David Squire

The Henkeeping Specialist (eBook, ePUB)

The Essential Guide to Choosing and Keeping Chickens for Egg and Meat Production

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The idea of self-sufficient living has never been more prominent and as a result, keeping poultry is becoming increasingly popular. You don't need a large garden, expensive equipment or even a great deal of time and by keeping chickens you can really benefit from the produce - just a couple of hens is all that is needed to keep a family well stocked in fresh eggs all year round.

This essential guide provides all the key information needed for keeping your own poultry, from setting up and choosing the right site, housing, feeding, daily care routines, disease prevention, breeding, killing and preparing chickens to cook. There is a comprehensive A-Z section on the different chicken and bantam breeds, as well as advice on choosing the right breed for you. There are also sections on keeping ducks and quails. The guide is packed with plenty of practical advice on managing egg production, incubating and rearing and specific nutritional requirements.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: IMM Lifestyle
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781743372210
• Artikelnr.: 44572768

Autorenporträt

David Squire has worked for many years as a gardening writer and editor. He has contributed to numerous gardening magazines and is the author (or co-author) of more than 80 gardening and plant-related books. His books include four titles in the new Home Gardener's Specialist Guide series (Fox Chapel Publishing) plus The Scented Garden (Orion) which won the "Quill and Trowel Award" of the Garden Writers of America. David trained as a horticulturist at the Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and at the Royal Horticultural Society, where he was awarded the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. He was awarded an N.K. Gould Memorial Prize for his collection of herbarium specimens of native British plants. In 2005, this collection of plants was accepted by the Booth Museum of Natural History to become library and museum exhibits. He has a passionate interest in the uses of native plants, whether for eating and survival, or for their historical roles in medicine, folklore and customs.