Author(s): Marina Steinke

Pets & Animals

With more than 500 photographs this complete guide to poultry husbandry tells you everything you need to know about keeping and breeding poultry. Tailored to New Zealand conditions, this well illustrated guide is a must-have for anyone who has ever contemplated keeping a few backyard hens. The following topics are covered: Getting Started, Choosing and Buying Your Birds, Looking after Your Feathered Friends, Everything about Eggs, Commercial Hybrid Layers, Heritage Poultry Breeds in New Zealand, What to Feed to Your Feathered Friends, Gardening with Hens, Artificial Egg Incubation, Raising Chicks, Breeding with Broodies, Roosters, Breeding Poultry, Making Money with Heritage Breeds, Poultry for Meat, Semi Commercial Flocks, Keeping Your Feathered Friends Safe, Pests and Parasites, Diseases and other Problems, Defects, The Poultry Medicine Cabinet, Exhibiting Poultry, Ducks, Muscovy Ducks, Geese, Quail, Pheasants, Turkeys, Guinea Fowl, Pea Fowl.