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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol Ekarius |
ISBN: | 1580176674 9781580176675 1580176682 9781580176682 |
OCLC Number: | 81941153 |
Description: | ix, 278 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Little natural history -- Species, breeds, and varieties -- Genetics 101 -- Breeding approaches -- Chapter 2: Chickens -- Breaking down "chickendom" -- Colors and feather patterns -- Laying breeds -- Ameraucana -- Ancona -- Andalusian -- Araucana -- Australorp -- Barnevelder -- California Gray -- Campine -- Catalana -- Chantecler -- Dominique -- Fayoumi -- Hamburg -- Lakenvelder -- Leghorn -- Maran -- Minorca -- Norwegian Jaerhon -- Penedesenca -- Plymouth Rock -- Rhode Island Red -- Rhode Island White -- Welsummer -- Meat breeds -- Aseel -- Blue Hen of Delaware -- Brahma -- Buckeye -- Cornish -- Delaware -- Dorking -- Faverolle -- Holland -- Iowa Blue -- Java -- Jersey Giant -- Malay -- New Hampshire -- Orpington -- Shamo -- Sussex -- Wyandotte -- Ornamental breeds -- American game bantam -- Appenzeller -- Bearded d'Anvers bantam -- Booted bantam & Bearde d'Uccle -- Cochin -- Crevecoeur -- Cubalaya -- Dutch bantam -- Houdan -- Japanese bantam -- Kraienkoppe -- La Fleche -- Langshan -- Manx rumpy -- Modern game -- Naked neck -- Nankin -- Old English game -- Orloff -- Phoenix -- Polish -- Redcap -- Rosecomb -- Sebright -- Serama -- Sicilian buttercup -- Silkie -- Sultan -- Sumatra -- Vorwerk bantam -- White-faced Spanish -- Yokohama -- Chapter 3: Waterfowl -- Raising waterfowl -- Classifications -- Ducks -- Ancona -- Appleyard -- Australian spotted -- Aylesbury -- Buff -- Call -- Campbell -- Cayuga -- Crested -- Dutch hookbill -- East Indies -- Golden cascade -- Magpie -- Mallard -- Muscovy -- Pekin -- Rouen -- Runner -- Saxony -- Swedish -- Welsh Harlequin -- Geese -- African -- American Buff -- Canada -- Chinese -- Egyptian -- Embden -- Gray -- Pilgrim -- Pomeranian -- Roman -- Sebastopol -- Shetland -- Toulouse -- Tufted Buff -- Chapter 4: Turkeys -- Industrialization and its effects -- Breed versus variety -- Auburn -- Beltsville small white -- Black -- Bourbon red -- Broad breasted white -- Bronze -- Buff -- Midget white -- Narragansett -- Royal palm -- Slate -- White Holland -- Chapter 5: Other Birds Of Interest -- Emu -- Guinea fowl -- Ostrich -- Partridge -- Peafowl -- Pheasant -- Pigeon and dove -- Quail -- Swan -- Glossary -- Resources -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index. |
Other Titles: | Illustrated guide to poultry breeds |
Responsibility: | Carol Ekarius. |
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Abstract:
Farmers and fanciers keep an astonishing variety of poultry breeds and these birds provide meat and eggs to nourish us and feathers to keep us warm. Their quirky personalities and charming good looks make them farnyard favourites. This work presents, breed by breed, more than 120 farnyard fowl - from chickens and turkeys to emus and pheasants.
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