Choosing and Raising Chickens : The Complete Guide to Breeds and Welfare
By: Hobson, Jeremy (Author), Lewis, Celia (Author).
David & Charles PLC. Published: 09/09/2009. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Paperback. Sourced from U.S.A.
This is a practical and comprehensive everything-you-need-to-know guide to chicken breeds for anyone who keeps chickens, is considering keeping chickens or aspires to keep chickens. Comprehensive content features over 70 breeds which reveals how, as well as being useful, chickens are interesting and colourful characters. This guide includes essential practical information on feeding, housing and welfare as well as easy-to-use keys to selecting the most suitable breeds. Chickens make great pets - they are low maintenance living on the scraps that you throw away, and are easy-going, plus they thrive in small urban areas and backyards. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0715333100/9780715333105
TITLE: Choosing and Raising Chickens
CONTRIBUTORS: Hobson, Jeremy (Author), Lewis, Celia (Author)
IMPRINT: David & Charles PLC
PUBLISHER: David & Charles PLC
FORMAT: Paperback
PUBLICATION DATE: 09/09/2009
SUBJECT: Animals & Pets, Interests & Hobbies, Farm & Working Animals, Birds
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 215mm x 220mm
PAGES: 160
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
ILLUSTRATIONS: 130 colour photographs
CONTENTS: Introduction; How to use this book; Anatomy of chicken; Things to consider; Breeds (each breed will have a key demonstrating its characteristics); Soft feather heavy/light hard feather; Bantam; Purpose: layer, table or game; Egg laying; Ease of keeping; Sociability; Hybrids; Rescue chickens; Cock crowing competition; Housing and cleaning; Buying; Feeding; Breeding; Eggs; Health and Welfare; Chicken selector; Index.
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