The Artificial Incubation Of Eggs And The Brooding Of Chicks

This special re-print edition of the Reliable Poultry Journal's book "Artificial Incubation and Brooding" is a complete guide to artificially incubating poultry eggs in an incubator, as well as raising chicks. Written in 1903, chapters include Egyptian Incubatories, Structure of an Egg - Development of the Chick, Natural Laws of Incubation, A Laying House, Pullets vs. Hens as Layers, The Best Breeds for Broilers, What and How To Feed Laying Hens, Hatchable Eggs and How To Get Them, Suggestions on Building Incubator Cellars, Construction of Brood Houses for Chicks, A Brooding House With An Underneath Piping System, Brooding House With An Overhead Piping System, Single Row Brooding Houses, A House For Indoor Brooders, Breeding Stock - Incubating - Chicks, Testing Eggs For Hatching, Use of Thermometers in Incubators, The Incubator in Operation, General Care off Incubator Hatched Chicks, Raising the Chickens, How To Use Outdoor Brooders, Feeding and Forcing Broiler Chickens, Profitable Broiler Raising, Incubators on the Farm, Poultry For Market, Pekin Ducks For Profit, Breeding and Feeding Pekin Ducks, How To Hatch and Raise Ducks and more. Though written a century ago, the sound advice contained in this small book will put one a step ahead when it comes to hatching and raising your own chicks, ducklings or poults. Lavishly illustrated with over historic photos, line drawings and diagrams. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

• | Author: Reliable Poultry Journal, Jackson Chambers
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 96 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1537709070
• | ISBN-13: 9781537709079