Practical Poultry Keeping is a clear, in-depth guide to this topical subject that will enable anyone to keep poultry for pleasure or profit. Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and explanatory line-drawings, it includes: poultry breeds and uses; poultry housing and equipment; breeding and sexing birds; common problems with eggs; natural and artificial incubation and rearing; nutrition and diet; rearing birds for the table; effective planning, management and marketing and recognizing and preventing common diseases. AUTHOR: David Bland has more than 40 years' professional experience in poultry rearing and breeding. He is a regular contributor to leading poultry and smallholding magazines. He is author of the highly successful Practical Poultry Keeping [Crowood 1996]. 58 b/w photos
