Practical poultry keeping

Practical Poultry Keeping is a clear, in-depth guide to this topical subject that will enable anyone to keep poultry for pleasure or profit. Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and explanatory line-drawings, it includes poultry breeds and uses; poultry housing and equipment; breeding and sexing birds; common problems with eggs; natural and artificial incubation and rearing; nutrition and diet; rearing birds for the table; effective planning, management, and marketing; and recognizing and preventing common diseases. This book has been written after forty-five years' experience of practical poultry farming and will guide the reader step by step through each of the various stages of setting up and maintaining a unit, which will not only conform to welfare legislation but will be viable, avoiding many, if not all, of the common errors so frequently encountered at the cost of the producer. A detailed guide to poultry keeping, designed to enable anyone to keep poultry for profit. It includes: poultry breeds; housing and equipment; breeding and sexing birds; nutrition and diet; rearing birds for the table; effective planning, management and marketing; and other topics.