Keeping Ducks and Geese - Softcover
Keeping ducks and geese can be a fascinating hobby for the whole family. From producing eggs for food and painting, quills for writing, birds for exhibition or even eating, ducks and geese can add a new dimension to the garden or smallholding. They make wonderful pets: geese act as guard dogs and ducks are a gardener? s best friend, keeping the pond free of weeds and rescuing crops from a slimy slug massacre.
With detailed information on 40 of the most popular breeds, Keeping Ducks and Geese shows how to select the right breed for you, what you need to get started and how to care for your birds so that you get the best out of them from the outset. A lavish lifestyle section provides recipes for using the rich eggs, family activities, duck and goose folklore, and much more.
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Chris and Mike Ashton are leading writers, breeders and administrators in the British Waterfowl world. As well as winning numerous British Waterfowl Association Awards for their ducks and geese, they have both chaired the BWA Standards Committee and Mike is currently the chief judging examiner for the BWA. They are both regular contributors to specialist magazines and have written two books on the subject.
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- PublisherDavid & Charles
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0715331574
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Features a lifestyle guide to keeping ducks and geese - from what to consider before buying them, how to house them, their welfare and even egg selection. This title includes information on planning and welfare, helping you to ensure that you have the right type of space and housing, and guidelines on how to deal with any eventuality.This is a comprehensive and attractive lifestyle guide to keeping ducks and geese from what to consider before buying them, how to house them, their welfare and even egg selection. They make wonderful and rewarding pets, and come in all shapes, sizes and colours, providing delicious eggs which are high in protein and are ideal for baking superior cakes. Geese make handy lawn mowers and ducks are perfect for vegetable and allotment gardeners as they love to feast on insects and other pests. With so much versatility, the desire to rear ducks and geese has never been greater. The book begins with a fascinating brief history of domesticated waterfowl, and then moves onto first considerations before purchasing your ducks or geese, such as goose and duck anatomy and behaviour. There is a detailed section on all of the 40 common breeds of duck and goose, enabling you to make the right decision about which ones to choose. The book features extensive information on planning and welfare, helping you to ensure that you have the right type of space and housing, along with important feeding information. There are also guidelines on how to deal with any eventuality, such as telling the neighbors, going away on holiday and cleaning. Useful for anyone considering breeding from their waterfowl, there is advice on egg production, egg incubation and hatching, as well as a whole section on rearing. A lavish lifestyle chapter provides recipes for using the rich eggs, along with fun activities for all of the family including quill making and decorating eggs. Keeping Ducks and Geese fuses contemporary lifestyle design and an authoritative text, to appeal not only to those who already keep waterfowl, but also to those who are thinking of having them or even just aspire to the self-sufficient lifestyle that they represent. Features a lifestyle guide to keeping ducks and geese - from what to consider before buying them, how to house them, their welfare and even egg selection. This title includes information on planning and welfare, helping you to ensure that you have the right type of space and housing, and guidelines on how to deal with any eventuality. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780715331576
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