Showing poultry
By: by Glenn Drowns
Series: Storey basics; Storey basics
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9781612125299
Subjects: Poultry; Showing
Description: Expert Glenn Drowns offers all the information and guidance you need to successfully exhibit your poultry at fairs and expositions. Learn how to select the best breeds and birds for exhibition and how to raise them with the proper diet, health care, and handling so that they are at their best by showtime. Drowns includes a useful countdown to help you plan tasks, from pest prevention to cage training, as well as dozens of tips on what judges are looking for.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started; title: Acquiring your birds; title: Raising birds to show; title: Raising healthy birds; title: A month ahead: getting ready; title: The week of the show; title: Showtime; title: Poultry showmanship; title: Post-show follow-up.