Alexandra Vogel-Reich: Ente, Gans und Schwan

Duck, goose and swan

Breeds, keeping, marketing

Whether for the extermination of slugs, as an accessory in the pond or for marketing the tasty meat, there are many reasons to keep water fowl!

However, the different breeds of ducks and geese, which are presented in detail, make very different demands on species-appropriate keeping, grazing, housing and water. Depending on the main purpose of use, the poultry farmer must decide on certain species. All the necessary information can be found in this book, from the selection of the animals to the keeping of the poultry, from feed mixture and enemy defence to the rearing of the chicks and the utilisation of eggs. Even a chapter is dedicated to keeping swans.

The author

Alexandra Vogel-Reich (born 1975) was born in Oberschwaben and grew up there in a pet breeder household. She took her first steps in the non-fiction field in cooperation with her mentor Bjoern Clauss, for whose book "Laufenten - das Buch zur Ente" (Running ducks - the book about ducks). Since then she has written articles on poultry farming for the trade magazine "Der fortschrittliche Landwirt" and is working on a cookbook.

Author: Alexandra Vogel-Reich

224 pages, illustrated throughout in colour, hard cover

Language: German