Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry, 4th Edition: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guineas, Game Birds

by Glenn Drowns

Overview

Whether you’re running a farm or interested in keeping a few backyard birds, Storey’s Guide to Raising Poultry covers everything you need to know to successfully raise your own chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, and more. Stressing humane practices throughout, Glenn Drowns provides expert advice on breed selection, housing, feeding, behavior, breeding, health care, and processing your own meat and eggs. With tips on raising specialty species like doves, ostriches, and peafowl, you’ll be inspired to experiment with new breeds and add diversity to your poultry operation. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612120003
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	05/22/2012
Series:	Storey's Guide to Raising
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	501,798
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Glenn Drowns, author of Showing Poultry and Storey’s Guide to Raising Poultry, 4th Edition, and his wife conserve and promote rare breeds and varieties of turkeys, ducks, geese, and chickens at their Sand Hill Preservation Center in Calamus, Iowa. Drowns, a highly respected poultry judge, has raised standard turkey varieties since 1989, and he received the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy’s Breed Conservation Award in 1999 for his contributions to the identification and survival of rare turkeys.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Getting Started
1 Should I Raise Poultry?
2 Housing and Supplies
3 Poultry Biology
4 Baby Basics
5 Feeds and Feeding
6 Heritage Breeds

Part 2: Choosing the Right Chickens
7 Laying Chickens
8 Meat Chickens
9 Dual-Purpose Chickens
10 Bantams
11 Ornamental Chickens

Part 3: Turkeys, Waterfowl, Guineas, and More
12 Turkeys
13 Waterfowl
14 Guineas
15 Coturnix Quail
16 Game Birds
17 The "Uncommon" Poultry

Part 4: Fowl Practices
18 Incubation
19 Home Processing
20 So, You Want to Be a Breeder?
21 Marketing and Sales
22 Showing Poultry
23 Poultry as Pets

Part 5: The Bigger Picture
24 Growing Your Own Feed
25 Flock Health
26 Dealing with Predators
27 Government Regulation
28 Calendar Considerations

Appendix
A: Poultry Feed Requirements
B: Characteristics Indicating High and Low Egg Production Characteristics of Layers and Nonlayers
C: U.S. Weight Classes for Shell Eggs
D: U.S. Standards for Quality of Individual Shell Eggs
E: Incubation Troubleshooting Chart
F: Poultry Ailments Checklist and Diagnostic Aids
G: Using a Wet-Bulb System
H: Types of Rodenticides
I: Poultry Manure Information

Resources
Glossary
Index