Keeping Chickens, Complete Practical Guide to

Fred Hams

ISBN 10: 0754835650 / ISBN 13: 9780754835653

Published by Anness Publishing, GB, 2022

About this Item

This visually appealing guide provides all the information that you need in order to start keeping poultry. A buyer's guide shows what features to look for in healthy poultry, and essential information is provided on good poultry husbandry to ensure optimum welfare. A beautifully illustrated guide to poultry breeds of the world follows. Each breed is illustrated with a lavish photograph, and comprehensive text describes the breed type and characteristics. A final chapter looks at popular goose, duck and turkey breeds. If you are interested in keeping chickens in the back yard, selling eggs for profit, or exhibiting pure breeds, this is the perfect book for you.* Includes a comprehensive visual directory of the world'spure breeds or poultry, turkeys, ducks and geese, describing the key characteristics of each. * Common everyday questions are answered, including What is involved in keeping poultry at home? Can chickens make suitable pets? How do I make a poultry house? What is the financial outlay? and What breeds should I choose? * Information is provided on poultry housing,maintenance, feeding, security, health and hygiene.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Keeping Chickens, Complete Practical Guide to
• Publisher: Anness Publishing, GB
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754835650
• ISBN 13: 9780754835653
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A directory of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, and how to keep them, with more than 700 photographs, by Fred Hams

This comprehensive book contains all the information that you need in order to start keeping poultry.

A buyer’s guide shows what features to look for in healthy poultry, and essential information is provided on good poultry husbandry to ensure optimum welfare.

A beautifully illustrated guide to poultry breeds of the world follows. Each breed is illustrated with a lavish photograph, and detailed text describes the breed type and characteristics.

A final chapter looks at popular goose, duck and turkey breeds. If you are interested in keeping chickens in the back yard, selling eggs for profit, or exhibiting pure breeds, this is the perfect book for you.

Fred Hams started his own poultry farm in 1960. He has served on the Ministry of Agriculture’s Genetic Resources Committee and is a founding member of the Rare Poultry Society. He is a National Championship Judge, helped start the poultry fanciers magazine Fancy Fowl, and is a consultant to the best-selling Practical Poultry magazine.