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Raising Chickens for Dummies
by: Willis, Kimberly & Ludlow, Rob
Learn to:Raise chickens in virtually any backyard, choose and purchase
chickens, construct the right housing, feed and care for your chickens.
387 pages
c. 2009, S/C...$19.99
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Raising Healthy Poultry (4th Ed)
by: Pestis, Gene
Poultry products are probably the most universally accepted animal protein
sources. Small flocks can be initiated most easily, providing meat and
egg protein. This practical manual now includes a comprehensive section
on diseases. Also included is an excellent section on duck raising. Covers
info such as: types of chickens & breeding practices, housing, equipment,
management, nutrition, poultry health programs, marketing, ducks, &
other kinds of poultry. Illustrated. 138 pgs.
c. 2000, 4th Ed, Rev, S/C...$19.95
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Raising Poultry Successfully
by: Graves, Will
Deciding on a meat only or egg only or dual purpose flock, where and when
to buy chicks, incubation & rearing the young, all about feeds, keeping
a flock healthy, disease control, housing and watering, butchering & dressing
the bird. Covers chickens, ducks and geese. B/W photos & illustrations.
192 pgs.
c. 1985, S/C...$9.95
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Raising Poultry The Modern Way
by: Mercia, Leonard S.
Raising Poultry the Modern Way covers all the essentials, including: selection
of birds for meat or egg production; hatching eggs from your own breeding
flocks; how to house, feed, and manage the birds; disease, parasite, and
predator control; processing, packaging, and quality control of eggs and
meat; where to find supplies and equipment. This new edition also includes
information on incubation and embryology, and a special section on exhibiting
various breeds. Those who want to raise poultry for home consumption or
profit, on a small or intermediate scale, will find quick answers to their
questions in this easy-to-read handbook. The author knows poultry, and
his straightforward advice is sure to make the poultry growing experience
easier and more enjoyable. 240 pgs.
c.1990, Revised, S/C...$9.95
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Raising Poultry The Modern Way
by: Mercia, Leonard S.
Poultry - all about housing, management, incubation, feeding, & health.
224 pgs.
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
c.1975, S/C...$5.00
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Raising Your Own Turkeys
by: Mercia, Leonard
Brooding the poults, management, breeding flocks, health, processing,
recipes.
c.1981...S/C...$12.95
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Sexing All Fowl, Baby Chicks, Game Birds, Cage Birds
by: Stromberg, Loyl
Sexing: chicks, ducks, geese, swans, wild waterfowl, guineas, pheasant,
quail, partridge, doves, canaries, finches, cockatiels, lovebirds, parrots,
pea fowl, ratites. Sexing instruments, factors affecting sex ratio, interesting
ancient beliefs, lists of clubs & magazines, and much more. Line drawings
& B/W photos. 96 pgs
c.1977, S/C...$9.95
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Sheep, Swine, & Poultry
by: Jennings, Robert
A reprint of an old, scarce, hard-to-find book (late 1800's?) by the Michigan
Historical Reprint Series. Embracing the varieties of each (sheep, swine
and poultry); the best modes of breeding; their feeding & management;
together with their diseases to which they are respectively subject; and
the appropriate remedies for each. Illustrations. 490 pgs.
c. 2006,(Reprint of book originally written in the mid-late 1800's),
S/C...$29.99
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Small-Scale Poultry Keeping: A Guide To Free-Range Poultry Production
by: Feltwell, Ray
Breeds, eggs, housing, incubation, sexing, management, feeding, shows.
Covers: ducks, geese, & turkeys. 176 pgs.
c. 1992, S/C...$13.95
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Storey's Guide To Raising Poultry
by: Leonard S. Mercia
Contains the most comprehensive and current information available on:
selecting birds for meat or egg production, housing & equipment, home
processing of eggs & poultry, flock health, brooding & rearing. B/W photos
& line drawings. 343 pgs.
c. 2001, S/C...$18.95
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Storey's Guide To Raising Turkeys
by: Leonard S. Mercia
Contains the most current information available on: selecting the right
turkey, breeding & management, processing, feeding, housing, and flock
health. B/W photos & line drawings. 199 pgs.
c. 2001, S/C...$18.95
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Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds
by: Ekarius, Carol
Presented here, breed by breed, are more than 120 barnyard fowl —
chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, emu, guinea fowl, ostriches, partridges,
peafowl, pheasants, quails & swans. For each animal, readers will
find stunning color photography, a brief history, and a detailed description.
The identifying characteristics included for each breed are: class (standard
and bantam); size (for cocks and hens); appearance of comb, wattles, and
earlobes; color (everything from black-breasted red to silver laced);
place of origin; conservation status; and special qualities (including
longevity, size and quantity of eggs, quality of meat, and other relevant
uses). Author Carol Ekarius provides enough information to satisfy both
the dedicated browser and the serious farmer weighing the pros and cons
of multiple breeds. 278 pgs.
c. 2007, S/C...$24.95
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Strictly For The Chickens
by: Hamerstrom, Frances
All about the greater prairie chicken and the woman who saved them from
being endangered. 174 pgs.
c. 1980, H/C...$20.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
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Success With Baby Chicks
by: Plamondon, Robert
A complete guide to hatchery selection, mail-order chicks, day-old chick
care, brooding, brooder plans, feeding and housing. B/W photos. 155 pgs.
c. 2003, S/C...$15.95
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Turkeys (Popular Farming Series Magazine)
by: Hobby Farms Magazine Editors
The Popular Farming® Series is a collection of magabooks™
that provides valuable information to those who already have a small farm
as well as those who are pondering the big move to the country. Turkeys
has everything you need to know to start raising turkeys or to embark
on a new adventure with your flock. With beautiful photos and in-depth
articles, Turkeys is a must for any poultry enthusiast’s or small
farmer’s library. Contents: Turkey time: The History of Wild and
Domesticated Turkeys; Variety is the Spice of Life (Breeds); Select Smart;
Bird-Brained Behaviors; Hatch a Plan: Seeking Sanctuary (Shelter); Turkey
Trot:Daily Chores; Security Matters; Tip-Top Turkeys (Illness or Disease);
Profitable Poults (Starting a Turkey Business); All-Natural Turkey Raising;
Totally Turkey (Memorabilia, Festivals and more) and Turkey Delight (Recipes).
Includes a Glossary & List of Resources. 128 pgs.
c. 2009, Magazine...$9.99
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Turkeys At Home (Gold Cockerel Series)
by: Roberts, Michael & Victoria
A practical guide to rearing and keeping turkeys. 64 pgs.
c.1989...S/C...$17.95
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Wild Turkey: Biology & Management
by: Dickson, James
Chronicles the history, biology and management of the wild turkey in a
readable standard reference on all aspects of the wild turkey. Chapters
on: history, physical characteristics, behavior, foods & feeding, physiology,
population, habitat, the wild turkey in different parts of the country,
and recreational use and its future. 1200 references with nearly 400 B/W
photos & 40 color photos. 463 pgs.
c.1992...H/C...$79.95
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Wild Turkey Country
by: Williams, Jr. Lovett
History, behavior, life cycles, foods & habitat, seasonal life.
c.1991...S/C...$19.95
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Wild Turkeys: Hunting & Watching
by: Mettler, Jr., John
This book explains how to choose clothing, firearms, and equipment, all
about turkey distribution, feeding patterns, and mating rituals, how to
dress a turkey carcass, mount a prize bird, and photograph turkeys in
the wild. 176 pgs.
c.1998...S/C...$14.95
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World Of The Wild Turkey
by: Lewis, James
Describes 6 subspecies. Follows turkeys through the year, their complex
behavior, and their future.
c. 1973, H/C...$35.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
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