Keeping Ducks
Beautiful Comical Things
2003
Fox Chapel Publishers International (Hersteller)
978-1-903366-55-4 (ISBN)
Fox Chapel Publishers International (Hersteller)
978-1-903366-55-4 (ISBN)
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A beginner's guide to duck-keeping, it follows the journey of ducklings from incubation through their lives. It also explains the methods of feeding, housing, breeding and generally caring for ducks on the farm and at show. It provides information about duck keeping, choosing a breed, and more.
"There is something about ducks that attracts human company," says Tom Bartlett in this beginner's guide to duck-keeping. Tom follows the journey of ducklings from incubation through their lives as he explains his own methods of feeding, housing, breeding and generally caring for ducks on the farm and at show. We meet Ross Kent, a beginner whose ambition is to breed quality birds, and with Tom's guidance Ross prepares for the British Waterfowl Championship. This is the perfect way to get a thorough grounding in duck keeping, choosing a breed that appeals to you and enjoying some typical duck behaviour at Folly Farm, Gloucestershire in the company of the former President of the British Waterfowl Association.
"There is something about ducks that attracts human company," says Tom Bartlett in this beginner's guide to duck-keeping. Tom follows the journey of ducklings from incubation through their lives as he explains his own methods of feeding, housing, breeding and generally caring for ducks on the farm and at show. We meet Ross Kent, a beginner whose ambition is to breed quality birds, and with Tom's guidance Ross prepares for the British Waterfowl Championship. This is the perfect way to get a thorough grounding in duck keeping, choosing a breed that appeals to you and enjoying some typical duck behaviour at Folly Farm, Gloucestershire in the company of the former President of the British Waterfowl Association.
Tom Bartlett grew up on a Gloucestershire farm and for much of his life has been a farmer. He started keeping ducks as a boy in 1937. By the early 1970s the hobby had overtaken his conventional farming and he opened Folly Farm, near Bourton on the Water, Glos to the public. This became Europe's largest domestic waterfowl and wildlife conservation area attracting 40-50,000 visitors a year. Tom was instrumental in saving from extinction many rare breeds of duck including the Appleyard that is now kept all over the world. He was formerly editor of the British Waterfowl Association magazine and President of the BWA until 2000. In retirement Tom is enjoying the peace and quiet of Islay, off the west coast of Scotland.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2003 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 134 x 190 mm |
| Gewicht | 87 g |
| Themenwelt | Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei |
| ISBN-10 | 1-903366-55-0 / 1903366550 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-903366-55-4 / 9781903366554 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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