Table Of ContentChapter 1: Getting Started Chapter 2: Acquiring Your Birds Chapter 3: Raising Birds to Show Chapter 4: Raising Healthy Birds Chapter 5: A Month Ahead: Getting Ready Chapter 6: The Week of the Show Chapter 7: Showtime Chapter 8: Poultry Showmanship Chapter 9: Post-Show Follow-Up Countdown Checklist Show Record Index
SynopsisExpert Glenn Drowns offers all the information and guidance you need to successfully exhibit your poultry at fairs and expositions. Learn how to select the best breeds and birds for exhibition and how to raise them with the proper diet, health care, and handling so that they are at their best by showtime. Drowns includes a useful countdown to help you plan tasks, from pest prevention to cage training, as well as dozens of tips on what judges are looking for., This addition to the Storey BASICS farming line is for the thousands of people raising chickens and other poultry who want to take the next challenge: exhibiting their birds in shows small and large, whether urban, suburban, or rural.