Chickens and How to Raise Them: All About Chickens, How to Hatch, House, Feed and Fatten Them and Cure Their Diseases
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Chickens and How to Raise Them: All About Chickens, How to Hatch, House, Feed and Fatten Them and Cure Their Diseases
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The Penn Publishing Company. Philadelphia, PA
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In the following pages the author deals in a systematic and thorough way with the subjects of natural and artificial incubation, and the rearing of chickens. He commences with a chapter on Nature's method of incubation, then fully describes the wonderful structure of an egg, following with chapters on the development of the embryo, the importance of securing good eggs for incubation, incubation by the hen and by artificial means; the merits and otherwise of moist and non-moisture incubators and their management, the rearing of chickens by natural and artificial means, weaning and feeding the chickens, rearing in winter; concluding with some sound useful advice regarding various common ailments in chickens.
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