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Authors: Gail Damerow
tapeworms.
See
flatworms
terminology, marketing,
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–80
thawing poultry,
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–11
thermostabilization of eggs,
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–36
toxins
chick toxins,
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in feed,
175
training a chicken,
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–51
transporting chickens,
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–49,
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trapnesting,
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–51
trimming procedures,
142
–46
claw trimming,
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–43
unsexed chicks,
23
varieties of chickens,
4
ventilation for shelters,
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–70
cupola,
69
fans,
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–70
vent check,
70
ventilation holes,
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water,
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–93
quality of,
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–89
salt caution and,
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watering chicks,
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–22
waterers,
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–92
drinking stations and,
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hand-filled,
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–92
water glass preservative,
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–37
wattles,
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weather considerations,
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–36
body heat and,
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–33
frostbite prevention,
134
–35
heat stress reduction,
135
weather preferences,
136
white.
See
egg white
white-egg layers,
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White-Faced Black Spanish breed,
15
wild animals.
See
predators
wind eggs,
223
wing clipping,
145
–46
brailing,
145
withdrawal period, medications and,
375
–76
worms,
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–59
control of,
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–59
hosts, parasitic worms,
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roundworms,
155
–56
wound care,
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–79
Yokohama breed,
3
yolk (ovum),
219
.
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nutritional value of eggs
interior quality of egg,
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–19
quality of,
220
in shampoo/conditioners,
229
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