By Victoria Redhed Miller
Houdan. Nankin. Indian Runner. Naragansett. those may possibly sound like unique position names or strange types of produce, yet every one truly refers to at least one of the numerous 1000's of lesser-known chook breeds that tempt the farm animals proprietor who is ready to enterprise into much less usual territory. offering a substitute for advertisement breeds and hybrids, historical past breeds each one boast their very own detailed set of features and character characteristics, and are a worthwhile (and interesting) addition to a sustainable nutrition system.
Pure Poultry is the 1st ebook in approximately 100 years to concentration in particular on historical past breeds of chickens, turkeys, and geese and their position in a self-reliant way of life. This well timed, superbly illustrated source includes:
- Detailed directions on every little thing from housing, breeding, and day by day care, to processing, cooking, and preserving
- Much-needed details on utilizing background breeds for egg and meat production
- Tips, suggestion, urged interpreting, and extra assets
- A specific making plans worksheet that simplifies the method of beginning out with poultry
Brimming with quiet humor, Pure Poultry is an immensely readable "how-to and why-to" dependent totally on own experience—including lots of classes discovered the challenging method. Pure Poultry indicates how heritage-breed fowl can increase and deepen anyone's caliber of existence, even if you've a farm, a small yard, or a neighbor with area to share.
Victoria Redhed Miller is a author, photographer, and off-grid homesteader who increases history chicken within the foothills of Washington's Olympic Mountains. Miller blogs approximately her reviews at potpiesandeggmoney.blogspot.com and canyoncreekfarms.blogspot.com.
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I don’t remember much of what I did all day, although I’m sure I was fidgeting with the innocent anticipation of a little kid on Christmas Eve. The week before, we had met some people a few miles down the hill from us. They were in the process of moving, downsizing actually. Since there was no room for chickens at their new place, the birds had to go. The chickens turned out to be Buff Orpingtons. Great! I thought. The Orpington was on my short list of preferred breeds, those that met all my criteria (more about this later).
The interior pages of our bound books are printed on Forest Stewardship Council®-registered acid-free paper that is 100% post-consumer recycled (100% old growth forest-free), processed chlorine free, and printed with vegetable-based, low-VOC inks, with covers produced using FSC®-registered stock. New Society also works to reduce its carbon footprint, and purchases carbon offsets based on an annual audit to ensure a carbon neutral footprint. com. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Miller, Victoria Redhed, author Pure poultry : living well with heritage chickens, turkeys and ducks / Victoria Redhed Miller.
It’s a lot of work. But we love this place. Our first year here, 2006, was spent mainly in transition. ” The sale of our house in Seattle wasn’t due to close until early November that year, so we spread out the moving process somewhat. Also, the house we were moving into needed lots of work to make it livable, once the longtime tenant moved out. Junk had to be hauled out and disposed of. New appliances and wood stoves had to be researched, bought, shipped and installed. One room at a time, I emptied, cleaned and repainted the house.