Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks

January 1, 2011
Storey has long been known as a go-to press for exemplary animal-husbandry titles, and now it is releasing some of its best-sellers in substantially revised editions to satisfy growing demand for information on their increasingly trendy topics. Almost a third of the material in this update of a 2001 title is brand new, including current guidelines for disease prevention and maintaining healthy flocks and new overviews of organic methods. Also expanded is the resource section as well as a discussion about the importance of rare breeds, a topic that fits easily into the larger movement to preserve the widest possible gene pools in plants and animals. As in the previous edition, readers will find all the basic, technical facts they need to start and maintain their own fowl-raising operation, beginning with choosing the right duck, and throughout, sidebars from experienced voices offer sobering advice on such topics as thwarting predators (Just one raccoon visit can wipe out your entire flock). Extensive charts and a scattering of photos round out this essential guide.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)