Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys: Breeds, Care, Health | 
| Author: Leonard Mercia
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 103277
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 158017261X
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.592
UPC: 037038172614
EAN: 9781580172615
ASIN: 158017261X
Publication Date: November 8, 2000
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Product Description
For 17 years readers have turned to Storey Books for advice on raising animals. Our Modern Way series of six books has sold more than 1,000,000 copies. In an effort to provide readers with the best how-to animal books on the market we are completely updating all six Modern Way titles and reintroducing them as part of our Guide to Raising series. Written by experts, these guides give novice and experienced livestock farmers all they need to know to successfully keep and profit from animals. Each book includes information on selection, housing, space requirements, breeding and birthing techniques, feeding, behavior, and health concerns and remedies for illness. The books also address the business of raising animals -- processing meat, milk, eggs, and more. The authors were chosen not only for their expertise but also for their ability to explain the ins and outs of animal husbandry in an inviting and authoritative manner. Whether readers are ready to start an entire herd or flock or are considering purchasing their first animal, Storey's Guide to Raising series offers vital information; each book is an indispensable reference.
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 Comprehensive Guide to Raising Turkeys April 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys is an invaluable resource for everyone who raises turkeys. It contains the most current information available on selecting the right turkey, breeding and management, processing, feeding and housing, and flock health.
Extensively revised and updated with more than 100 new pages added, Raising Turkeys includes information on selection, housing, space requirements, breeding and birthing techniques, feeding, behavior, and health concerns and remedies for illnesses.
Raising Ducks & Geese: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-18 (Storey Publishing Bulletin)
Turkey Book Is A Turkey February 8, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed in this book. I expected colored pictures to identify the different turkey breeds. The information was too generalized - I found more info available on the internet.
 A place to start May 12, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have to agree with three out of the four reviewers prior to mine. This books is focused on broad breasted commercial breeds and industrial or for-profit raising of turkeys. I was looking for a little more info on turkeys and the various breeds, but they are dismissed in the beginning of the book. There are some good ideas on housing and home made feeders, etc. but this information could be found in a more general poultry book. If you need a place to start for turkeys I suppose this is as good as any, but if you are looking for a book about the breeds and why turkeys are different from other poultry, I don't think you'll find what you are looking for with this book. We are not a commercial outfit, we just want to raise our own food in a manner that is humane and takes advantage of the local environment. This year we are starting with Royal Palms, a smaller breed for just the two of us. Next year we'd like to try hatching bourbons. The other books ("Turkey Management" and "Birds of a Feather: Saving Rare Turkeys from Extinction") cited by Gene Hart, above, look more interesting and along the lines of my interests. They did not appear on the usual searches.
Worst of the Storey's Guides May 7, 2005
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
If you want to raise a few dumb broad breasted white turkeys this book will be useful for you. But don't! Instead raise some of the interesting heritage breeds. They are intelligent, fun, and delicious. However, they won't gain weight as fast as the broad breasted white.
The best book on raising turkeys is long out of print. It is "Turkey Management" by Marsden and Martin. Any edition. To learn more about rare heritage turkeys see Christman's "Birds of a Feather: Saving Rare Turkeys from Extinction".
Or join the internet Rare Heritage Turkey list.
Great guide for students and new farmers May 2, 2004
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book to farmers and students because the information is practical and useful, and the text is easy to read. Dr. Mercia revised and updated this book with more information on selection, breeding, and birthing techniques which I was particularly interested in. Also updated in this edition is more info on housing and behavior as well as health problems and the remedies for those problems.There are many photos and illustrations included which also helped me a great deal.
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