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. A reissue of Pocketful of Poultry (2007; 43,000 copies in print), Poultry Breeds features a new title and cover for this engaging photo gallery of 104 breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, with each one's special qualities profiled. 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. Picture-Perfect Reference Fowl facts mix with flashy feathers in this unique field guide. Profiles of 104 chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys highlight each breed's history, physical characteristics, and common uses. Little-known details are featured throughout, and stunning full-color portraits celebrate the beauty of barnyard birds. Chickens Ducks Geese Turkeys Appendixes Conservation Status Terms Common Chicken Colors Chicken Colors, Breed by Breed Useful Web Sites

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