Hatching & brooding your own chicks : chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea foul /

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by Damerow, Gail.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Storey Pub., (North Adams, MA :) Physical details: 239 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. Subject(s): Poultry. | Chicks. Year : 2013 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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West Kent Elementary School 636.5 DAM Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227) and index.

Explains exactly how to hatch healthy baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets, addressing everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best incubator to ensuring proper set-up and sanitary conditions, understanding embryo development, and feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder.