Domestic Geese

Domestic Geese

Author: Chris Ashton
ISBN: 9781847972156
Pages: 200
Format: 19 Χ 25
Binding: Paperback
Pub. Year: 2011

Domestic Geese is a comprehensive book for pet keepers, breeders and exhibitors. Written from years of first hand experience with these delightful birds, this revised paperback edition gives a special insight into their behaviour. Pure breeds of geese, hand reared, are tame, responsive and intelligent. Reared well, they will give hours of interest and pleasure for life.
Topics covered include:
• Breeds: their origins and characteristics
• Why keep geese? - as garden pets, for exhibition, for table birds and eggs
• Management of adult stock: transport, housing, feeding, fencing, goose behaviour
• Breeding, incubation and rearing the goslings
• Common ailments