Raising Rare Breeds : Heritage Poultry Breeds Conservation Guide
Author: Blake, Valda
Publisher: Marmora, Ont. : Joywind Farm Rare Breeds Conservancy
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9780969637721
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An Introduction to Heritage Breeds
Author: D. Phillip Sponenberg DVM
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-04-06
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1612124623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeveloped for the particular needs of the working farm, heritage breeds have proved invaluable to small-scale agricultural production for centuries. This comprehensive guide explains why conserving heritage breeds remains important and how they often can be a better choice for the modern farmer than conventional animals. With profiles of heritage poultry, sheep, cattle, and more, you’ll learn how to select and successfully raise the breed that is right for your specific needs. Enjoy the benefits of resilient livestock while preserving genetic diversity for future generations.
Raising Rare Breeds
Author: Jy Chiperzak
Publisher: Marmora, Ont. : Joywind Farm Rare Breeds Conservancy
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 70
ISBN-13: 9780969637714
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStorey's Guide to Raising Poultry, 4th Edition
Author: Glenn Drowns
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2012-05-22
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1603427686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether 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.
The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds
Author: Janet Vorwald Dohner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 030013813X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The need to preserve farm animal diversity is increasingly urgent, says the author of this definitive book on endangered breeds of livestock and poultry. Farmyard animals may hold critical keys for our survival, Jan Dohner warns, and with each extinction, genetic traits of potentially vital importance to our agricultural future or to medical progress are forever lost."--BOOK JACKET.
How to Raise Poultry
Author: Christine Heinrichs
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Published: 2009-04-15
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1616732121
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrized for their feathers or eggs, raised for their meat or their beauty or simply for fun, poultry of a dazzling array of sorts and sizes have a place in the heart of farmers, ranchers, and bird fanciers alike. If you want to raise fowl—of whatever kind and for whatever reason—this book is the perfect place to begin. Poultry expert Christine Heinrichs lays out the distinctions between waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans), turkeys, gamebirds (peafowl, pheasants, quail, and others), ratites (ostriches, emus, and rheas), and pigeons. She then clearly details the very different requirements for raising each species, from feeding and housing to husbandry and health, to showing and marketing and legal concerns. Whether you’re thinking of starting a flock or acquiring a few feathered friends, this handy guide tells you everything you need to know to raise healthy poultry for pleasure or profit—or both. Breed Guide & Selection Proper Care & Healthy Feeding Building Facilities & Fencing
Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs
Author: Carol Ekarius
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781603420365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book covers the most significant breeds of cattle, goats, sheep, and swine - from the common Guernsey cow to the near-extinct Guinea hog. For each breed, Ekarius provides full-colour photographs, a brief history, and details about the breed's unique qualities and quirks. Readers will enjoy reading about major breeds such as the iconic Holstein cow, and Icelandic sheep, as well as hundreds of lesser-known varieties, like the long-legged, ginger-coloured Tamworth pig; the lilac-spotted Jacob Sheep; the deer like San Clemente goat; and the powerful, droopy-eared Guzerat cow.
Pure Poultry
Author: Victoria Miller
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1550925466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHatching a sustainable life with heritage poultry Houdan. Nankin. Indian Runner. Narragansett. These may sound like exotic place names or unusual varieties of produce, but each actually refers to one of the many hundreds of lesser-known poultry breeds which tempt the livestock owner who's prepared to venture into less familiar territory. Providing an alternative to commercial breeds and hybrids, heritage breeds each boast their own unique characteristics and personality traits, and are a valuable (and entertaining) addition to a sustainable food system. Pure Poultry is the first book in nearly a hundred years to focus specifically on heritage breeds of chickens, turkeys and ducks and their role in a self-reliant lifestyle. This timely, beautifully illustrated resource includes: Detailed guidelines on everything from housing, breeding and day-to-day care, to processing, cooking and preserving Much-needed information on using heritage breeds for egg and meat production Tips, inspiration, recommended reading, and additional resources A unique planning worksheet that simplifies the process of starting out with poultry. Brimming with quiet humor, Pure Poultry is an immensely readable "how-to and why-to" based entirely on personal experience-including plenty of lessons learned the hard way. Pure Poultry shows how heritage-breed poultry can enhance and deepen anyone's quality of life, whether you have a farm, a small backyard, or a neighbor with space to share.
Farm to Fable
Author: Robert Grillo
Publisher:
Published: 2016-10-01
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781940184340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do the vast majority of us continue to consume animals when we could choose otherwise? What are the cultural forces that drive our food choices?Our beliefs about eating animals remain, in mainstream culture, largely unexamined, and therefore unchallenged, Robert Grillo argues. In this significant book, he attempts to uncover what drives our food choices, and specifically how the fictions of popular culture -- literature, movies, TV -- continually reinforce our current beliefs and behaviour. The insights revealed in Farm to Fable will be of great value and interest to seasoned animal advocates as well as casual readers.
Showing Poultry
Author: Glenn Drowns
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-02-05
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 1612125301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExpert 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.
