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Nyt oplag foreløbig udsat til 1.9. 2024Når man holder høns og dyrker have efter økologiske principper, lever man så tæt på naturens præmisser, som man kan gøre i et moderne samfund. I de fleste tilfælde bliver det en livsstil og en daglig glæde. Og gode og sunde produkter til brug i husholdningen. Man kan komme i gang med at holde høns for ca. 4000 kr., hvis man selv er lidt fiks på fingrene, og endnu billigere, hvis der bruges genbrugsmaterialer. Det er heller ikke dyrt eller besværligt at skaffe føde til hønsene. Ukrudt eller små rester mad ryger ind til dem. Toppe fra gulerod og rødbeder og andre grønsagsrester fra haven kan selvfølgelig komposteres, men ved at sende dem gennem hønsene får man fine æg og et meget vigtigt gødningsmiddel. ØKOHØNS omtaler de bedste hønseracer til små hønsehold, livet i hønseflokken, hønsenes menukort, hønsehuset, pasning og pleje, udseende og anatomi, sygdomme, æg, slagtning og meget andet. Jens Juhl og Sølva Falgren har holdt høns i en del år og hjælper gennem AGENDA 21 med at sætte høns på prøve hos interesserede. Forfatterne holder hvert år mange kurser om økologisk have og hønsehold og har også skrevet ØKOLOGISK HAVE. Illustreret med fotos af Sølva Falgren m.fl. og gamle og nye tegninger, indbundet i dutchbind. Ift. 1. udgave beskrives i 2. udgave nye racehøns og krydsningshøns.

"The most comprehensive book on how to raise and breed your own poultry flock is now fully updated and expanded. The first edition of The Small-Scale Poultry Flock helped thousands of small-scale farmers and homesteaders successfully adopt a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl based on natural systems. In this expanded and thoroughly revised edition, readers will find plenty of all-new material. Author Harvey Ussery introduces readers to his new favorite breed of chicken, Icelandics; describes how he manages his breeding flock using a clan mating system; presents detailed information on the use of trapnests and record-keeping spreadsheets for evaluating breeding hen performance; and provides step-by-step instructions for construction of an ingeniously designed mobile poultry shelter...Ussery presents a sustainable and ecologically friendly model that can be adapted for use at a variety of scales. His advice and examples throughout the book will prove invaluable for beginner homesteaders, growers looking to incorporate poultry into their farm, or experienced flocksters seeking to close their loop"--

This book provides a detailed overview of the current welfare issues affecting broiler production. Chapters review the role of intensive poultry production systems in the development of welfare issues, such as lameness, dermatitis and feather-picking.

Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Poultry Farming contains concise, up-to-date information on vitamin nutrition for poultry.

In Chicken Keeping Pure and Simple, author Nikki Husted (@purelychickens) provides a fun and friendly guide for chicken keepers of all ages.

This book covers nearly all the aspects of duck rearing system with various duck genetic resources of India, their nutritional requirements, care management, diseases and prevention, slaughter, grading, packaging of meat, nutritional importance of meat & egg and integrated farming.

A captivating, beautifully illustrated memoir of a life in nature, and a testament to the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flower Yard'I am a toddler the first time I meet a chicken, and we are equal in size and height. The hen has tiny eyelashes, a strawberry-jam face and a voice of purring clucks. I sense a happy spirit of inquisitiveness and smile in fascination. From that moment on, I will always love the company of chickens. I have found my tribe'Most of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young - for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens. Growing up in an ex-mining town in Nottinghamshire, the other kids in the playground called him 'Chicken Boy'. But the quiet fulfilment of keeping hens became his sanctuary, a tonic for mental and physical health, a connection with his family and the natural world. From the local allotments and his nan's back garden, to Chatsworth and an unlikely friendship with the late Duchess of Devonshire, a famous hen-keeper, Chicken Boy tells the story of the love and satisfaction to be found in caring for living things. Illustrated with Arthur's own characterful watercolours and photographs of his 'girls', and laden with practical hen-keeping tips, gardening advice and introductions to common, rare and pure breeds, Chicken Boy is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a life in nature.

Your guide to keeping chickens, turkeys, and ducks—from choosing a coop that will protect from predators to marketing eggs and so much in between!