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Home Poultry Keeping (2nd Edition) £7.99
Author: Dr. G. Eley
Published by: A&C Black
The new updated edition of this basic "how to keep in your back garden" book is still very reasonably priced and contains useful information on all aspects of poultry keeping. An excellent starter book. Black & white sketches, but no color photos and only basic information on the more familiar breeds.
Poultry For Anyone £19.99
Author: Victoria Roberts
Published by: Whittet Books
A beautifully produced book, with lovely colour photographs and descriptions of many of the pure breeds. Appendices deal briefly with other aspects of poultry keeping, such as show preparation, laying capabilities and so on.
Diseases of Free Range Poultry £15.99
Author: Victoria Roberts
Published by: Whittet Books
Written by a qualified vet, with a lifetimes' experience of keeping poultry. Also included are water fowl, both domestic and wild, turkeys, pheasants, guinea fowl and quail. A very comprehensive title, with a handy table itemising symptoms, causes and treatment of the basic diseases. An extremely useful reference tool, written in a readable style.
Free Range Poultry (3rd Edition) £19.99
Author: Katie Thear
Published by: Farming Press
A useful comprehensive work, which places slightly more emphasis on keeping flocks for small scale commercial egg production, with possibly more information about hybrids than traditional breeds. Nonetheless contains up to date information not so readily available elsewhere.
Old Poultry Breeds (3rd Edition) £4.50
Author: Fred Hams
Published by: Shire Publications
This edition contains colour photographs. An interesting read providing historical information as well as details about many of the breeds, however, does not cover husbandry information. Excellent value for money.
Domestic Ducks & Geese £4.50
Author: Fred Hams
Published by: Shire Publications
This contains many colour photographs and illustrations, Shire Publications are always excellent value for money. Interesting chapters are devoted to the pure breeds and their characteristics, as well as providing fascinating historical information. Also contains a useful list of clubs, breeders and places to visit.
A Guide to Better Hatching £ 6.75
Author: Janet Stronberg
Published by: Stronberg
This is the book that Shaun usually recommends on incubation. An easily understood book on a complex subject.
Keeping a few hens in your garden (Revised Edition) £4.95
Author: Francine Raymond
Slightly thicker than a pamphlet & charmingly illustrated with black & white sketches, this gives a very basic introduction to the keeping of a few hens, for pleasure & egg production. A few breeds are mentioned, plus a little information on housing & everyday care. Her enthusiasm for this hobby is infectious and will surely convert even the most sceptical!
The big Book of Garden Hens £ 16.95
Author: Francine Raymond
Chapters are divided mainly into tips on husbandry and the likely behaviour of your birds during any given month. Each chapter features several breeds, coupled with items on housing and so on. There are some colour photos and black and white sketches, all of which are interspersed with recipes for using your plentiful supply of eggs!
Armytage Extraordinary Chickens £15.95
Author: Stephen Green
Published by: Harry N. Abrams Inc.
There have been so many rave reviews about this book in the colour supplements that it hardly needs an introduction! However if you've missed them, this book contains an amazing range of wonderful colour photographs. There is helpful reading matter too about the breeds, but the photographs are what really sell this book an absolute must for all chicken enthusiasts.
Extra Extraordinary Chickens £12.95
Author: Stephen Green- Armytage
Published by: Harry N. Abrams Inc
The popularity of the first book almost guaranteed on follow up! Same format but featuring different breeds, close ups of feather patterns and many other details.
The Complete Encyclopaedia of Chickens £ 12.99
Author: E. Verhoef & A Rijs
Published by: Rebo Pubs
This has to be the Chicken Book of the Year and is amazing value for money! Over 300 pages of information, all liberally illustrated with really first class colour photographs. A third of the book is devoted to husbandry with sound information, and the rest to the breeds themselves with details of the breed's origins, appearance, colour and pattems, qualities and particulars. Highly recommended.
Rare Poultry Breeds £25.00
Author: David Scrivener
Published by: Crowood Press
A beautifully produced book, carefully researched giving the historical background to over 180 rare breeds of chicken from all over the world, with a detailed description of their breed characteristics. Amply illustrated throughout with colour photographs of modern birds interspersed with reproduction from old poultry books. A book for the enthusiast, but worth remembering that some of the breeds described are not available in the U.K.
Exhibition Poultry Keeping £19.95
Author: David Scrivener
Published by: Crowood Press
All you could possibly need to know about exhibiting poultry in a serious way! Chapters are devoted to choosing the most suitable breed, how a poultry show is organised, care of and preparation of your birds for showing, how the judging system works and so on. Quite complex genetics are explained in an attempt to produce the perfectly marked show bird. Very comprehensive.