Cool Chickens

Name: Cool Chickens
Brand: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780785834502
Price: 27.99 NZD
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Summary

Cool Chickens is a comprehensive guide that explores the fascinating world of chickens, from their diverse breeds to their behaviours and life spans. Discover intriguing facts such as chickens being the closest living relatives to the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the existence of alektrophobia, the fear of chickens. The book covers practical and ornamental breeds, enriched with stunning photography and illustrations, providing insights into raising happy, healthy chickens on your own land.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Cool Chickens

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This book is perfect for chicken enthusiasts, backyard farmers, and anyone interested in the science and nature of domesticated birds. It will also appeal to readers who enjoy learning quirky facts and exploring animal behaviour in depth.

Not just a guide to raising chickens (though Cool Chickens definitely does that), you'll also learn strange facts, quirks, and behaviors of the world's most populated bird.

Description

Uncover all that is interesting about chickens from facts about breeds, to poetry, jokes, and sayings with this comprehensive guide!

Did you know that chickens are the closest living relative of the Tyrannosaurus-Rex? Did you know that Alektrophobia is the name given to "the fear of chickens" or, that there are more chickens in the world than any other domesticated bird?

For centuries, chickens have been bred into many different varieties, some of which were developed for practical purposes, while others for ornamental and showing reasons. Chickens come in a multitude of patterns, colours, sizes, and shapes.

With this comprehensive guide, you will become well-versed on chicken life spans and how to raise chickens on your own land as you partake in a celebration of the most interesting chicken breeds from around the world. The guide's informative text is complemented with stunning photography and illustrations to help you learn about the patterns of behaviour and discover the intriguing inner workings of this beloved barnyard animal.

You will also learn to follow habits of chicks, chickens, roosters, and discover a happy chicken's motivation to do what it does.

Gain the invaluable knowledge to raising happy, healthy, and productive chickens!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780785834502

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 December 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Chartwell Books Inc.,U.S.

Illustration: 230 color photos

Contributors:

Edited by Fern Collins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 152.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Fern Collins, once a typical country-dweller, living in a farmhouse in rural Lincolnshire in the north east of England, went through something of a life-change when she moved to London to work as an editor in general publishing. Even though her rural life has given way to a hectic, urban lifestyle, she still retains her love of the countryside and rural matters. Also a passionate animal-lover, Fern has compiled this interesting and quirky book on dogs for all dog enthusiasts to enjoy.