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Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry: Breeds, Care, Health Paperback – November 8, 2000

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For 17 years readers have turned to Storey Books for advice on raising animals. Our Modern Way series of six books has sold more than 1,000,000 copies. In an effort to provide readers with the best how-to animal books on the market we are completely updating all six Modern Way titles and reintroducing them as part of our Guide to Raising series.

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352 pages
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English
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Storey Publishing, LLC
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November 8, 2000
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6.06 x 0.81 x 9.06 inches
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9781580172639
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978-1580172639
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From the Back Cover

The Best Advice n Raising Chickens, Turkeys, Waterfowl, and Game Birds

Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry is an invaluable resource for everyone who raises poultry. It contains the most comprehensive and current information available on:

- Selecting birds for meat

Housing and equipment

Home processing of eggs and poultry

Flock health

Brooding and rearing

"Delivers what the title promises. A good value." (Yankee Magazine)

About the Author

During author Leonard S. Mercia's career as University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Poultryman, he wrote many Extension Service publications for small-scale poultry raising. He was professor of animal and dairy science at UVM for about 30 years. Following his retirement, the Vermont native toured Kenya, Uganda, and Honduras as a poultry consultant. He has also assisted adult and youth groups interested in poultry projects. He has written Storey's Raising Poultry the Modern Way, Raising Your Own Turkeys, Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry and Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys and edits The Vermont Poultry Industry Newsletter. Leonard lives in Shelburne, Vermont, with his wife Shirley.

Product details

ASIN : 1580172636
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC; 2nd edition (November 8, 2000)
Language : English
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781580172639
ISBN-13 : 978-1580172639
Item Weight : 1.26 pounds
Dimensions : 6.06 x 0.81 x 9.06 inches

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Underated book, has wonderful & complete information

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2008

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Personally, I like this book better than Storey's Raising Chickens. It has just as much information on raising baby chicks as the Raising Chickens guide. Leonard Mercia covers raising all poultry quite well in this guide. Good for any novice of poultry.

In 352 pages, Mr. Mercia covers chickens, turkeys, ducks and guineas all quite throughly. Plus, he writes in a straight and concise manner without being textbooky and boring. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone no matter what poultry they were raising. He covers poultry for profit and butchering how-to, briefly as well.

The only drawbacks I can see with this book is it's in black and white, with only line drawings. Also, only a few breeds of poultry are covered, so I'd pair this with the "Storey's Poultry Illustrated Poultry book" by Carol Ekarius if you haven't picked out your poultry breed yet.

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fdoamerica

The book is a no-nonsense, fact-filled resource.

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2003

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I have a homestead in Peru (near Cusco / Machu Picchu). I wanted to raise my own meat; thus I bought a dozen chicks. As life dictates they grew and the day came for eating. I gave the first chicken to my housekeeper to kill and clean. She smothered the poor bird by holding its beak closed and plugging the nostrils. The suffocation process took about two struggling minutes. Not a good way to kill a bird, I thought. The second chicken was given to my hired hand, and he killed the bird by stretching its neck three times. Yes, a better method, but really, what do the professionals recommend? Thus, I initially bought "Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry", to find the most humane way to kill poultry.
The book is a no-nonsense, fact-filled resource. Written for those who are serious about raising poultry (chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, game birds and other poultry). Written by a professional poultryman, the book covers nutrition, disease, immunity, housing, breeding and management in a comprehensive manner.
The writing is clear, terse and complete. The diagrams and drawings are good. The book has a superb index, along with a good glossary, a list of associations, an appendix that gives you sources of supplies and equipment, and much more.
The descriptions of the breeds of poultry could be better. The one paragraph given to various breeds is inadequate for those who are unfamiliar with breeds (Wyandottes, Australorps, Araucans etc.). The feed section is bias towards commercially packaged feeds, and gives little to no information on homemade mashes. In Peru, we must make our own mash, or go without.
All-in-all, Storey's Guide it is a lot more book than I initially needed. But, after reading through the book, I was both impressed and intrigued enough to consider raising other types of poultry. Hum, maybe turkeys are next. I did use Mercia's recommended method for killing chickens (sever the jugular and insert knife for debraining) and must confess that killing a chicken, regardless of the methodology, is not my preferred hobby. Strongly Recommended

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Eric Sawyer

Good overview, but not enough detail

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2010

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This was a good overview for raising poultry breeds, but not enough detail on ay specific one. I didn't feel confident after reading this that I had enough info to begin, (maybe I'm just overly cautious). I also purchased Storey's guide to rasing chickens and feel that it helped to fill in the gaps. I also recommend finding someone in your area who can serve as a guide and mentor in this field. There are always questions that come up once you get started.

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cvb

Wished for more.

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2008

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This is a good, informative book, like all of the Storey's guides. (We have many of them.) I just had hoped that this book would focus less on chickens, since there is a whole book on them, and more on the other fowl, like guineas, etc. that don't have an entire book of Storey's info. out there. Wish I had ordered a different book, since I already had the chicken one.

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Lil Mama

Very in-depth

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2010

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Not catered to the back yard bird grower. More for someone looking into commercial raising. I felt like the chapter on chicken biology was a poor choice to go into so much depth. I think time would have been better spent talking about something else. However, I learned allot and would recommend keeping it around as a reference.

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Glueman

good info, but not much info on what I was looking for

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2013

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The Storey books all contain good info, but I was looking for specific info on pheasants - this book contained very little (I thought it would contain more with what I read in the description).

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Zombunny

Slightly antiquated, but still relevant

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2008

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Great as a reference, but no practical guide, if I had not grown up raising chickens I may not have been able to apply some of the principles. But... How hard is it to keep chickens, really? If you stick to a small flock you're probably okay.

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jelina vance

great resource book

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2015

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great book, great information. really loved this book

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