Keeping Ducks and Geese
Product ID: 3919368
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This is a comprehensive and attractive lifestyle guide to keeping ducks and geese – from what to consider before buying them, how to house them, their welfare and even egg selection. They make wonderful and rewarding pets, and come in all shapes, sizes and colours, providing delicious eggs which are high in protein and are ideal for baking superior cakes. Geese make handy lawn mowers and ducks are perfect for vegetable and allotment gardeners as they love to feast on insects and other pests. With so much versatility, the desire to rear ducks and geese has never been greater. The book begins with a fascinating brief history of domesticated waterfowl, and then moves onto first considerations before purchasing your ducks or geese, such as goose and duck anatomy and behavior. There is a detailed section on all of the 40 common breeds of duck and goose, enabling you to make the right decision about which ones to choose. The book features extensive information on planning and welfare, helping you to ensure that you have the right type of space and housing, along with important feeding information. There are also guidelines on how to deal with any eventuality, such as telling the neighbors, going away on holiday and cleaning. Useful for anyone considering breeding from their waterfowl, there is advice on egg production, egg incubation and hatching, as well as a whole section on rearing. A lavish lifestyle chapter provides recipes for using the rich eggs, along with fun activities for all of the family including quill making and decorating eggs. Keeping Ducks and Geese fuses contemporary lifestyle design and an authoritative text, to appeal not only to those who already keep waterfowl, but also to those who are thinking of having them or even just aspire to the self-sufficient lifestyle that they represent. Review: Great Book - This book, "keeping Ducks and Geese" is VERY informative ! The book has many beautiful pictures and important information on all the different breeds of ducks and geese. The book answered some of the questions we had about feather changes we saw in our ducks. We have shared information from this book with others that bought geese and ducks but didn't know that much about them. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to know about ducks and geeses. The writer/producer of this book did a wonderful job putting it together ! Review: Good book! - This Spring I have added a couple baby ducks to my small flock of chickens. Since I really hadn't a clue about what to do after I brought them home, I found this book. Its informative without being over wordy. Gets to the point and gives just the right amount of basic information needed to take care of these cuties. Love the illustrations and the fact that they tell you what breed the picture is of. Great book for a newbie starting with ducks and geese.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 65 Reviews |
J**T
Great Book
This book, "keeping Ducks and Geese" is VERY informative ! The book has many beautiful pictures and important information on all the different breeds of ducks and geese. The book answered some of the questions we had about feather changes we saw in our ducks. We have shared information from this book with others that bought geese and ducks but didn't know that much about them. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to know about ducks and geeses. The writer/producer of this book did a wonderful job putting it together !
R**N
Good book!
This Spring I have added a couple baby ducks to my small flock of chickens. Since I really hadn't a clue about what to do after I brought them home, I found this book. Its informative without being over wordy. Gets to the point and gives just the right amount of basic information needed to take care of these cuties. Love the illustrations and the fact that they tell you what breed the picture is of. Great book for a newbie starting with ducks and geese.
C**E
Good, basic info
This book was very worth the $5.00 or so that I spent on it. Originally, I bought it for my 4th grader to use for her science fair project. The info is very basic, but it's a good starting point for waterfowl beginners (adults and older kids). I enjoyed the info on the various breeds (not a comprhensive list, but decent) and the photos that went with it. Overall, I nicely put together book for the low price.
S**Y
Great book!
Great book! Very informative, we are getting ready to buy ducks this spring and we feel ready because of this book!
V**N
Wonderful pictures!!
Not knowing ANYTHING about ducks this book was not only informative, but the pictures of the different breeds was exactly what I was looking for. The pictures in the hatchery catalogs can't compare to the pictures in this book. If you're undecided what breed to go with, this book will help. The description of each breed goes into more detail than the hatchery catalogs too. I found the price at Amazon the lowest and purchasing Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, shipping was free. Glad I purchased it.
B**7
Five Stars
Great Book easy to read very informitive.
V**A
good book on waterfowl
This is a good general book on waterfowl, with beautiful pictures. It is not as thorough as Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, but still overall a good book.
B**R
Very Basic
I purchased the book after reading the glowing reviews left by others. On a positive note: The book has wonderful color photos... But the information is far too basic... it lacks even basic care/feeding info. I'd class this at a child/pre-teen level. It will be a nice edition to my 4-h youth library. I will be purchasing more references to fill in what this has left out.
F**.
Edición impresa defectuosa
La impresión del color está saturada, apenas se diferencian matices. Yo diría que es un fallo de imprenta.
R**E
Perfect for a beginner
Beautiful book for my son. Tell him everything he needs to know and lovely photos.
B**O
covers most things
a nice back to basic book
J**Y
Good little book
Good little book for someone like me who wanted the basics with hindsight - having already taken on the ducks! Lovely breed descriptions, full of useful information although basic information was wrapped in with the rest and had to be actively looked for.
E**E
Knowledgeable without being unnecessarily long winded.
Practical. Simple. Knowledgeable. References key pages during reading the text.
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