TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murtagh,Nyiri
TI  - The backyard duck book: for the love of ducks 
SN  - 9780643106512 (pbk)
U1  - 636.597 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Collingwood, Vic.
PB  - CSIRO Publishing
KW  - Ducks
KW  - Duck breeds
N1  - Originally published: Bolwarrah, Vic. : Bolwarrah Press, 2000; Includes bibliographical references; Also issued in various ebook formats
N2  - The Backyard Duck Book is a revised edition of Nyiri Murtagh's popular book, For the Love of Ducks, but with colour photographs of the duck breeds. It covers all aspects of duck husbandry, from selecting a breed and buying ducks to housing, breeding, feeding and health. It includes a description of each of the duck breeds currently available in Australia, the standards for each breed, their egg-laying capacity and their potential as table birds. The book also has a comprehensive section on artificial incubation of eggs that includes step-by-step instructions on how to test eggs for fertility and defects. Crossbreeding, developing your own lines and raising ducks for meat are also covered. Backyard poultry farmers, small-acre farmers and hobby farmers will find this book an enjoyable and useful reference
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