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    Poultry As Pets Hens, Ducks, Bantams, Muscovies, Free-Ranging In Your Garden
    Poultry As Pets Hens, Ducks, Bantams, Muscovies, Free-Ranging In Your Garden
    Poultry As Pets Hens, Ducks, Bantams, Muscovies, Free-Ranging In Your Garden
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    Poultry As Pets Hens, Ducks, Bantams, Muscovies, Free-Ranging In Your Garden

    By Greg Dinneen

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    If you want birds for pets.
    Then you could get a couple of hens or bantams.

    And let them loose in your back garden.
    Rather than lock some poor canary or budgerigar up in some little cage.

    If you have the time and the space.
    Then poultry can make good pets.

    Hens are easier to look after than ducks.
    And, some breeds lay a lot of eggs too.

    I have had hens, bantams, ducks, Muscovies as pets.

    Free-ranging in my suburban back garden.
    They were never in coops or cages.

    If you are just going to keep your hens locked-up in a cage or small run in your garden.
    You may as well buy genuine free-range eggs.

    I no longer have pet poultry.

    But, I made several birdbaths.
    And, placed them outside my windows.

    So, every day, I have lots of visiting wildlife birds.
    To watch.
    Some, of whom, make their nests in my garden.

    This ebook includes:

    Poultry – free-ranging in your garden.

    Poultry-proof plants for a poultry-proof garden.

    Do you really want poultry?

    Looking after poultry as pets.

    Eggs.

    Noise.
    Roosters make a lot of noise.
    Enough to wake you, and your neighbours, at dawn.

    Space – at least 100 m2 per hen or duck.
    And, ducks need a pond, with at least 2 m2 of surface area of water per duck.

    Sleeping.
    Hens and bantams sleep at night.
    Ducks feed at night, as well as in the daytime, and so they do not like to be locked up at night.

    Company.
    Always have at least 2 hens or 2 bantams or 2 ducks for company.

    Water.
    Hens and bantams only need water to drink.
    However, ducks are water fowl, and need a pond.

    Food and feeding.

    Adopting or buying poultry as pets.

    Pure-bred show poultry.

    As well as:

    Bird gardens – aviaries without walls.

    The simplest way to have lots of different birds, in your garden, is to put birdbaths, or ponds, outside your windows.
    And, then watch the free wildlife birds through your windows, singing, drinking, bathing, splashing, drying and grooming, feeding and perhaps nesting.

    Making a birdbath.

    Safety – do not let birds drown in your birdbaths.
    If your birdbath has steep sides, birds can drown.
    Unless, you fill the birdbath up with soil and plants, so the birds can climb out.

    Extra feeding for visiting wildlife birds.

    And.

    Fish have feelings too!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreg Dinneen
    Release dateMar 12, 2015
    ISBN9781310251887
    Poultry As Pets Hens, Ducks, Bantams, Muscovies, Free-Ranging In Your Garden
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      Poultry As Pets Hens, Ducks, Bantams, Muscovies, Free-Ranging In Your Garden - Greg Dinneen

      TITLE PAGE

      POULTRY AS PETS

      Hens, Ducks, Bantams, Muscovies,

      Free-Ranging In Your Garden

      Copyright © 1983, Greg Dinneen.

      This Edition Copyright © 2015, Greg Dinneen.

      All Rights Reserved.

      Written and Published by Greg Dinneen.

      Distributed by Smashwords.

      ISBN: 9781310251887

      Email:

      gregdinneen@yahoo.com

      For more of my eBooks please see my Smashwords Profile at:

      https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/LactoVegan

      You can also Download Free PDFs, of some my pamphlets, from:

      https://sites.google.com/site/vegetarianinformationcenter

      My Blog:

      http://www.lacto-ovo-vegan.blogspot.com

      DISCLAIMER

      Information in this ebook,

      is my personal opinion based on my personal experience,

      which includes my having had poultry as pets,

      including hens, bantams, ducks and Muscovies.

      Information in this ebook,

      is not to be taken as professional advice.

      Or, as a substitute for professional advice.

      WELCOME TO POULTRY AS PETS

      This book is about pet poultry.

      Pet poultry, free-poultry, free-ranging in your garden.

      You might have poultry.

      You might want to learn about poultry before getting poultry.

      Or,

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