Don Schrider

Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys, 3rd Edition (eBook, ePUB)

Breeds, Care, Marketing

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Turkeys are an excellent source of succulent meat, rich eggs, and nutrient-dense manure, and raising them is a rewarding and profitable activity for many farmers. With helpful tips on acquiring organic certification, processing both meat and eggs, and marketing your products, you'll have all the information you need to successfully raise your own healthy and productive turkeys.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603429092
• Artikelnr.: 40124721

Autorenporträt

Don Schrider is a poultry aficionado and has written on the topic for many publications, including Mother Earth News, Backyard Poultry, Chickens, Countryside and Small Stock Journal, and Poultry Press. He is a master breeder of Brown Leghorn and Buckeye chickens and has worked with the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy on various projects. He lives in Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface   Introduction The Nature of the Bird
Natural Habitat   1 History An American Original
European Contact
Colonial America
Breed Improvements   2 Varieties of Turkeys Three Turkey Types
Wild Turkeys
Commercial Broad-Breasted Turkeys
Heritage Turkey Varieties
Securing Stock
Shipping and Receiving   3 Building and Equipment Management Systems
Housing
Equipment   4 Feeds and Feeding Feed Types
Natural Balancing
Feeding
Feeding Philosophy
Feeding the Breeders   5 Incubation Collection of Eggs
Incubator Setup
Egg Position and Turning
Candling
When to Open the Incubator
Poult Defects Caused by Improper Incubation
Identification and Tracking
Removing Poults from the Incubator   6 Brooding Imitating Nature
Natural Brooding
Before Brooding
The Brooder and Brooder House
Primary Brooding Challenges
Receiving Shipped Poults
Maturing Poults
Observing Poult Behavior   7 Pastured Production Overview of the Three Systems
The Challenges of Overstocking
Learning from Nature
Rotational Grazing
Fencing Basics
Movable Roosts and Feeders
Permanent Fencing
Guardian Dogs
Roosts
Shade
Pasture
Manure
Putting Poults on Pasture   8 Protection from Predators Small Predators
Medium-sized Predators
Large Predators
Flying Predators
Prevention
Fencing
Guardian Dogs
Your Ecosystem
Turkey Nature   9 Killing and Processing Assessing Readiness for Processing
Care before Killing
Processing Area and Equipment
Killing
Debraining
Scalding
Plucking
Eviscerating
Cleaning the Giblets
Trussing
Chilling and Packaging
State and Federal Grading and Inspection   10 Breeding Nature's Way
Human Impact
A Philosophy of Good Breeding
Genes
Breeds, Varieties, and Strains of Turkeys
Breeding Methods
Breeding Tools
Culling
Care of Breeding Turkeys
Storing Eggs
Egg Production
Selection
Applying What You've Learned
Artificial Insemination   11 The Turkey Enterprise Consistency
Source of Stock
System of Production
Feed
Transporting
Processing
Product Marketing
Product Storage and Shipping
Inspections and Certifications
Marketing Your Turkeys   12 Flock Health Disease Prevention Starts with Good Health
Disease Basics
Turkey Diseases
Turkey Parasites
Disease Prevention
Nutritional Deficiencies
Miscellaneous Problems
Disposal of Dead Birds
Rodent Control   Advice from Turkey Breeders Talking Turkey: A Glossary of Terms Definition of a Heritage Turkey Recommended Reading Resources Index