The backyard chicken book: a beginner's guide

by Schwanz, Lee

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Full title :The backyard chicken book : a beginner's guide / edited by H. Lee Schwanz.

Summary

"If yours is one of the growing number of families interested in raising chickens for eggs or meat, The Backyard Chicken Book contains all the essential information for the hatching, brooding, rearing, and managing family-sized poultry flocks. The first step in deciding on a family flock is to determine what breed may work best for your needs. For example, you can go with a laying breed such as the White Leghorn that produces top-quality eggs but provides little meat. Or, you could select a dual-purpose Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire that provides fewer eggs but much better meat. In addition to helping you select your type, this handy guide will also tell you what you need to know about: providing housing for home poultry flocks; rearing the laying flock pullets; managing laying problems; fighting pests and disease; and raising other poultry such as ducks, turkeys, geese, bantams, and guinea fowl"--Page 4 of cover.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Skyhorse Publishing
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

Notes

"The perfect beginner's guide to raising a backyard flock"--Cover.

"Revised and updated from the book originally published as The Family Poultry Flock ©1979 by Farmer's Digest, Inc."--Title page verso.