Revised and updated, this is the most trusted and comprehensive reference you can find for chicken care, housing, feeding, and health care. Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of Gail Damerow’s comprehensive handbook is now completely revised and redesigned, making it more accessible and informative than ever. You’ll get the most up-to-date details on shelter, food, health care, eggs, chicks, and meat, and recent research into chicken behavior and communication makes the sections on flock management truly authoritative. New color photos and illustrations provide more specificity and information about chicken breeds, anatomy, and health.
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ASIN : B06XPQ9J9R
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
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Publication date : December 26, 2017
Edition : 4th
Language : English
File size : 40.7 MB
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 910 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1612129310
Page Flip : Enabled
Part of series : Storey’s Guide to Raising
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