The Poultry Science: The Selection Rearing And General Treatment Of Poultry

Though the number of persons who keep poultry is increasing and the knowledge of how to manage poultry is being diffused through the poultry press, the demand for eggs and dead fowls increases in still greater degree. The selection, rearing and general treatments in poultry science was felt as the need of hour for farmers. Poultry science has to be studied in all its details, it has been dealt with thoroughly. Trust, this book will be of great help to the poultry farmers, teachers, researchers and students. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Selection of Breeds; Chapter 3: Importation of Eggs; Chapter 4: Accommodation Houses; Chapter 5: Marking Fowls and Eggs; Chapter 6: Management and Feeding; Chapter 7: Breeding Pens; Chapter 8: Setting and Hatching; Chapter 9: Coops, Artificial Mothers, Food and Rearing; Chapter 10: Preparing for Show; Chapter 11: Fattening, Killing and Plucking; Chapter 12: Cooking; Chapter 13: Enemies of the Poultry Yard; Chapter 14: Diseases; Chapter 15: Description of Various Breeds.