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Poultry & Domestic Waterfowl Books Poultry & Domestic Waterfowl Books |
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ABA Bantam Standard 2020 ed. 316 pp, hc, color photos & b/w illus |
$50.00 |
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ABA Bantam Standard 2020 Mini ed. 314 pp, pc, Measures 4.5 c 6 inches with b/w illus. |
$10.00 |
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APA Standard of Perfection 44th ed. (2016), the latest edition Hard cover, c plates of all standard & bantam poultry & domestic waterfowl breeds. New edition is in progress; should be available fall 2023. |
$59.00 1 copy left. |
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Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow 496 p, pb One-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You’ll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome. Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures will help your beloved flock stay happy, healthy, and safe. |
$19.00 |
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Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks by Gail Damerow 240 pp, pb, c photo & illus. Contents: choosing an incubator, proper set-up & sanitary conditions, embryonic development, & brooding and caring for chicks. |
$19.00 |
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Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds by Carol Ekarius 224 pages with info about 128 birds photos of poultry, domestic waterfowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, & other birds. Contents: brief breed history , description, identifying physical characteristics, and informa tion about common feather patterns makes this a must-have book. |
$19.00 |
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Introduction to Heritage Breeds by D. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, Jeannett Beranger, Allison Martin, and the Livestock Conservancy pB, 239 pp color photos. Information about saving and raising rare-breed livestock and poultry, the art and science of breeding, & choosing a heritage breed project. Breeds at a Glance section covers rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, goats, & other livestock. |
$14.00 |
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Keeping Chickens by Liz Wright 256 pp, pb, c photos & illus. Contents: hints & practical advise on raising chickens, breed information, tips on egg collection, recipes. Tables & charts make for easy reading.*** 3 copies left |
$10.00 |
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Poultry Breeds by Carol Ekarius is a 272 page paper back 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, |
$10.00 |
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Showing Poultry by Glenn Drowns 88 pp. pb bw illus. Gives info about what judges look for at shows as well as cage taming, diet, care, & grooming. |
$8.00 |
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Storey’s Guide to Raising Poultry by Leonard S. Mercia 342 pp, pc, line drawings. Covers: eggs & meat birds, brooding & rearing, poultry house plans, flock health and home processing of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, & guineas. |
$10.00 |
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ABA & APA Breed Books ABA & APA Breed Books |
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Baldwin’s American Breed Book of Old English & Modern Game Bantams by John P. Baldwin. 64 pp, pb, b/w illus. Types & color description; matings to obtain those colors. |
$7.00 |
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Cochin Bantams ABA 2014 Revised 98 pages, pb, color photos of varieties. Contents: history, descriptions & standard for the recognized varieties plus articles by noted breeders on mating, culling, markings, care, conditioning, & exhibiting. |
$10.00 |
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Cornish Bantams ABA 2012 Revision 76 pp, pb 4 color photos Contents: breed history, descriptions & standard for recognized varieties plus comments on breeding Cornish by various breeders. |
$12.00 |
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Modern Games by John S. Garrett. 35 pp, pb, b/w photos & illus. breeding to type, conditioning, showing, the standard |
$7.00 |
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Old English Game Bantams by Dave B. Sherrill, Jr. 35 pp pb, b/w photos. Contents: breeding O. E. varieties & selecting birds for showing |
$7.00 |
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Here's the link to Jeffrey Duguay’s Modern Game book. https://www.ebay.com/itm/175038534587?mkevt=1&mkcid=16&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
Breeding and Showing Modern Game Bantams: Making it to Champion Row. Covers everything anyone new to modern game bantams e want to know. Includes breeding strategies, housing, feeding, training for shows, over 200 color pictures. 91 pages. 8 1/2 x 11 |
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Old English Game Bantams As Bred & Shown in the US by Fred Jeffrey & William Richardson 126 pp, pb Must-have book covers breeding & showing OE. Inf. on color varieties. Good color photos of many varieties bred by top breeders and their comments on breeding that variety. |
$17.00 |
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Silkies ABA Publication 36 pp, pb, b/w photos Contents: history, standard & color of male & female by variety & other info. |
$8.00 |
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Start Where You Are With What You Have A Guide to Breeding Poultry by Ralph H. Sturgeon ABA publication 51 pp, pb. Contents: Basics of Breeding, Heredity, Closebreeding for Excellence, Linebreeding, Outcrossing, Intensive Selection, Altering a Closed Line with New Blood, Choosing Your Breeder, Choosing Your Stock, The Question of Color, A Basic How To Program, Barred Plymouth Rocks. |
$7.00 |
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Wyandotte Bantams 2018 ed. edited & updated by Matthew a Lhamon pp, b/w, c pict. Contents: breed history, selecting birds for breeding pens, Wyandotte varieties, characteristics of the true Wyandotte type. |
$13.00 |
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Game Birds, Peafowl, Pigeon, & Wild Waterfowl Books These titles are limited to those on our shelves. *** |
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Handbook of Waterfowl Identification by Frank S. Todd 104 pp, pb, color drawings & b/w illus. Contents: description of wild species, distribution maps, weights, clutch size, incubation, fledging period. Good identification book. *** |
$12.00 |
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Modern Partridge Farming by Chris Hodgson 90 pp, pb, c & b/w photos & illus. Covers housing, breeding, incubation, hatching, rearing, partridge diseases. Info. on Hungarians & French Red-Leg partridges.*** |
$10.00 |
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Modern Pheasant Rearing by Len Chappell 85 pp, pb, c & b/w photos & illus. Covers pen construction, breeding, incubation, hatching, rearing, & diseases. Deals with Ringnecks or True Pheasants.*** |
$10.00 |
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Peacocks Past and Present by Michael Roberts 62 pp, pb, c & b/w photos & illus. Covers history, pen construction, breeding, incubation, hatching, rearing, & diseases.*** 8 copies left |
$10.00 |
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A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching by Rosemary Mosco 229 pp, pb c & b/w illus. Covers: Pigeonatomy, The History of Pigeons, Domestic Pigeon Breeds, Feral Plumages and Patterns, Decoding Pigeon Behavior, and Pigeon Troubleshooting (Health issues) |
$12.00
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Raising Bobwhite Quail Clemsen University pamphlet 42 pp, pb, b/w illus. Practical info. on raising Bobwhites for hunting preserves.*** |
$3.00 |
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Swan Breeding and Management by Stromberg 95 pp, pb, b/w pict. General inf. on the various swans & how to care for & breed them.*** |
$8.00 |
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Waterfowl, A Guide to Management & Propagation by Simon Tarsnane 176 p, pb, c photos. Covers housing, nutrition, nesting requirements, incubation, rearing, sexing, pinioning, aliments, predator control, info. on wild waterfowl species. ***5 copies left |
$12.00 |
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Wildfowl at Home, A Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Ornamental Waterfowl by Alan Birkbeck 63 pp, pb, color photos, bw illus. Contents: pen design, landscaping, setting up a collection, daily care, nesting requirement, compatibility chart, etc.*** 3 copies left
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$5.00 |