Backyard Ducks and Geese

A Practical Guide for the Enthusiast and the Smallholder

J C Jeremy Hobson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2009
The Crowood Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84797-132-6 (ISBN)

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Topics covered include:

selecting the right breeds

housing, grass runs and ponds

feeding, breeding, hatching and rearing

health and hygiene

showing and exhibiting

ornamental waterfowl

There are many reasons for keeping ducks and geese. Not only are they lovely to look at, they will entertain you with their antics and make perfect 'pets' for adults and children alike. Ducks will eat troublesome slugs and snails as they follow you around the garden, making 'conversation' as they do so. They also produce abundant eggs for eating or decorating and, if you so wished, supply you with meat for the table. Geese on the other hand are excellent lawnmowers, superb watchdogs for isolated places and are intelligent, individualistic and sociable. Both ducks and geese can be exhibited and indeed 'showing' is a pastime which is growing in popularity.

J C Jeremy Hobson has been around poultry and livestock all his life and has been fortunate enough to create a career and lifestyle that has enabled him to indulge in all of his chosen hobbies and pastimes. Since 1976, when his first article was published, he has written over twenty books [nine of which have been published by Crowood] and, since 2002, has been a professional freelance journalist and author based in France. Jeremy writes regularly for Fancy Fowl and Smallholder and was, in 2006, elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Resident - France

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.9.2009
Illustrationen	Rupert Stephenson
Zusatzinfo	77 colour photographs and 18 line drawings
Verlagsort	Ramsbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	233 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-84797-132-6 / 1847971326
ISBN-13	978-1-84797-132-6 / 9781847971326
Zustand	Neuware