A Guide to Exhibiting and Showing your Budgerigars
A Guide to Exhibiting and Showing your Budgerigars

Author: Various

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-05-31

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1473390567

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This antiquarian volume comprises a complete guide to exhibiting and showing budgerigars, including tips on exhibition cages, breeding winners, preparing and washing your budgerigar, and a guide to judging and the points systems. This comprehensive and profusely illustrated handbook is highly recommended for modern budgerigar enthusiasts, and constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in entering budgerigar competitions. The chapters of this book include: “Exhibiting”, “How to Breed Winners”, “Preparing for Exhibition”, “How to Wash a Budgerigar”, “Judging”, “Points for Colour”, “Masks, Spots and Wing-Markings”, “Undesirable Features”, and “Good Husbandry Pays”. This antiquarian book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.

Canaries - A Complete and Practical Guide to the Breeding, Exhibiting and General Management of These Popular Birds
Canaries - A Complete and Practical Guide to the Breeding, Exhibiting and General Management of These Popular Birds

Author: C. A. House

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2011-03-23

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1446546527

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This vintage book contains a complete and practical guide to the breeding, exhibiting, and general management of canaries. This accessible and profusely illustrated guide includes all the information an existing or prospective canary keeper might need to know, and it is highly recommended for those with a practical interest in the subject. The chapters of this book include: “Canary Keeping as a Hobby”, “Aviaries, Cages, and Fittings”, “Breeding and General Management”, “Moulting and Colour Feeding”, “Diseases and their Treatment”, “Seeds and their Uses”, “Exhibiting”, “The Belgian”, “The Scots Fancy”, etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.

Showing Poultry
Showing Poultry

Author: Glenn Drowns

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2016-02-05

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1612125301

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Expert Glenn Drowns offers all the information and guidance you need to successfully exhibit your poultry at fairs and expositions. Learn how to select the best breeds and birds for exhibition and how to raise them with the proper diet, health care, and handling so that they are at their best by showtime. Drowns includes a useful countdown to help you plan tasks, from pest prevention to cage training, as well as dozens of tips on what judges are looking for.

Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition

Author: Gail Damerow

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2017-12-26

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1612129315

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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.

4-H Guide to Raising Chickens
4-H Guide to Raising Chickens

Author: Tara Kindschi

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2010-01-15

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1616732210

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Raising chickens teaches more than animal husbandry. It’s a hands-on chance to learn the character- and community-building principles and practices that 4-H is all about. And, of course, it’s fun. This easy-to-follow, illustrated guide introduces beginners to the basics of how to raise chickens. Whether you’re a 4-H’r, a first-time poultry owner, or a future egg farmer, The 4-H Guide to Raising Chickens provides step-by-step instructions for your project. From selecting a breed to caring for chicks, from housing and fencing to feeding and preventing or treating illness, the guide presents simple, straightforward information about chickens of all kinds, raised for pets, eggs, or meat. It also includes a glossary and list of resources.

Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd Edition
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd Edition

Author: Gail Damerow

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2010-05-19

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1603426965

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Gail Damerow shows you how to choose the right breeds for your needs, build efficient chicken coops, provide necessary medical attention for your animals, and much more. Whether you’re raising broilers for meat or preparing your chickens to win a blue ribbon at the next county fair, Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens will help you achieve your poultry-raising goals.

Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry, 4th Edition
Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry, 4th Edition

Author: Glenn Drowns

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2012-05-22

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1612120008

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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.

A Guide to Breeding Specific Colours in Your Pet Birds
A Guide to Breeding Specific Colours in Your Pet Birds

Author: W. Watmough

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2016-08-26

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 1473356245

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This antique book contains a detailed and interesting guide to breeding very specific colours into pet birds. The perfect book for both professional and private breeders, this text is accessible and comprehensive, and constitutes a great addition to any collection of avicultural literature. Chapters contained in this book include: 'Good and Bad Matings', 'It Cannot be Done', 'General Principles', 'Type Visibility', 'Importance of Ancestry', 'Hereditary Colour', 'Dipping into the Green', 'Light Greens', 'Dark Greens', 'Olive x Mauve', 'Light Yellows', 'Dark Yellows', 'Skyblues', 'Cobalts', et cetera. This book has been chosen for republication due to its educational value, and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction to the subject of aviculture.

Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, 2nd Edition
Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, 2nd Edition

Author: Dave Holderread

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2011-01-19

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1603427457

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With in-depth information on feeding, housing, behavior, and health care, this comprehensive guide also provides proven strategies for creating a profitable business plan and marketing your products. Whether you’re about to acquire your first ducks or are interested in experimenting with rare breeds, Storey’s Guide to Raising Ducks will help you achieve your duck-raising goals.