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This book is a must for those new to the world of
backyard chicken raising. Everything is here: From building coops to chicken
behavior, it's all here. Being a poultry fancier for many years, and having read
everything on the subject that I could get my hands on, I have to rate this as the BEST
book for beginners in poultry that I have ever encountered.
A reader, November 20, 1996 |
This book has it all. I read several books
on raising poultry before buying this one to have in my library. This book is
a wonderful guide for the beginner, covering all issues related to raising chickens for
eggs, meat, breeding, etc. If you're thinking about raising chickens, this
book will tell you all you need to know to get them off to a good start!
A reader from San Jose, CA, 1999 |
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The
Chicken Health Handbook
by Gail Damerow, Amanda Haar
Paperback (1994) |
The editor of Rural Heritage has written a
first-rate guide for the small producer interested in healthful meat and eggs as well as
the exotic breed fancier raising birds for show. Damerow concentrates on
everything that can go wrong: diseases; problems associated with keeping birds in close
quarters or caging them; litter; cannibalism; vitamin deficiency, resulting in poor
molting; incubators that are too hot or too cold; predators; and the invasions of rats.
She stresses that the best preventative measures involve protecting one's flock against
outside influences (such as wild birds or other chickens), careful culling, and balanced
nutrition. Damerow is a good writer, carefully walking the line between insulting the
reader's intelligence, a flaw with many books of this sort, and giving more technical
information than growers need. Her discussion of how one keeps straight which chick came
from which mating -- which involves the injection of food dyes into fertilized eggs, and
carefully marking the webbings of feet -- is downright ingenious. Flawless.
John Mort Copyright© 1994, American Library Association. All rights reserved |
This book covers a range of topics from "Should I
Raise Poultry?" to "Meat Bird Production". It has information
on choosing the best chicks, poultry housing and equipment, poultry house plans, brooding
and rearing young stock, flock health and lots more.
A reader from Savannah, Georgia, 1998 |
Very good small reference text for beginner on up.
I would recommend this work for those of you thinking of beginning to raise poultry.
Of the three volumes I purchased this has been by far the most useful.
A reader from Adams, Nebraska, 1999 |
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