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This is a guide to keeping guineafowl on a small scale or commercially. Contents of the book are as follows:- History of guineafowl Names of guineafowl Origins and types of guineafowl Letter from Zimbabwe Keeping crested and vulturine guineafowl Keeping guineafowl on a small scale Housing, breeding and artificial insemination Eggs, incubation, hatching, colour breeding and pinioning Sexing Commercial rearing, intensive and free-range, capons Catching, killing, plucking, evisceration, trussing Packing and labelling Marketing Health, diseases and ailments This is a smashing little book dedicated to guineafowl. It has a lovely colour photograph section of all the different mutations of guineafowl. Also shows many different varieties of guineafowl. The book has many photos of chicks hatching, being reared and guineafowl in the wild. This is a must read for anyone thinking of keeping or even people already keeping guineafowl. |