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Game Bird Books
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A Closer Look at Button Quail
A good reference book for raising button quail. Twelve chapeters cover basic genetics, breeding, incubation, housing, feed, diseases, injuries, color mutations and much more. Written by Jodi Mcdonald. Soft cover, 276 pp. color photos.
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Chinese Painted Quail
Book describes the button quail, basic care, breeding, housing & care of button quail. Some common diseases and parasites are listed. Author: Leland B. Hayes, Ph.D. Soft cover, 161 pg., b/w photos with a few color photos.
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Facts on Raising Gamebirds
Covers incubating, brooding, start & growing, debeaking, common diseases are covered in the book. Compact but informative. Has specific information on these following species: Bobwhite quail, Coturnix quail, Ringneck pheasants, Chukars. Spiral bound, 3rd edition. 1993 Author: Dianne Tumey. Soft cover, 67 pg., b/w & color illustrations.
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Game Bird Breeders Handbook
Color photos of many ornamental pheasants, including tragopans, kalij, junglefowl, peacock pheasants and more. Authors are renowned researchers in the keeping, rearing and nutritional studies of pheasant, quail, and partridge. They have combined their 30 years of experience to produce this bible of aviculture. This book is for the backyard breeder, serious aviculturist, and commercial breeder. Descriptions of breeds, orders & families of game birds, breeding, care of hatching egg, incubation, disease, flock mgmt: both pen and cage settings. Authors: Allen Woodard, Pran Vohra, Vern Denton. 2008 edition. Soft cover, 493 pp., b/w photos & illustrations.
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Grower's Reference to Gamebird Health
First reference specifically for gamebird producers. Discusses all aspects of disease prevention and treatment. Author: Dr. Dwight Schwartz. Soft cover, 357 pg., b/w charts.
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Introduction to Ornamental Pheasants
Basic info on choosing a species, management, feeding care. Also a chapter on building aviaries. Author: K.C.R. Howman. Hard cover, 122 pg., color & b/w photos.
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Introduction to Quail in Captivity
This book is designed to give the beginner basic guidance into the requirements to keep healthy birds. Specific breeds are talked about. Author: G.E.S. Robbins. Soft cover, 16 pg., b/w photos & diagrams.
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Keeping Quail
Chapters cover history, various breeds, housing, feed, breeding, incubating and health. Centers on coturnix quail but techniques are applicable to native US quail species. Author: Katie Thear. Soft cover, 96 pg., b/w photos.
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Modern Pheasant Rearing
The book contains information aimed at the small shoot or game farm. How to get started, overwintering, catching up pheasants, breeding pens, incubating, rearing huts, release pens. As well as writing about each subject there are also photos and descriptive diagrams to help you build pens, huts etc. There are also chapters on diseases, construction of pens and costs.
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Ornamental Pheasants for Beginners
Color photos of over 48 pheasant breeds with short avicultural information on each species. Also covers aviary design, incubation, brooding and health issues. By R. Deeley. Soft cover, 118 pp.
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Pheasant of the World Book
A survey of all species. History & relationships, social behavior, habitats and population densities, food and foraging behavior, migrations and reproductive biology. A must for pheasant fanciers. Author: Paul Johnsgard. Hard cover, 398 pg., color photos & b/w illustrations.
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Pheasant of the World Poster
Colored paintings of 52 different pheasant species, both male & female, by Esdaile Hudson. Common names and scientific names included. 35" x 21.5". Published by Sivelle & Bloom.
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Quail Manual
This book is for the new breeder/grower of quail. Covers breeding, incubation, brooding, feed, preparing for market primarily for Coturnix quail but techniques are applicable to US native quail species. Author: Albert F. Marsh. Soft cover, 54 pg., b/w photos and diagrams.
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Quail Past & Present
With 4 pages of color photos of Coturnix Quail varieties and many black and white photos of incubation, brooding, pens and equipment. This book is compact but informative. Techniques are applicable to managing US native quail species. By Michael Roberts soft cover, 87 pp.
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Raising Bobwhite Quail for Commercial Use
Produced by Clemson University for the hobbyist. basic info on managing breeding flock, disease prevention, incubation, brooding, compact booklet. Soft cover, 42 pp. b/w photos.
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Raising Gamebirds
Description on different breeds of chicks, hatching, financing, housing, feeding, diseases, and sexing. Very basic, purely introductory. Can be read in 20-30 minutes. Author: Mavis & Monty Harper. Soft cover. 32 pg., b/w illustrations.
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Raising Gamebirds - D.W. SCHEID
a valuable guide on managing land areas to meet game bird requirements, selecting stock, breeding, feeding, and rearing. Also included is waterfowl management and developing a game bird preserve. Author: Dan W. Scheid. Soft cover, 111 pg., b/w illustrations. Here's
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Upland Gamebirds
Revised, updated health and disease section. Offers info on basics for breeding, feeding, brooding. Also has listing of state diagnostic labs. Includes individual sections on 15 species of partridge, 15 species of pheasant (including Jungle Fowl), 5 species of wild turkey and 5 species of guinea fowl. Author: Leland Hayes. Soft cover, 360 pg., color & b/w photos.
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