Exhibition poultry keeping

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scrivener, David
Language:English
Published: Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire [England]: Crowood, c2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A brief history of poultry shows
  • 2. Choosing your breeds
  • 3. The organization of poultry showing
  • 4. Housing and equipment
  • 5. Nutrition
  • 6. Incubation, broody hens and incubators
  • 7. Chicks rearing
  • 8. Show bird training and preparation
  • 9. Judging systems: grading or comparison
  • 10. General defects
  • 11. Some poultry genetics
  • 12. Double mating
  • 13. Selection and breeding systems
  • 14. Health and disease