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    Know Your Chickens
    Ebook139 pages41 minutes

    Know Your Chickens

    By Jack Byard

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    This title introduces 44 breeds of chicken which can be seen pecking an preening in Britain today. Jack accompanies each with a description of the animal's appearance and explains the different colours and patterns which appear within the breed. Jack has thoroughly researched the history of each animal and its breeding. He also gives details of their personalities and egg-laying and flying abilities. Among others, Jack introduces the lazy Barnvelder, friendly Belgian D'Uccle, the high-flying Ancona and the 'French Poodle of the chicken world' - the Faverolles. This fascinating range of breeds is sure to make anyone a chicken enthusiast. The book is designed for novices but an established enthusiast will find no shortage of interest.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOld Pond Publishing
    Release dateMar 15, 2010
    ISBN9781910456880
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    Know Your Chickens
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    Jack Byard

    Jack Byard is a former mechanic, jewellery craftsman and school technician. He is retired and now lives in Bradford. The popular "Know Your" series includes Know Your Sheep, Know Your Cattle and most recently Know Your Bees

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    • 4/5
      What a wonderful reference guide for the chicken people out there! Here is a small but meaty book describing 44 different breeds of chickens. Each breed has a three page spread describing the physical characteristics of that type as well as it's history, place of origin, personality characteristics, egg laying statistics and a full color picture. For people who are interested in owning chickens or those who already do, this is a handy reference to help you decide what types would work best for your special conditions. This is not a book to tell you HOW to raise or breed chickens. If I have one complaint, it is that all (or most) of the pictures are of the rooster of that breed. It would be very helpful to have a picture with both the rooster and the hen together for comparison purposes. Otherwise, I found this book to be extremely informative and it will be an easy book to recommend to patrons in our particular library where we have a growing number of chicken raisers.
    • 3/5
      Cute book! Wish it was bigger!