Poultry Breeds: Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys: The Pocket Guide to 104 Essential Breeds

by Carol Ekarius

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612126920
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	11/29/2016
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 4.25(h) x 0.75(d)

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.
 

Table of Contents

Chickens
Ducks
Geese
Turkeys
Appendixes
  Conservation Status Terms
  Common Chicken Colors
  Chicken Colors, Breed by Breed
  Useful Web Sites