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.

Guide to Raising Chickens
Guide to Raising Chickens

Author: Gail Damerow

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1603424695

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A guide to raising one chicken or one hundred. It features topics from starting a backyard flock to putting eggs on the table.

Showing Poultry
Showing Poultry

Author: Glenn Drowns

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1612125298

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

Author: Glenn Drowns

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2012-05-22

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1603427686

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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.

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 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.

Breeding Your Budgerigars - A Guide of How to Start Up Your Own Breeding Aviary
Breeding Your Budgerigars - A Guide of How to Start Up Your Own Breeding Aviary

Author: Various

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-01-29

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1447482557

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This vintage book contains a complete guide to starting your own breeding aviary, including tips on aviary construction, cages, birds to pick, possible setbacks, hatching, and any ailments your birds may pick up. Complete with a wealth of invaluable information and a large number of helpful illustrations, this volume constitutes a must-read for anyone looking to build their own aviary, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: “Aviculture”, “Housing the Budgerigar”, “Appliances”, “Breeding”, “The Breeding Season”, “Management in the Breeding Season”, “Colour Varieties”, and “Ailments and Their Treatment”. 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, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.