Whether you hope to produce eggs and poultry meat for local sale, or simply relish the joy of eating your own freshly collected free-range eggs, this new edition gives invaluable advice on the type of poultry to choose, housing, feeding, breeding and general management.
Focusing on commercial turkey-keeping, this comprehensive guide serves both amateur enthusiasts and agricultural professionals. It covers a wide range of topics, including the growth of the turkey industry, nutrition, incubation, breeding, and disease management. Extensively illustrated with photographs, the book also features appendices on marketing, standards, and embryology. With 333 pages of practical information and anecdotes, it is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in poultry husbandry, especially turkey farming.