Keeping Chickens and Other Poultry [antikvár]

More and more people are enjoying the benefits of keeping poultry, and chickens are perhaps the most rewarding of all. This book provides a practical guide to chicken husbandry, from hatching your first chicks to cooking with produce that you know has come from happy, free-range birds. There are clear step-by-step instructions on how to make your own incubator and chicken coop, as well as advice on introducing a cockerel to the flock, broody hens, dealing with disease and much, much more. Topics include: • Anatomy of a chicken • Choosing chickens • Feeding • Pests and diseases • Eggs • Ducks, geese and other poultry