ISBN: 9788176220453    Publisher: Biotech Year of publishing: 2012     Format:  Hardcover No of Pages: 325        Language: English

Besides discussing in detail the anatony of the hen... particularly the laying organs, the book gives a simple explanation of the various diseases and disorders and their management. Supported with descriptive photographs, it contains a mine of practical information, useful as well as essential for all those concerned with poultry farming and poultry keeping. The author has also discussed his unique hand grading system for grading out eggs and hens in different seasons. An exhaustive subject index has been appended to the text, making reference hunting easier. Chapter 1: The Hen from Within, Chapter 2: The Laying Organs, Chapter 3: Ovarian Disorder, Chapter 4: When Egg-Making is Checked, Chapter 5: Digestive Disorders, Chapter 6: Cock-Hens and hens that Never Lay, Chapter 7: Catching and Handling Fowls, Chapter 8: The "Powell-Owen" Score-Card, Chapter 9: What Capacity Really is, Chapter 10: What Capability Really Means, Chapter 11: Raw Material and Finished Articles, Chapter 12: The Egg to Incubate, Chapter 13: Care of the Breeders, Chapter 14: The Chick to Rear, Chapter 15: Cross-Checking on the "Powell-Owen" System, Chapter 16: Grading for Laying Tests and Trap-Nesting, Chapter 17: Dispatching the Pullets to the Laying Tests, Chapter 18: Grading Out Deformities, Chapter 19: Selecting the Male Birds, Chapter 20: Size of Egg and Influences Thereon, Chapter 21: Grading in Different Seasons, Chapter 22: Hand-Grading of Ducks and Bantams, Chapter 23: For the Defendant, Chapter 24: Witnesses for the Defence, Chapter 25: The "Powell-Owen" Score-Card as in International Card, Chapter 26: On the Farms and at the Shows.
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