The Poultry Book


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Chicken, Chicken, Duck!


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Easy-to-read, rhythmic text about a group of farm animals, led by a tenacious duck, who play a noisy game together.




Genetics of the Fowl


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This has been the indispensable companion of chicken breeders since its introduction in 1949. Chapters include the genetics of plumage, egg production, body size, disease resistance, and much more. (Animals/Pets)




Standard Perfection Poultry Book


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This special re-print edition of "Standard Perfection Poultry" written by C.C. Shoemaker is a comprehensive guide to raising your own meat and eggs, and a directory of the best standard breeds of chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. This old gem of a book covers topics including: Advice to Poultry Raisers, Brood Coops, Breeds and Breeding, Construction of Houses, Diseases and How to Prevent and Cure Them, Dressing and Shipping, Duck Hatching and Raising, Marketing Eggs and Poultry and more. Also contains illustrations and diagrams. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original book and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed.




Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps


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“Keeping Poultry And Rabbits On Scraps” is an extensively illustrated guide to keeping rabbits and chickens, with a special focus on doing so as cheaply as possible. The first half of the book explains how the maximum number of eggs can be obtained from the minimum amount of imported food, while the second half aims to give practical instructions and tips. This book will appeal to those with an interest in low-cost poultry keeping. Contents include: “Poultry Farming”, “Cuniculture (Rabbit Farming)”, “Eggs From Scraps”, and “Keeping Rabbits on Scraps”. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on poultry farming.




The Magnificent Chicken


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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.




Chicken Big


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A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.




Poultry Book


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Chicken Little


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"The sky is failing! The sky is failing!" Chicken Little and her feathered friends are all aflutter when she gets a mysterious bump on the head. Steven Kellogg's hilarious retelling and irresistible illustrations bring fresh delight to this timeless classic of chain reaction panic.




Wright's Book of Poultry


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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.