Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Fowl

Gail Damerow shows you how to incubate, hatch, and brood baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets. With advice on everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best incubator to feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder, this comprehensive guide also covers issues like embryo development, panting chicks, and a variety of common birth defects. Whether you want to hatch three eggs or one hundred, you'll find all the information you need to make your poultry-raising operation a success.

Author: Gail Damerow
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Published: 01/15/2013
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781612120140
ISBN10: 1612120148
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture | Animal Husbandry
- House & Home | Sustainable Living