Poultry farming

​Experience variety and fun for your chickens despite the obligation to keep them indoors! Whether because of bird flu, snow and ice or predators - there are many reasons why your chickens have to stay indoors. And there are just as many bad habits and problems that can develop from confinement. That's all over now! Discover over 50 exciting, creative and easy-to-implement tips, tricks and play ideas for setting up and feeding your chickens, that promote the well-being, health and quality of life of your chickens and quails. Ensure species-appropriate, natural and safe housing and keep unwanted behavior in check. For happy and healthy animals! 100 color photos, 128 pages.

​Requirements, animal husbandry, cultivation portraits & preservationSelf-sufficiency with food is not a new idea. Today, the desire for higher quality products and the desire to save money are the main motivating factors. Even with just a few kitchen herbs, savings can often be made that surprise many people.The first question is what resources are available in terms of time, space, soil quality, storage options and possibly the conditions for species-appropriate animal husbandry. In his book, Axel Gutjahr shows step by step how to create and maintain your own self-sufficient garden. 120 pages, numerous color photos, 183 x 225 mm, softcover

If you need a quick solution then this chicken knowledge book is for you! ~No time to read a complete book? Does it have to be quick? Then you've come to the right place: All questions and answers about keeping chickens can be found in this compact guide.Short questions and short but precise answers on all topics related to chickens: keeping, care, feeding, coop and run , behavior, health, chick time and questions that no one else dares to ask: ~Do chickens lay eggs even without a rooster? Do bantam hens also lay eggs and can they be eaten? What happens if a chicken accidentally flies into a swimming pool...?Why do chickens love the color red? Here (almost) no question remains unanswered...66 color photos. 128 pages. ~

Everything about breeds, keeping and coop construction for keeping chickens in your own garden.Chickens in the garden are trendy: They hardly do any work, are trusting solo entertainers and provide fresh breakfast eggs.Here you can find chicken keepers and those who still want to become one, all in one book: suitable breeds, keeping, feeding, breeding, rearing and health.With everything you need to know about building and equipping a chicken coop, plus ten projects for Imitate, from the small stable to the converted children's playhouse to the breeding facility.208 pages.

Having a colorful group of chickens, geese or ducks around you, like you used to do on the farm, is fun and there are a lot of benefits to be gained from it. You will find the basic knowledge for successful poultry farming in this book: Requirements for keeping chickens, ducks and geeseThe right breeds Stables, construction, climate , lighting, run Body functions and maintaining the health of poultry, breeding, rearing Benefits: eggs, fattening, slaughtering 128 pages, 43 color photos, 32 drawings .

Complete package: You can find out everything you need to know about keeping chickens as a hobby in your own garden in this XXL standard work by hobby breeder Herv Husson. His entire wealth of knowledge over the years can be found in this large book with over 370 illustrations: In many step-by-step instructions you will learn everything about a safe chicken coop and run, about feeding, maintaining health, hygiene, about pedigree and hybrid chickens and about chickens -Behave. As a practical extra, he also introduces you to the 32 breed portraits, overviews of chicken diseases and the useful chicken medicine cabinet and answers the most frequently asked questions about keeping chickens appropriately. 256 pages.

​Healthy chickens in your own garden - it's that easy!Chickens in your own garden are trendy! But what to do if a chicken gets sick? In her guide, vet Dr. Katrin Sewerin presents the most common chicken diseases that you as the owner can recognize and treat. Whether it's crop blockage, diarrhea, colds, problems laying eggs, parasites or stress caused by heat and cold - Dr. Sewerin offers practical solutions for every situation.Each disease is clearly presented: General, recognition, causes, prevention, treatment. Individual chicken treatment is particularly emphasized, as often not all animals are affected. The egg diagnosis also explains why some eggs look unusual.With helpful tips for the stall pharmacy and precise dosage information, you are well equipped. 61 color photos, 128 pages.

With step-by-step photos, detailed instructions and chapters on the necessary tools and equipment, the main food safety measures, the preparation for slaughter and the rapid and humane processing of the animals, the cutting of the carcasses into cuts and packaging and Freezing to ensure freshness, this comprehensive guide provides poultry farmers with the information they need to respectfully make the most of their meat. 176 pages.

Do you keep chickens and dream of a custom-made chicken coop? The twelve models presented here are easy to build, look beautiful and are perfect for family chickens in the garden. All coops offer the chickens comfort and safety. Whether it's a small, mobile chicken coop, a coop with an aviary, a chicken house on stilts or an enclosure specifically for laying hens: the illustrated step-by-step instructions show you exactly how you can easily build your dream coop yourself. You can also find the right building instructions here for the interior design of the chicken house with seating, laying nests and feeding troughs as well as ramps and chicken ladders. 144 pages.

An egg every day from your own chickens - not only self-sufficient people dream of this. Your children will also love the daily search for the breakfast egg. Bring a piece of country life into your garden!Competent: Everything you need to know about keeping chickens - from species-appropriate living space to healthy nutrition and proper care.Practical: Whether big or small: in detail Portrait section, you are guaranteed to find the breed of chicken that suits you.Emotional: Chickens also have their own language. If you can interpret these correctly, you will understand your poultry even better.What do I do if: Expert tips so that nothing goes wrong. 64 pages

How about a touch of miniature country life in your garden? Quail are adorable mini chickens and keeping them is not difficult. You will find out which types of quail there are, which ones are particularly suitable for keeping and everything that goes into ensuring that the chickens live happily and healthily - from housing to feeding, brooding and rearing chicks to your own quail eggs for the kitchen - you will find out all this in this friendly guide. 96 pages.

536 breeds of chickens, bantams, turkeys, guinea fowl, geese, ducks and pigeons Portrait The entire diversity of breed poultry in one volume! A compact reference work for small animal breeders, hobby pet owners and self-sufficient people. Do you love running ducks or would you like to keep a colorful flock of chickens? Here you will find all breeds of poultry: chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, geese, ducks and pigeons. 536 recognized poultry breeds and colors are presented in detailed descriptions and with 850 color photos. Pictograms with all the information about characteristic properties, benefits, laying performance, show and breeding value make the book an ideal companion for exhibitions and poultry shows.

Indispensable for hobby chicken keepers and those who would like to become one, as well as for small animal breeders and exhibition visitors: This compact reference work presents 182 breeds in 366 color photos. A photo each of a rooster and a hen shows examples of standard representatives of the breed. The handy book provides information at a glance about the breeding history, breed characteristics and all important characteristics, special features, colors, laying performance and use of the different chickens and bantams. 192 pages.

Find out everything about feeding, husbandry, health, marketing and economics. New findings on animal welfare, animal-friendly husbandry and animal welfare indicators are discussed, as well as the environmental impact, the CO2 footprint or health aspects of eating quail eggs or meat. Even if you are a newcomer, this book will give you the basics that will enable you to be self-sufficient with delicious quail eggs. 144 pages.

Really good chicken feed. Healthy and natural superfood for chickens, quails, pigeons &~ Co. Collect, grow, mix yourself. Whether chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, quails or other poultry: they all enjoy natural, home-mixed food. The trend is towards local superfoods, which not only offer your poultry variety on the menu, but also strengthen the immune system and the sensitive gastrointestinal tract. From herbs, fruits and vegetables to grains, seeds and nuts to minerals, oils and leftover food - in this book you will find out which superfood is suitable for what and how you can collect it yourself, preserve it and process it. Your poultry will thank you! 120 color photos, 128 pages.

Do you keep chickens, guinea fowl, pheasants, pigeons, quails, turkeys, geese, ducks or rabbits and would like to slaughter them yourself? ~In this book you will find precise instructions for home slaughter and the correct cutting of the animals. ~ Poultry expert Wilhelm Bauer explains where you can slaughter and what slaughtering utensils you need.The best meat is always that of an animal that has been reared appropriately and slowly, that has been slaughtered professionally and that you know exactly where it comes from it originates. Regionality and quality couldn't be better linked. 96 color photos. 128 pages. ~

?Keeping chickens made easy ~Everything you need to know: purchase and care, coop and run, nutrition and health< br>Expert information: origins, behavior, reproduction, anatomy and physiologyPortraits of the most popular chicken breeds: origins, characteristics, colors and special features A fresh egg for breakfast - especially if it comes from your own poultry - is a pleasure. The eagerly scratching chickens with their magnificent plumage convey the feeling of a rural idyll, which is why keeping poultry in the home garden is very popular. You can find out what you need to know to keep chickens in a species-appropriate manner in this comprehensive, well-illustrated guide: Knowledgeable and ~ In an understandable way, you will receive valuable tips and important information on selection and propagation, planning and design of the stable and run, as well as nutrition and behavior of the poultry.Whether you are a beginner or an experienced poultry farmer - you will find everything you need to know in this book about the body structure and organism of chickens, the development from the wild Bankiva chicken to today's domestic chicken breeds as well as the different shapes, colors and markings. More than 50 detailed portraits with the most popular breeds, from meat, laying and dual/dual-purpose breeds to fighting, ornamental and long-tailed breeds, round off the comprehensive presentation. 192 pages. ~

Handbook for keeping happy chickens - The originalThe alternative to factory farming is having your own chicken in the garden. If you want to breed happy chickens and keep them breed-appropriate even in densely built-up areas, you will find the best guide in this practical book with its easy-to-implement instructions and beautiful pictures.The extensive work deals with all questions about keeping chickens: from the right coop and its optimal equipment, the purchase of chickens, their requirements and feeding through to breeding and rearing. The different breeds of chickens are presented in detail, with old and endangered breeds in the foreground. The authors also go into the ~ Prevention and treatment of chicken diseases. ~The authors' love for these animals is reflected not only in the well-founded texts, but also in the beautiful photographs, which will delight every reader interested in chickens! 208 pages.