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Poultry Breeds

Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys: The Pocket Guide to 104 Essential Breeds
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Poultry Breeds by Carol Ekarius is an informative guide that explores various poultry breeds, offering insights into their characteristics, history, and uses. It serves as a comprehensive resource for farmers, hobbyists, and poultry enthusiasts, providing practical advice and vibrant images to help in identifying and understanding different breeds. The book aims to deepen appreciation and knowledge of poultry, catering to both novice and experienced readers in the realm of animal husbandry.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a passion for farming, specifically an interest in raising various breeds of poultry. It's a visually captivating resource with comprehensive details on different chicken, duck, turkey, and other fowl breeds, making it perfect for both hobbyists and professional farmers interested in expanding their knowledge of poultry diversity.

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Poultry Breeds

A reissue of Pocketful of Poultry (2007; 43,000 copies in print), Poultry Breeds features a new title and cover for this engaging photo gallery of 104 breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, with each one’s special qualities profiled.

A reissue of Pocketful of Poultry (2007; 43,000 copies in print), Poultry Breeds features a new title and cover for this engaging photo gallery of 104 breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, with each one's special qualities profiled.

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Poultry Breeds is a fresh field guide of feathered friends with stunning photos highlighting the beauty and unique attributes of 104 chicken, duck, goose, and turkey breeds.

Each profile outlines the bird’s history, physical characteristics, and common uses, with specially noted fun facts sprinkled throughout.

This pocket-size, browsable guide is easy to use, and author Carol Ekarius knows her birds: she has been writing about livestock for nearly 20 years and has raised her own for decades.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781612126920

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 November 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC

Illustration: Full-color; photographs throug

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 108.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Carol Ekarius is the coauthor of The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook, The Field Guide to Fleece, and Storey s Guide to Raising Sheep, and the author of several books including Small-Scale Livestock Farming, Storey s Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds, and Storey s Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Pigs. She lives in the mountains of Colorado.

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