthusiasm about keeping chickens. Coupled with Geoff Hansen's gorgeous full-color photographs, this text makes for an instant classic in the category.
... First Lessons in Poultry Keeping
Author: John Henry RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description