How to Raise Poultry: Everything You Need to Know, Updated & Revised

The wondrous world of poultry encompasses chickens, ducks, geese, swans, turkeys, guinea fowl, peacocks, pheasants, quail, partridge, pigeons, ostriches, emus, and rheas. Whichever breed you choose, this book is for you. How to Raise Poultry clearly explains what you need to know to raise a healthy flock and how to go about getting what you want from your birds, be it eggs, meat, feathers, or simply beauty. Illustrated with more than 200 color photographs, How to Raise Poultry guides you through the many steps and stages of poultry ownership.

With this indispensable guide you’ll be able to:

*Select breeds
*Feed and house your flock
*Keep your birds healthy
*Breed poultry
*Hatch eggs and raise young
*Harvest and sell products

Since 1928, the National FFA Organization—formerly known as Future Farmers of America—has been dedicated to agricultural education. Today, there are more than 550,000 members in 7,498 chapters in 50 states, as well as 5 million alumni.

Author Christine Heinrichs has won many awards over the course of her 30-year career as a writer. She is a member of the American Poultry Association, where she serves on the Heritage Breeds Committee; the American Bantam Association; and the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. She lives with her husband, chickens, and cat in Cambria, California.