{"product_id":"2940046631449","title":"Poultry As Pets Hens, Ducks, Bantams, Muscovies, Free-Ranging In Your Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you want birds for pets.\u003cbr\u003eThen you could get a couple of hens or bantams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd let them loose in your back garden.\u003cbr\u003eRather than lock some poor canary or budgerigar up in some little cage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have the time and the space.\u003cbr\u003eThen poultry can make good pets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHens are easier to look after than ducks.\u003cbr\u003eAnd, some breeds lay a lot of eggs too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have had hens, bantams, ducks, Muscovies as pets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree-ranging in my suburban back garden.\u003cbr\u003eThey were never in coops or cages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are just going to keep your hens locked-up in a cage or small run in your garden.\u003cbr\u003eYou may as well buy genuine free-range eggs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI no longer have pet poultry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, I made several birdbaths.\u003cbr\u003eAnd, placed them outside my windows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, every day, I have lots of visiting wildlife birds.\u003cbr\u003eTo watch.\u003cbr\u003eSome, of whom, make their nests in my garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ebook includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoultry – free-ranging in your garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoultry-proof plants for a poultry-proof garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you really want poultry?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking after poultry as pets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEggs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoise.\u003cbr\u003eRoosters make a lot of noise.\u003cbr\u003eEnough to wake you, and your neighbours, at dawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpace – at least 100 m² per hen or duck.\u003cbr\u003eAnd, ducks need a pond, with at least 2 m² of surface area of water per duck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleeping.\u003cbr\u003eHens and bantams sleep at night.\u003cbr\u003eDucks feed at night, as well as in the daytime, and so they do not like to be locked up at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompany.\u003cbr\u003eAlways have at least 2 hens or 2 bantams or 2 ducks for company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater.\u003cbr\u003eHens and bantams only need water to drink.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, ducks are water fowl, and need a pond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFood and feeding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdopting or buying poultry as pets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePure-bred show poultry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBird gardens – aviaries without walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe simplest way to have lots of different birds, in your garden, is to put birdbaths, or ponds, outside your windows.\u003cbr\u003eAnd, then watch the free wildlife birds through your windows, singing, drinking, bathing, splashing, drying and grooming, feeding and perhaps nesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking a birdbath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafety – do not let birds drown in your birdbaths.\u003cbr\u003eIf your birdbath has steep sides, birds can drown.\u003cbr\u003eUnless, you fill the birdbath up with soil and plants, so the birds can climb out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtra feeding for visiting wildlife birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFish have feelings too!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greg Dinneen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083712479472,"sku":"2940046631449","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046631449_p0.jpg?v=1763696823","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046631449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}