The Backyard Duck Book: For the Love of Ducks
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| Management number | 233344655 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$13.10 | Model Number | 233344655 | ||
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The Backyard Duck Book is a revised edition of Nyiri Murtagh’s popular book, For the Love of Ducks, but with colour photographs of the duck breeds. It covers all aspects of duck husbandry, from selecting a breed and buying ducks to housing, breeding, feeding and health. It includes a description of each of the duck breeds currently available in Australia, the standards for each breed, their egg-laying capacity and their potential as table birds.The book also has a comprehensive section on artificial incubation of eggs that includes step-by-step instructions on how to test eggs for fertility and defects. Crossbreeding, developing your own lines and raising ducks for meat are also covered.Backyard poultry farmers, small-acre farmers and hobby farmers will find this book an enjoyable and useful reference. Read more
| ASIN | B008BDT54U |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0643106536 |
| Edition | Revised ed. |
| Language | English |
| File size | 7.8 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Print length | 168 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | June 14, 2012 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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