This the standard work on poultry keeping. It covers many aspects and deals with the main systems of management
The contents recently updated include breeding, incubation, chick rearing, foods and feeding, planning balanced rations, layers;broilers;ducks and geese, free range and other systems, processing and marketing, diseases, parasites and hygiene, Turkeys, Guinea Fowl and Game Birds, Ostriches and a glossary
This is a practical handbook written primarily for poultry farmers or smallholders. It will also be found essential reading for students of poultry farming and those comtemplating a career in agriculture where birds are to be involved