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By Chris Ashton

conserving ducks is a whole consultant to the domesticated goose. It indicates how this clever poultry has been absorbed into various cultures all through historical past, from the taming of the Greylag and the Swan goose to the exhibition of the powerful Toulouse. Written from thirty years of first-hand adventure of conserving, breeding and displaying those birds, holding ducks offers an perception into their conduct and behavior. natural breeds of ducks, hand-reared, are tame, responsive and clever and reared good, they'll provide hours of curiosity and delight for all times. Illustrated with over one hundred sixty pictures and diagrams, this complete examine of ducks covers the next and lots more and plenty extra: domestication of the goose from the wild, and improvement of the breeds; why hold ducks - as backyard pets, eggs, exhibition, desk birds; getting begun with ducks; knowing ducks - breeds, body structure and behavior; administration of grownup inventory; breeding, incubation and rearing goslings; spotting and treating ailments.

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