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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Not only are turkeys an excellent source of succulent meat, rich eggs, and nutrient-dense manure, but they are curious, social, and friendly as well: a perfect and profitable choice for many farmers. Don Schrider brings his hands-on experience to this one-stop reference for humanely raising healthy turkeys. The revised and updated third edition includes: - Descriptions of more than a dozen heritage varieties - Humane handling methods - Feeding practices, including pasture-based production - Breeding, incubation, and brooding - Disease prevention - Protection from predators - Organic certification standards Vorwort Storey’s Guide to Raising Turkeys provides expert information on breed selection, facilities management, health care, and slaughtering. Zusammenfassung Storey’s Guide to Raising Turkeys provides expert information on breed selection, facilities management, health care, and slaughtering. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
