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Author Damerow, Gail.

Title Hatching & brooding your own chicks : chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowl / Gail Damerow.

Imprint North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Non-Fiction  636.5 Dam    ---  Available
Description 239 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227) and index.
Contents Pt. 1. The chicks. Acquiring your first chicks -- Setting up your brooder -- Managing water, feed, and bedding -- What to expect as they grow -- Hatchling health issues -- pt. 2. The eggs. The broody hen -- Selecting an incubator -- Eggs for hatching -- Operating an incubator -- What went wrong? -- Hatchling identification -- Appendix: Screwpot notions.
Summary Presents a guide to acquiring and brooding hatchlings, covering such topics as setting up a brooder; managing water, feed, and bedding; chick development and health issues; and managing and operating the incubator.
Subject Poultry.
Chicks.
Added Title Hatching and brooding your own chicks.
ISBN 9781612120140 (pbk.)
1612120148 (pbk.)

 
    
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