Ward, Lock & Co.'s poultry book : a guide for small or big poultry keepers, beginners and farmers / by Harry Roberts.

  • Harry Roberts
Date:
[1924?]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Ward, Lock & Co.'s poultry book : a guide for small or big poultry keepers, beginners and farmers / by Harry Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I The Beginner ....... Necessary Qualifications—Responsibility—Beginning in a Small Way—Alternative Methods—Selection of Good Layers— Age. CHAPTER II Breeds and Strains ...... Selection of Breeds—Breed versus Strain—Laying Breeds—> Sitters and Non-sitters—Table Breeds—General Utility Breeds —Selection and Management of Stock—Avoid Mating Young Birds—Number of Hens to Cock—The Trap Nest—When to Hatch. CHAPTER III Houses and Appliances . CHAPTER IV Foods and Feeding ...... Problems of Feeding—Food-stuffs—Points to be Observed— Balance of Diet—Diet Varies wth Age—Soft Food versus Grain —Stock and Laying Birds—Ministry of Agriculture Table of Meals — Moulting—Table Poultry — Fattening — Cramming- Proportional Table of Composition of Food-stuffs. CHAPTER V Hatching ........ The Egg : its Composition—Incubator versus Hen—Selection of Eggs-AUatching by Natural Means—Accommodation for Broody Hen—The Nests—Treatment of Broody Hens—Nests Out of Doors—Chilled Eggs—Diet for Sitting Hen—Incubator Hatching—Working the Incubator—Testing the Eggs—Fertiles and Infertiles—Eggs for Incubator Hatching.
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