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A meticulously researched, encyclopaedic reference work that covers well over 160 rare breeds of chickens· Contains detailed historical information, descriptions of the breeds and advice about special management requirements· Packed with facts and details, drawn together from a wide range of sources, that would otherwise be difficult to find· Beautifully illustrated with over 230 photographs, all in full colour.Hardback 272 pages
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Exhibiting pure-bred chickens at officially organized shows is a hobby pursued by thousands of enthusiasts throughout the world. "Exhibition Poultry Keeping" provides a detailed, informative, and wide-ranging guide to the techniques needed to keep pure-bred poultry successfully. It considers housing, equipment, nutrition, the management of broody hens, incubation, and chick-rearing; discusses poultry genetics and breeding systems; and examines show-bird training and preparation as well as show-judging.Hardback
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This unique book provides an excellent coverage of what is involved in managing organic poultry, including laying and table chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowl. It includes research findings on the best way to cater for the innate needs of poultry and aims to clarify a situation where there is considerable confusion about organic standards.Highly recommended.
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This detailed guide to poultry keeping is designed to enable anyone to keep poultry for profit. It includes: poultry breeds and uses, poultry housing and equipment; breeding and sexing birds; common problems with eggs; natural and artificial incubation and rearing; nutrition and diet; rearing birds for the table; effective planning, management and marketing; and recognizing and preventing common diseases. Hard Back
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Widely recognised as the definitive guide to modern free-range management, this book is a practical and comprehensive guide that is up to date with legislation and research findings. Welfare considerations are discussed, with details of Freedom Food and Organic standards. There is advice on the best choice of breeds for specific purposes, including egg production, table bird production, breeding to show standards and general interest poultry keeping. Every aspect of poultry husbandry is covered.Suitable for the commercial free-range flock owner, the home poultry keeper or the breeder and enthusiast.Illustrated in full colour throughout. Highly recommended!HARD BACK
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Have you ever dreamt of keeping chickens in your own back garden or allotment to produce a steady supply of tasty Free Range Eggs throughout the year?This DVD shows various techniques of practical poultry keeping including housing and equipment, preparation, bird handling, selection, nutrition, general parasitic and disease control.
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A practical guide for the small farmer on free range egg production and sales. There are chapters on integration with other farming interests, costs of 100 bird units, marketing and regulations, types of housing, fencing, feeding, lighting, general management, diseases and ailments.Paperback
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Dr Geoffrey Eley records in this book the lessons of many years of poultry keeping. He describes four principles of success, with details of recommended breeds, feeding, construction of a poultry house, and hatching chicks. Egg preservation is explained, along with remedies to the problems and diseases, which might be encountered. An invaluable practical guides, particularly for beginners.
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This book provides comprehensive help, from choosing a house and run to selecting, buying and caring for hens. It covers feeding, breeding, and seasonal care, as well as dealing with problems should they occur. Written in a clear and concise way, it is an ideal introduction to keeping chickens.
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Producing eggs and poultry meat for local sale or simply to relish the joy of eating your own freshly collected free range eggs , this book gives invaluable advice.
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This beginner’s guide to poultry management and health uses over 50 pure breeds to illustrate the various points to consider when choosing birds. Victoria Roberts advises on housing, handling, predators, feed and digestion, diseases and parasites, breeding, sexing, candling eggs and rearing chicks. 77 minutes
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One of the easiest books to follow on keeping chickens or Bantams in your garden, orchard or smallholding. Every step explained with daily and weekend routines, chapters on expenses, housing, hatching, rearing, diseases and ailments, together with many illustrations and photographsPaperback,54 pages
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Joseph BattyExamines the correct approach for keeping poultry and producing eggs. The different systems are examined and explained and suggestions made on how to phase out battery cages. Covers Free Range 106 pages.
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Dr J Batty Commercial Poultry farming explained the different management systems and approaches for keeping birds on a large scale. Fowl, turkeys, Guinea Fowl. and Ducks and Geese all included in a concise, practical book. Revised (11th) edition 230 pages. 2001,
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A basic book on how to start with poultry keeping
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This book is about keeping hens for pleasure in your garden, about thier suitability as pets and the joy of having fresh free range eggs. Information on keeping hens and egg recipes.
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This book documents the 22 breeds that have been developed in Britain together with their history and most of their colour variations. 92 colour photographs in all.Paperback,68 pages
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Dr J Batty All the breeds explained. Colour & blw plates. 90 pages
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Dr. Joseph Batty The Mediterranean breed known as the Ancona. which is an excellent layer. Bantams and large. Approx. 104pages 2nd Ed., 1999
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Dr J Batty,One of the main deep Browneggers developed in Holland in the 1920s. Introduction; development management, showing and other aspects. 112p. 1999.
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JBatty A large fowl from Asia. It provides much fascination and makes the theory that all breeds came from the Jungle Fowl difficult to accept 72 pages
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J Batty Imagine a breed of Poultry which was developed on marsh land and it proved to be capable of laying under all conditions even in Winter. This is a very attractive breed which is recognised in five distinct coloursBlack, Buff, Brown, Wheaten and White. It is related to the Sicilian Buttercup another rare breed. Col plate & many b/w illustrations. 1999.
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An excellent layer of white eggs. Covers history, management and showing.
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Will Burdett & Joseph Batty A comprehensive guide to all varieties. Well researched; illustrated. Covers all the known varieties including those which are now very rare or extinct. Advice on how they were bred and possibilities of revival. Shows and show preparation included as well as winners of top breeders. 192 pages, A4, 16 pages in colour.
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An extremely old race of fowl, which have a distinctive crest. They are to be found in various colours. 102 pages 2002,
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J Batty There is a great deal of mystery attached to this new breed. Although called the Russian Orloff, it came from Asia many hundreds of years ago, and appears to be closely related to the Malay fowl.
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J Batty 1857363817These fascinating breeds came from Sicily and possibly Italy and North Africa. They lay white eggs and are good foragers. They are the Sicilian Buttercup and the Sicilian Flowerbird. Bantams also exist in the USA. Limp. 72 pages. 1999.
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Dr. J Batty Now a very popular breed in bantams and large, this book traces their development from the early days of showing. Famed as broodies they are quite unique with "fur" instead of feathers and feathered legs. Illustrated. 136 pp. 1st Ed. 1996.
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Dr J Batty Examines the different angles and shapes of tails for the many and varied breeds of poultry. This is essential reading for those fanciers who wish to excel at shows. Well illustrated throughout. A4 size. Limp. 76 pages. 1st Ed. 1996
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Shows different breeds of poultry.
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This book edited by Dr Joseph Batty, sets out to acknowledge the work of Lewis Wright the great Victorian author. His Illustrated Book of Poultry became the most famous poultry book of all times and now sells for a very large price. In particular, the colour plates by J W Ludlow, painted with an eye to detail, still serve as a guide to the requirements for many breeds, especially the old and rare. In this work the 80 plates are reproduced in full size, as well as giving a summary of the breeds covered by Lewis Wright.In all 130 pages.
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Breeding and exhibiting poultry is not only part of a long tradition but also serves to maintain the pure breeds necessary for the development of commercial hybrid strains. The demand for uniformity in type and coloration of the various breeds led to the authorisation of standards of excellence, under the guardianship of the Poultry Club of Great Britain. British Poultry Standards is the official reference to all the recognised Poultry Standards in Great Britain: it contains complete specifications together with judging points for all the standardised breeds and varieties. The new edition - the first since 1982 - is in full colour throughout, with over 200 colour photographs.
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This book traces the history of the shows and the personalities involved. The enthusiasts who started it all - writing the first standards, organising the shows, establishing the Poultry Club, appointing judges, and other essentials all had to be dealt with. Matters such as breeding, the type of stock, the requirements for utility or exhibition, preparing the birds, training them, spotting the faults and their relevant aspects are all covered.
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A step by step guide on how to choose, house and care for your flock, it is not about poultry keeping on a large scale but explores the relationship between hens and gardens. DVD 70 mins.
