Download or read book The Ultimate Pet Duck Guidebook written by Kimberly Link and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1st edition of this book is no longer available, but the 2nd edition IS!
Download or read book The Ultimate Pet Duck Guidebook written by Kimberly Link and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BLACK & WHITE VERSIONThis is the reference book that duck-lovers have relied upon for years, newly revised with over 200 added pages! Covering everything you've ever wanted to know about your ducks in one comprehensive and pet-friendly guidebook.Written by the Founder & President of Majestic Waterfowl Sanctuary, a rescuer who understands the connection between pet ducks and their guardians, this guide treats your feathered friend as a loving and worthy companion.Based on first-hand experiences and containing answers to hundreds of questions, this guide covers everything from day-to-day care, to serious medical issues. You'll learn essential tips on food, housing, flock management, safety, enrichment and lots more!Complete with inspiring anecdotes and an abundance of photos and illustrations, if you have a pet duck in your life or are considering letting one join your family, this guide is an absolute must.
Download or read book The Ultimate Pet Goose Guidebook written by Kimberly Link and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Majestic Waterfowl Sanctuary's TOP SELLING Goose book is right at your fingertips!Everything you've ever wanted to know about geese in one comprehensive, pet-friendly guidebook! This is the guidebook that goose-lovers have been waiting for! Written by the Founder and President of Majestic Waterfowl Sanctuary, a shelter entirely devoted to the rescuing of abandoned domestic waterfowl, this guide covers everything from day-to-day care to serious medical issues.Inspired by her own first-hand experiences, this guide is indispensible when caring for your feathered friends.With over 150 full color photos, encouraging anecdotes and the answers to hundreds of questions, if you have a pet goose, this guide is for you.
Download or read book The Ultimate Pet Goose Guidebook written by Kimberly Link and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FULL COLOR VERSION (also available in B&W).This is the reference book that goose-lovers have relied upon for years, newly revised with over 200 added pages! Covering everything you've ever wanted to know about your geese in one comprehensive and pet-friendly guidebook. Written by the Founder & President of Majestic Waterfowl Sanctuary, a rescuer who understands the connection between pet geese and their guardians, this guide treats your feathered friend as a loving and worthy companion.Based on first-hand experiences and containing answers to hundreds of questions, this guide covers everything from day-to-day care, to serious medical issues. You'll learn essential tips on food, housing, flock management, safety, enrichment and lots more!Complete with inspiring anecdotes and an abundance of color photos and beautiful illustrations, if you have a pet goose in your life or are considering letting one join your family, this guide is an absolute must.
Download or read book One Duck Stuck written by Phyllis Root and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Perfect for reading aloud, this counting book not only contains bright bold illustrations but also has lots of . . . sound effects that children will love to replicate." -- BOOKLIST Down by the marsh, by the sleepy, slimy marsh, one duck gets stuck in the muck . . . Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Bright, spirited illustrations by Jane Chapman enhance this one-of-a-kind counting tale by Phyllis Root - a feast of sounds and numbers that will have listeners scrambling to join in the slippy, sloppy fun.
Download or read book Choosing and Keeping Ducks and Geese written by Liz Wright and published by TFH Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choosing and Keeping Ducks and Geese provides a comprehensive overview of care and feeding requirements and all necessary equipment for keeping these popular and easy-to-maintain animals as pets. The all-inclusive guide provides extensive identification sections of 26 duck and 13 goose breeds and outlines how to incubate, hatch, and care for new ducklings and goslings. The author, an expert on ducks and geese, explains how to enter your purebred pet into a show, how to prepare the animal for competition, and identifies some of the standards that judges may be looking for when examining these beautiful birds. The eye-catching photography provides an up-close look at these lively animals throughout the text. If you or someone you know is a waterfowl parent, or might be looking to become one, Choosing and Keeping Ducks and Geese is the ultimate resource for providing a feathered friend with the best possible care to ensure health and happiness.
Download or read book Pekin Ducks as Pets American Pekin Duck Owner s Manual American Pekin Duck Pros and Cons Care Housing Diet and Health All Included written by MR Roland Ruthersdale and published by Imb Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Pekin Duck accounts for 90% of the commercially reared ducks in the United States of America. These ducks are known for their prolific egg laying abilities, laying close to 200 eggs in each season. The American Pekin Duck also produces the tastiest duck meat. Since these ducks grow fast in numbers, they are preferred by most people who rear ducks solely for commercial purposes. There is another side to these beautiful ducks. They are extremely beautiful with their creamy white and fluffy plumage. Because of their calm and peaceful nature, they also make great pets. Pekin Ducks are really friendly are known to follow their owners all around the house. They are even good companions as they love to cuddle and stay close to their owners. If you plan to bring home a American Pekin Duck, there are several things that you must keep in mind as these birds are very different from regular pets. The maintenance of ducks is important and must be given a lot of care as ducks are easily infected. These infections are also very hazardous to human health. To make sure that your flock is healthy and to also safeguard the health of your family, you must take all the necessary measures to make your home a good environment for ducks. This book takes you through all the details of duck care. This book is your one stop solution for all the queries that you may have about the health, care and even behavior of your American Pekin Duck. This book also gives you tips on making your American Pekin Duck a great investment. The author, Roland Ruthersdale, is a duck lover and duck keeper.
Download or read book Storey s Guide to Raising Ducks 2nd Edition written by Dave Holderread and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With in-depth information on feeding, housing, behavior, and health care, this comprehensive guide also provides proven strategies for creating a profitable business plan and marketing your products. Whether you’re about to acquire your first ducks or are interested in experimenting with rare breeds, Storey’s Guide to Raising Ducks will help you achieve your duck-raising goals.
Download or read book Duck Duck Goose Read Listen Edition written by Tad Hills and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duck & Goose, Goose & Duck. Feathered friends forever . . . or are they? That's what we discover in this charming and hilarious follow-up to the bestselling Duck & Goose. You see, there's a challenge to their friendship: a little whippersnapper of a duck named Thistle. Thistle's good at everything (or so she thinks), from math to holding her breath to standing on her head. Duck thinks she's fantastic. But Goose does not! And so Goose is faced with a problem close to the hearts of children everywhere: what happens when your best friend makes a new friend? This ebook includes Read & Listen audio narration.
Download or read book Chicken Health For Dummies written by Julie Gauthier and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to care for and keep happy, healthy chickens With directives on diagnosing and treating sick or ailing chickens, as well as general information on how to keep chickens in peak condition, Chicken Health For Dummies is your go-to guide on how to best care for and keep chickens. Inside, you'll get everything you need to know about chicken health and wellness: an encyclopedia full of common and not-so-common diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures that chicken owners may encounter. Chicken Health For Dummies provides chicken owners with one handy, all-encompassing resource. Helps you identify potential hazards and signs of ill health in your chicken Shows you how to properly examine chickens to identify and isolate potential health issues before they spread to the rest of the flock An encyclopedia full of common and uncommon diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures for chickens Chicken Health For Dummies joins Raising Chickens For Dummies and Building Chickens Coops For Dummies to round out the For Dummies reference library as a must-have resource for both rural and urban chicken owners.
Download or read book Domestic Duck Production written by Peter Cherry and published by CABI. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ducks are kept for profit in a great diversity of circumstances in both temperate and tropical climates. Outlining the biology of the domestic duck, this book provides quantitative descriptions of nutritional and environmental effects on growing and breeding ducks, as well as practical advice on husbandry, housing and management.
Download or read book Storey s Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds written by Carol Ekarius and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 128 birds strut their stuff across the pages of this definitive primer for intrepid poultry farmers and feather fanciers alike. From the Manx Rumpy to the Redcap and the Ancona duck to his Aylesbury cousin, each breed is profiled with a brief history, detailed descriptions of identifying characteristics, and colorful photography. Comprehensive and fun, Storey’s Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds celebrates the personalities and charming good looks of North America’s quirkiest barnyard birds and waterfowl.
Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting written by Tom Airhart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterfowling is one of the more challenging forms of hunting. Requiring an intimate knowledge of the quarry in specialized gear—from shotguns and ammo to decoys, calls, blinds, and boats—and taking place in a variety of terrains—from the fields of Manitoba to the flooded timber of Arkansas, it’s the type of sport that gets in your blood and stays there. In The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting, all aspects of this sport are covered by three authors who have intimate knowledge of how to hunt ducks and geese successfully. Chapters within this book cover dozens of topics, with special attention devoted to: Identifying the many and various species of waterfowl Methods for decoying and calling in a variety of situations Advice on how to choose the best gear for the situation at hand Theories and practices of retriever training and handling Tips on hunting in different types of weather, from rain and snow to bluebird skies How to choose the correct guns and loading Plus tips on blind placement in water or on land With more than a hundred photographs expertly illuminating the realities of waterfowl hunting, The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting is sure to help hunters of all skill levels bag their biggest catches yet.
Download or read book Hatching Brooding Your Own Chicks written by Gail Damerow and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gail Damerow shows you how to incubate, hatch, and brood baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets. With advice on everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best incubator to feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder, this comprehensive guide also covers issues like embryo development, panting chicks, and a variety of common birth defects. Whether you want to hatch three eggs or one hundred, you’ll find all the information you need to make your poultry-raising operation a success.
Download or read book Keeping Geese written by Chris Ashton and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2015-05-31 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping Geese is a complete guide to the domesticated goose. It shows how this intelligent bird has been absorbed into different cultures throughout history, from the taming of the Greylag and the Swan goose to the exhibition of the mighty Toulouse. Written from thirty years of first-hand experience of keeping, breeding and exhibiting these birds, Keeping Geese gives an insight into their habits and behaviour. Pure breeds of geese, hand-reared, are tame, responsive and intelligent and reared well, they will give hours of interest and pleasure for life. Illustrated with over 160 photographs and diagrams, this comprehensive study of geese covers the following and much more: domestication of the goose from the wild, and development of the breeds; why keep geese - as garden pets, eggs, exhibition, table birds; getting started with geese; understanding geese - breeds, physiology and behaviour; management of adult stock; breeding, incubation and rearing goslings; recognizing and treating ailments.
Download or read book An Introduction to Heritage Breeds written by D. Phillip Sponenberg and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interesting visual resource, written by three experts from the Livestock Conservancy, explains why conserving heritage breeds is important and shows readers how they can successfully raise—and benefit from—these breeds.
Download or read book The Official Preppy Handbook written by Lisa Birnbach and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
