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Poultry species

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The following documents provide information on keeping specific species of poultry.

Duck raising

  • Introduction to commercial duck farming
  • Introduction to duck raising
  • Duck breeds and breeding
  • Duck disease control and parasites
  • Duck housing design, layout and equipment
  • Duck egg production, lighting and incubation
  • Brooding and rearing ducks
  • Preparing and cooking duck

Geese raising

  • Introduction to goose production
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  • Housing geese
  • Disease control for geese
  • Handling geese, and using geese as 'watchdogs' and for weed control
  • Egg production, incubation and sex identification of geese
  • Brooding and rearing goslings
  • Feeding geese
  • Composition of goose meat, preparing for cooking, and recipes

Pheasant raising

  • Introduction to pheasant raising
  • Pheasant breeds and breeding
  • Disease control, parasites, predators and cannibalism in pheasants
  • Pheasant housing
  • Pheasant egg production, lighting and incubation
  • Brooding, rearing and handling pheasants, and flight control
  • Feeding pheasants
  • Processing pheasant
  • Preparing and cooking pheasant

Japanese quail raising

  • How to raise Japanese quail

Squab raising

  • How to raise squab
Geese in Kangaroo Valley, NSW
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