This authoritative book will be of enormous value to all those with an interest in hobby poultry keeping and breeding. Comprehensive in its coverage, it examines housing, feeding, incubation, and chick rearing, and the care of a wide range of pure breeds, some of which have special requirements that are not provided for by normal poultry keeping methods. All of the most popular breeds of chicken, bantams, and turkeys are considered and attention is also paid to commercial hybrids. Those breeds of chicken that are not covered in the book are very rare and are unlikely to be available to beginners. Poultry clubs and shows, the meeting places of pure breed enthusiasts, are also discussed and the author provides advice on how to exhibit pure-bred chickens at officially organized shows.
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David Scrivener is the author of Exhibition Poultry Keeping and Rare Poultry Breeds. He is Chairman of the Rare Poultry Society and is a poultry show judge.
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Some enthusiastic beginners have a rapidly growing 'chicken town' of hen houses, with a different variety in each of them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
naked necks, autosexing breeds, light breeds, hobbyist poultry keepers, extra hind toe, large and bantam, bantam female, poultry auctions, bantam version, white ear lobes, several colour varieties, chick crumbs, cockerel chicks, bantam breeds, plumage colour, dummy eggs, poultry club, large fowl, poultry shows, poultry breeds, plumage pattern, single comb, feathered feet, light breed, feathered legs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Netherlands, Light Sussex, Cuckoo Marans, Indian Game, David Scrivener, Modern Game, The Crowood Press, Second World War, Rhode Island Red, White Leghorns, Van Gink, Scots Greys, Old English Game, Brown Leghorn, White Cornish, Scaly Leg Mite, Plymouth Rocks, World Poultry Congress, Dark Brahma, Rare Poultry Breeds, White Silkies, Derbyshire Redcap, Black Rock, Lord Greenway Browse Sample Pages:
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