Author : Tamara Staples
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1452113440
This fully revised and expanded version of the classic volume The Fairest Fowl is a visual celebration of the wonder, peculiarity, and magnificence of championship chickens.
Author : Colleen Sexton
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1600144500
"Roosters attract hens by strutting around and showing off their brilliant feathers. This book introduces children to the cycle of a chicken's life, explaining how a chick hatches from an egg and develops into an adult."
Author : Stephen Green-Armytage
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 2003-04-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780810990654
Stephen Green-Armytage's fabulous hit book--a look at the bizarre and beautiful world of exotic ornamental chickens first released in Fall 2000--is back in a delightful new edition that can be kept in one's pocket. 157 full-color photos.
Author : Eileen Boggess
Publisher : Bancroft Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 19,94 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1610880315
Mia's sophomore year starts out well when she lands a part in the school play and begins drivers ed, but things slowly take a turn for the worst after her ex-boyfriend plots a revenge plot against her, the crazy school janitor becomes the new drivers ed instructor, and her mother finishes a book based on Mia's life.
Author : Jessica Ford
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1647009480
This exhaustively researched, clearly written, and profusely illustrated book is the essential volume on backyard chicken keeping Chickens are many things: a source of meat and eggs, amusing images in pop culture, lovable pets, and a source of comfort at the end of a hard day. Whether you’re considering joining the growing flock of backyard chicken keepers or simply inspired by leafing through images of gorgeous hens and roosters, this book is a must. A majority of the 150 most-populated US cities allow backyard chickens, and during the pandemic, the backyard chicken trend surged. Online searches for chick supplies are off the charts, with local hatcheries recording a 500 percent increase in demand, as people look to reduce environmental impact, improve food traceability, connect with nature, or simply relish the pure joy of chicken company. The Backyard Chicken Keeper’s Bible is the fourth title in this stunning and engaging series from Abrams and is the perfect homestead companion to The Beekeeper’s Bible. It is packed with everything you need to fully embrace a new chicken-keeping lifestyle. A sumptuous aesthetic is paired with practical tips on identifying backyard breeds and supporting good chicken health, ranging from basic brooding to common ailments. Learn what the best backyard breed is for you and the equipment needed to start your own home flock. Discover the soft cuddliness of a Bantam Silkie, the superb egg-sitting skills of a Plymouth Rock, the best method for constructing a chicken run, and how to keep your chickens happy and thriving—all in this beautiful, illustrated gift book.
Author : Kimberley Osness
Publisher : LifeRich Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1489738770
A farm can be a big, scary place for a chicken. Just like people, chickens want to be well cared for, protected, have something to eat every day, and feel special. The Coatsworths’ Farm would be the perfect farm for a flock of chickens, if it wasn’t for that horrible hawk, a pesky fox, and the fact that all of the chickens will have the same name. Who does that to a chicken?! The red-shouldered hawk and the fox don’t care what the chickens are called. They just think of them as breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Strutting around the farm all day long sounds like a life of ease, but the chickens learn there is more to life than just sitting on the fence, watching the world go by. And once the chickens learn why they are called Doug, they are in for the adventure of their lives. They are on this farm for a reason, they are special, and there are chickens who need them. It all starts with a loving farmer and his grandson, a rooster like no other, and some neighbors in need.
Author : Susan Merrill Squier
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813549248
Poultry Science, Chicken Culture is a collection of essays about the chickenùthe familiar domestic bird that has played an intimate part in our cultural, scientific, social, economic, legal, and medical practices and concerns since ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. --
Author : Fiona Scott-Norman
Publisher : Plum
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 19,53 MB
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1760789585
Having chickens in your life is so hot right now. If you're not obsessed yourself, you know someone who is. Within a few years, keeping backyard chooks has gone from being something your nonna did, to the mainstream. Chickens are in inner-city backyards and comedy gigs, old people's homes and poultry shows, prisons and weddings. Regional poultry clubs have been revitalised by the influx of tree-changers and hipsters intoxicated with exotic heritage breeds.Rescue chickens are the new black, and the perfect feel-good accompaniment to your rescue dog. Chickens are an essential component of the permaculture, locavore, sustainability, self-sufficiency and low food mile movements. Chickens are owning Instagram. Chickens are everywhere. A collaboration between writer, comic and chicken owner, Fiona Scott-Norman, and acclaimed photographer, Ilana Rose, This Chicken Life is a collection of stories about chickens and the Australians who love them. You'll meet Jareth Bullivant, an animal liberationist who takes his rescue broilers Twistie and Sephiroth to the beach. Nik Round, a Victorian advertising executive who is focused on saving a heritage breed. Summer Farrelly from Queensland, a twelve-year-old with autism who connects with the world through her chooks and has started a chicken therapy program. Shane Secombe, who rescues the unwanted roosters of Alice Springs and gives them a second life at the prison. And Adele Scott, a burlesque performer and interior designer with tattoos and a permaculture garden. Oh, and Costa. Funny, joyful and moving, This Chicken Life unpacks an obsession and a love affair. Chickens and humans, heart to heart, face to beak. This is no fad, it's a way of life. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.
Author : Paul R. Josephson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1509525947
Why has the chicken become the meat par excellence, the most plentifully eaten and popular animal protein in the world, consumed from Beijing to Barcelona? As renowned historian Paul Josephson shows, the story of the chicken's rise involves a whole host of factors; from art, to nineteenth-century migration patterns to cold-war geopolitics. And whereas sheep needed too much space, or the cow was difficult to transport, these compact, lightweight birds produced relatively little waste, were easy to transport and could happily peck away in any urban back garden. Josephson tells this story from all sides: the transformation of the chicken from backyard scratcher to hyper-efficient industrial meat-product has been achieved due to the skill of entrepreneurs who first recognized the possibilities of chicken meat and the gene scientists who bred the plumpest and most fertile birds. But it has also been forced through by ruthless capitalists and lobbyists for “big farmer”, at the expense of animal welfare and the environment. With no sign of our lust for chicken abating, we're now reaching a crisis point: billions of birds are slaughtered every year, after having lived lives that are nasty, brutish and short. The waste from these victims is polluting rivers and poisoning animals. We’re now plunging “egg-first” into environmental disaster. Alongside this story Josephson tells another, of an animal with endearing characteristics who, arguably, can lay claim to being man’s best friend long before the dog reared its snout or the cat came in from the cold. Lionized in medieval romances and modern cartoons, the chicken’s relationship to humanity runs deep; by treating these animals as mere food products, we become less than human.
Author : Arthur Parkinson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 2023-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 024157367X
A captivating testament to the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flower Yard Most of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young – but for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens. Growing up in an ex-mining town in Nottinghamshire, the other kids in the playground called him 'Chicken Boy'. The quiet fulfilment of keeping hens became his sanctuary, a tonic for mental and physical health, a connection with his family and the natural world. Illustrated with Arthur's own characterful watercolours and photographs of his ‘girls’, Chicken Boy is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a life in nature.
