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Backyard Poultry Keeping

出版	Crowood Press, 2007
主題	Nature / Animals / GeneralPets / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry
ISBN	18612695879781861269584
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=idYwGQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"Backyard Poultry Keeping" is aimed at all those interested in small-scale poultry keeping and, despite having only a small amount of space at their disposal, want to raise poultry on a non-commercial basis. It covers every sort of domestic fowl, from the smallest of bantams to the tallest of geese and from the lightest of egg-laying utility breeds to the heaviest turkeys. Event he more unusual tpes are not forgotten, quail, for example, begin laying at six weeks, therby supplying hard-boiled eggs for a salad and an impressive main course for dinner guests. Topics covered: Explains how to get started, choose the right birds and obtain correct stock. Considers the financial costs, budgets and record keeping. Examines housing, feeding, breeding, hatching and rearing, and health hygiene. Discusses egg production, killing birds for the table and the legalities of selling to the public. AUTHOR: Jeremy Hobson has been involved in gamekeeping and shoot management for over thirty years. He is now an established freelance writer living in France. He has a life-long interest in keeping and breeding chickens and bantams. Jeremy has writen for almost all of the UK-based country magazines and is the author of numerous books. 69 colour photographs & 19 line drawings