Hatching & Brooding Your Own Poultry
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks
Author: Gail Damerow
Summary
This comprehensive guide provides detailed instructions on how to incubate, hatch, and care for various poultry, including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guinea fowl. Key topics covered include:
- Selecting the right breed
- Choosing the best incubator
- Feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder
- Understanding embryo development and common issues such as panting chicks and birth defects
Whether you’re hatching a few eggs or a hundred, this book contains all the essential information needed for successful poultry raising.
Original price was: $24.99.$18.64Current price is: $18.64.
Description
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Fowl
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
ISBN-10: 9781612120140
ISBN-13: 978-1612120140
Item Weight: 1.7 pounds
Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.63 x 11 inches
Product Description
Unlock the secrets of successful poultry rearing with Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Fowl. This comprehensive guide is perfect for both novice and seasoned poultry enthusiasts looking to expand their knowledge and skills in hatching and brooding various types of fowl.
What You’ll Discover:
- Step-by-Step Instructions: From selecting the right eggs to understanding incubation periods, this book provides clear, easy-to-follow steps to ensure a successful hatch.
- Brooding Essentials: Learn how to create the perfect brooding environment for your chicks, turkeys, ducks, and more, ensuring they thrive in their crucial early weeks.
- Expert Tips: Packed with insights from experienced poultry keepers, this guide covers common challenges and how to overcome them, making your journey smoother and more enjoyable.
- Diverse Poultry Options: Whether you’re interested in chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, or guinea fowl, this book offers tailored advice for each species, helping you make informed decisions for your flock.
Why Choose This Book?
With 240 pages of in-depth information, Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks is not just a manual; it’s a companion for your poultry journey. Its large format (8.5 x 11 inches) makes it easy to read and reference, while the weight of 1.7 pounds ensures it’s sturdy enough to withstand frequent use in the barn or backyard.
Whether you’re looking to start your own backyard flock or expand your existing one, this book is an invaluable resource that will guide you through every step of the hatching and brooding process.
Get Started Today!
Don’t miss out on the joy of raising your own poultry. Order your copy of Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks today and take the first step towards a flourishing flock!
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Amanda Lynne Tourand –
A must if u are hatching fertilised eggs very please thank u
Sami Johnson –
I like that this book is broken into two parts. One for raising chickens the other for incubating eggs. This is also a good book for understanding the mechanics of chickens, parts of the egg, different incubators and their uses functions etc. I really like how she gives you two perspectives of doing things modern as well as old fashioned… which may be helpful to someone on a budget or just likes to do things DIY style. Only thing I didn’t like about it is it was kind of wordy with explaining some pretty general topics.
scarlett –
Love everything about it and was ecstatic to see what my chicks looked like, from the inside of their shells daily, with the chart !! 10/10 recommend!!
Recommended to me by my best friend!!
Katanahamon –
Well i thought i knew it all, found out i knew very little.
SUPER BOOK!
Have it in ” library” to read something new everyday…I’m gonna have happy chickens!😃😃😃
Rizwan Khan –
This is a very informative book. Easy to understand
MsKat –
Very helpful
Sami Johnson –
So much good information. We checked this book out from the library with a number of others, but we kept coming back to this book for the information we needed. We liked the book so much, that we decided to buy it. Helped us with understanding chicken terms and definitions that we were unfamiliar with. Showed nice illustrations of the Chicken Life cycle. Very good info for a chicken owner or even one who is learning about chickens for their school project.
Meg –
This book is very informative, containing information for the beginner with their first incubator to the experienced breeder. It includes “technical” information I could not find in other resources – For example, egg development, health issues of new hatchlings and causes of death or deformation, chick diseases and normal growth/development; deficiencies in your hens and potential negative outcomes to the chicks…to name just a few. I have read it cover to cover and keep going back to it to answer many questions. It is well written and easy to understand with many tables, charts, and pictures. Excellect resource. A must have for the serious breeder. For those who want to know more about raising and managing chickens throughout all life stages, I recommend Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens.
wendy woolford –
excellent book :: must have
Kchr123 –
If you’re looking for up to date, scientific, practical information about getting, hatching and caring for chicks and other poultry, well, this is the book to get. Well written, concise and informative, this book belongs in anyone’s library who wants to hatch eggs or rear chicks. I have several of the author’s books, they are all a great investment for improving your knowledge about chickens, and other poultry.
D. E. R. –
This book is well written, very informative and has excellent pictures. A great addition to an animal husbandry library. Full of excellent information for first timers or to have on hand as a reminder when things come up and you have forgotten that important little piece of information. Definately worth the price.
John s. –
Was planning to hatch for the first time to see if it was all it was cracked up to be. This was very informative and easy to follow. Felt prepared to try, and our hatch was successful. Love these books thanks for yet another great one.
John H –
I have read this book cover to cover twice. Extremely good material on the how(s) and why(s) of raising chickens from eggs or from chicks.
There is a wealth of information in this book. There is both a high level overview and a detailed view on almost any topic that I can think of.
I have eight chickens that lay about 35 eggs per week. I plan to increase my flock to 32 chickens now. I have purchased a number of books on Amazon regarding chickens and I put this book high on the list of “should have books”. Another equally good book is “The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens”. If you only bought these two books you would be very comfortable feeding your family with the eggs from your own garden.
Update 8/11/14.
I did not purchase new chickens to get to my goal of 32. Instead three of my hens provided baby chicks for the rest. I now have 12 adults (4 donations) and 20 chicks. This book was very helpful as I researched what to do for the new “peeps”.
The three hens hatched 23 chicks. Three died. This book helped me understand what to do and what not to do (and understand why we cannot do it all). One died in a half shell in the water container face down (even though this was for watering chicks). One was injured falling out of the nest (about 4 feet). I spent five days with a pen, heat lamps, hand feeding water) trying to save this one. The last one died having never been able to leave the shell (half out). In each case this book helped me understand what to do (sometimes telling me to wait it out). Nature can be cruel but knowledge can make us kind.
Great book that I turn to every day as they grow. Amazing to watch the little ones run behind their mother as I bring out some “treats” for them. Grapes, mealworms, corn on the cob (from my garden), etc. If you like to care for animals, chickens are a lot of fun and this book helps understand what to do. 5 stars plus.