Poultry: A Practical Guide: Breeding and Management of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea Fowl, Ducks and Geese

by Hugh Piper, Jackson Chambers (Introduction)

This special re-print edition of the Hugh Piper's book "Poultry A Practical Guide to Choice, Breeding, Rearing and Management of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea Fowl, Ducks and Geese for Profit and Exhibition" is a complete guide to keeping chickens and other poultry. Written in 1873, this classic text contains information on raising chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks and geese, be it for eggs, meat, exhibition or for pleasure. Chapters include The Fowl House, The Fowl Yard, Food, Eggs, The Sitting Hen, Rearing, Stock Breeding and Poultry Shows. Also included are lengthy sections on Cochins, Brahmas, Malays, Game Fowl, Dorkings, Hamburgs, Polish, Bantams and other chicken breeds, as well as Turkeys, Guinea Fowl, Ducks and Geese. Illustrated with vintage colored plates. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

172 pages, Paperback

First published January 24, 2012

Reviews

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I am interested in raising chickens, this book is a good start.

Memorable passage :

When eggs alone are wanted, you can commence by buying in the spring as many hens as you require, and your run will accommodate, not more than a year or eighteen months old. If in good health and condition, they will be already laying, or will begin almost immediately; and, if well housed and fed, will give a constant supply of eggs until they moult in the autumn.