Domestic Geese
Domestic Geese
Author: John BezzantDomestic Geese is a comprehensive book for pet keepers, breeders and exhibitors. Written from years of first hand experience with these delightful birds, this revised paperback edition gives a special insight into their behaviour. Pure breeds of geese, hand reared, are tame, responsive and intelligent. Reared well, they will give hours of interest and pleasure for life.
- Topics covered include:
- Breeds: their origins and characteristics
- Why keep geese? - as garden pets, for exhibition, for table birds and eggs
- Management of adult stock: transport, housing, feeding, fencing, goose behaviour
- Breeding, incubation and rearing the goslings
- Common ailments
Availability: In Print
Publication date: January 2011
Binding: Hardback
Dimensions: 246 x 189mm
Weight: 501g
Extent: 200pp
ISBN: 9781847972156
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Introduction
PART ONE: BREEDS
1 Origins
2 Descendants of the Swan Goose
3 Developments from the Greylag: The Older European Breeds
4 Later Developments: The Heavyweights
5 Relative Newcomers
PART TWO: SETTING UP
6 Why keep Geese?
7 Exhibiting
8 Table Birds
9 Acquiring Stock
PART THREE: MANAGEMENT OF ADULT STOCK
10 New Birds
11 Giving The Birds What They Need
12 Goose Behavior; Getting The Best Out of Your Geese
13 Approaching the Breeding Season
PART FOUR: BREEDING
14 The Breeding Season
15 Incubation
16 Rearing the Goslings
Appendix: Diseases and Ailments
Useful Addresses
References
Index
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