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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contents
Part 1 Getting Started
1 Should I Raise Poultry?
2 Housing and Supplies
3 Poultry Biology
4 Baby Basics
5 Feeds and Feeding
6 Heritage Breeds
Part 2 Choosing the Right Chickens
7 Laying Chickens
8 Meat Chickens
9 Dual-Purpose Chickens
10 Bantams
11 Ornamental Chickens
Part 3 Turkeys, Waterfowl, Guineas, and More
12 Turkeys
13 Waterfowl
14 Guineas
15 Coturnix Quail
16 Game Birds
17 The “Uncommon” Poultry
Part 4 Fowl Practices
18 Incubation
19 Home Processing
20 So, You Want to Be a Breeder?
21 Marketing and Sales
22 Showing Poultry
23 Poultry as Pets
Part 5 The Bigger Picture
24 Growing Your Own Feed
25 Flock Health
26 Dealing with Predators
27 Government Regulation
28 Calendar Considerations
Appendix
A Poultry Feed Requirements
B Characteristics Indicating High and Low Egg Production Characteristics of Layers and Nonlayers
C U.S. Weight Classes for Shell Eggs
D U.S. Standards for Quality of Individual Shell Eggs
E Incubation Troubleshooting Chart
F Poultry Ailments Checklist and Diagnostic Aids
G Using a Wet-Bulb System
H Types of Rodenticides
I Poultry Manure Information
Resources
Glossary
Index
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