A concise guide to the rewarding and increasingly popular practice of keeping poultry at home.
Six hens could provide you with 1000 eggs a year, while ducks lay still more. Poultry keeping is satisfying, healthy and a wonderful way to live more sustainably. This book is based on the experience gained through many years of poultry keeping. The author sets out principles to follow that will ensure success and covers topics such as recommended breeds, feeding, construction of a poultry house and hatching eggs. Egg preservation is explained, along with remedies to common problems and diseases.
