Commercial Chicken Production Manual - Fourth Edition (Hardcover)

by Mack O. North (Author), Donald D. Bell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 913 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 4th edition (May 31, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0412071614
• ISBN-13: 978-0412071614
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.2 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,442,283 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Must for the Commercial Chicken Producer, December 18, 2000

By	Robert Plamondon (Blodgett, OR USA) - See all my reviews

North & Bell's classic reference is a guide to people in the commercial chicken industry. It covers every aspect of chicken production in its modern, factory-farm form, including often-neglected aspects such as hatchery management and breeder flock management.

This edition is useful to the small commercial flock owner, including people with free-range operations, because most small operation use modern commercial breeds of chickens, and this is the owner's manual.

I refer to this book constantly to help me with my family farm. We have about 500 free-range hens and raise about 700 pastured broilers each year.

The book is flawed through having an incomplete index and being somewhat out of date (1990). It is also quite expensive, but worth it if you're raising chickens for money.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must for the Commercial Chicken Producer, December 18, 2000

By	Robert Plamondon (Blodgett, OR USA) - See all my reviews

North & Bell's classic reference is a guide to people in the commercial chicken industry. It covers every aspect of chicken production in its modern, factory-farm form, including often-neglected aspects such as hatchery management and breeder flock management.

This edition is useful to the small commercial flock owner, including people with free-range operations, because most small operation use modern commercial breeds of chickens, and this is the owner's manual.

I refer to this book constantly to help me with my family farm. We have about 500 free-range hens and raise about 700 pastured broilers each year.

The book is flawed through having an incomplete index and being somewhat out of date (1990). It is also quite expensive, but worth it if you're raising chickens for money.