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The backyard field guide to chickens : chicken breeds for your home flock / Christine Heinrichs.

Summary:

Author and chicken expert Christine Heinrichs has compiled information on more than seventy chicken breeds to help you identify which are best for you and your yard. For a rainbow of pastel-colored eggs, check out Easter egger breeds. Consider the Wyandotte, revered for its taste. The adorable serama, a tiny bird with a calm temperament, would be perfect if you'd like to have one or two chickens as pets for the kids. With basics about chicken care and feeding as well as information about what you'll need to consider to create a safe coop and yard environment, The Backyard Field Guide to Chickens covers everything you need to know to start a happy, healthy backyard flock.--COVER.

Record details

ISBN: 9780760349533
ISBN: 0760349533
Physical Description: 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The road to domesticity -- The benefits of keeping chickens -- Anatomy of a chicken -- Preparing for backyard chickens -- Feeding and care -- Breed profiles -- Games -- Oriental games -- American breeds -- Asiatic breeds -- English breeds -- Crested breeds -- Mediterranean breeds -- Continental breeds -- Other standard and non-standard breeds.