I'm putting a poultry e book together and need a few people to give me there honest opinions as to if its has anything missing they would look for in a book and if i need to expand it in any way please pm me if you are intrested in reviewing it for me
kindest regard Mal
dont e afraid im after opinions not money :)
sheesh i cant even give it away, oh well not to worry i guess the wife will have to read it first lol :)
I kept chooks for a short while so have some knowledge on the subject but being relatively inexperienced I think I may have some ideas on what people want to know. I would be happy to have a read and tell you what I think and make any suggestions but the best thing may be just to sign up to a good poultry forum like the practical poultry one and just read through picking out the most commonly asked questions and making sure you have the answers to those at least.
http://www.pekinbantams.com/candle_eggs.asp
I found this site lovely also there is backyardchickens a USA site.
include in there that black rocks, although are the free range egg laying machines, have the personality of a hoard of football hooligans/skinheads esp. when you have a bowl of food in your hands :o
ill bare that in mind about black rocks i dont have that problem as i only breed marans at the moment any more takers on this e book this is a limited offer so take advantage asap kindest regard mal
any one intrested please send me your email address in pm thanks again mal
thanks for taking me up on the offer palustris and terresa hope u enjoy
The first 'how to keep chickens' book I read started with words to the effect of
You will need to cull all your chickens at the end of their first year as they become uneconomical!
I often quote this to my 4 year old girls when I find no eggs - again!
Not the sort of book I want to read. My favourite has to be 'Hens & the are of chicken maintainace'
I would be happy to look at your book Slyfox [appropriate name] ;D
send me an email addy marymary and ill send it u regards mal
I find it very hard to relate to this problem about killing them off; when we had animals (chickens, occasionally ducks, and goats) there was no mystery about it; they got eaten. We treated them as meat on the hoof, and didn't get sentimental over them or make pets of them.
i totally agree Robert , but more and more people are keeping poultry as pets and not keeping them as a meat commodity like a few years ago., each to there own i say but getting back to my e book its only meant as a guide book on keeping and rearing chickens and incubation and such like
kindest regards Mal
Robert I have no problem with people who want to eat their chickens and make sure they have happy lives until they do. I think this particularly applies to people who hatch chicks then have loads of surplus cockerels ie you should only do this if you are prepared to dispatch them. However we don't eat meat & so keep our chicks for eggs and yes they are pets and very rewarding ones too.
e book sent marymary hope you enjoy.
I did enjoy your e-book SF - thank you. I have kept chickens for a few years now but there is still lots to learn. For instance I didn't know gone off feed could cause botulism & I shall be even more careful in future. Also it reminded me to fill my rat poison box which I had been ignoring as we haven't had any signs for a while. Any chance of adding a few pictures?
thanks for the input marymary ill bare this in mind regards mal
Many thanks to the people who taken part with me on my project, especially Eric (palustris) for taking the time and converting my northern ramblings in to useful English . Many thanks all of you kindest regard Mal
Mary - how do you know feed has 'gone' off??? Do you know the symptoms of botulism???
The botulism bit is in sly-foxes book, basically they turn their heads back & die so fairly easy to diagnose! As for the gone off part I have had feed which was looking a bit odd by the bottom of the bag - sometimes it gets 'moth' where you find sort of strands like spider's web & the odd moth flies out when you open the bin. I had been told they wouldn't harm the chicks - extra protein - but I think I shall now be more vigilant & chuck out any I don't like the look of. PS sure SF will be willing to email you his book.
the finished book is now selling really well on ebay so im not able to send it out for free anymore as it would be unfair to the people who are buying it from me but if i can be of any help at all to people on here id be glad to help out kindest regards mal
and ps thanks again to the people who took part
if anyones intrested in this book look in e-buygumbay for my offer remember its goes to dan thanks mal
hi guys just lettting you know how my poultry basics book is going its going great getting loads of good comments on it no negative as yet so once again thanks alot for your help some of my feed back off ebay is below all the best and kindest regards mal
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