Product Ref: BV45
One of the easiest books to follow on keeping chickens or Bantams in your garden, orchard or smallholding. Every step explained with daily and weekend routines, chapters on expenses, housing, hatching, rearing, diseases and ailments, together with many illustrations and photographsPaperback,54 pages
Product Ref: BV116
A practical guide for the small farmer on free range egg production and sales. There are chapters on integration with other farming interests, costs of 100 bird units, marketing and regulations, types of housing, fencing, feeding, lighting, general management, diseases and ailments.Paperback Normal Price £7.99Now £3.99
Product Ref: BV118
This book provides comprehensive help, from choosing a house and run to selecting, buying and caring for hens. It covers feeding, breeding, and seasonal care, as well as dealing with problems should they occur. Written in a clear and concise way, it is an ideal introduction to keeping chickens.
Product Ref: BV30
This beginner’s guide to poultry management and health uses over 50 pure breeds to illustrate the various points to consider when choosing birds. Victoria Roberts advises on housing, handling, predators, feed and digestion, diseases and parasites, breeding, sexing, candling eggs and rearing chicks. 77 minutes
Product Ref: BV41
Widely recognised as the definitive guide to modern free-range management, this book is a practical and comprehensive guide that is up to date with legislation and research findings. Welfare considerations are discussed, with details of Freedom Food and Organic standards. There is advice on the best choice of breeds for specific purposes, including egg production, table bird production, breeding to show standards and general interest poultry keeping. Every aspect of poultry husbandry is covered.Suitable for the commercial free-range flock owner, the home poultry keeper or the breeder and enthusiast.Illustrated in full colour throughout. Highly recommended!HARD BACKNormal Price £19.99Now £12.99
Product Ref: BV239
British Poultry Standards 6th edition is the official reference to all the recognised Poultry Standards in Great Britain. It contains complete specifications together with judging points for all standardised breeds and varieties, as compiled by the specialist Breed Clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain.Breeding and exhibiting poultry is a long-held tradition as well as a popular and rewarding hobby. The work of the Breed Clubs and the many dedicated breeders in preserving the pure breeds is vital in maintaining our breeds of poultry not only for the cultural heritage of future generations but also as a gene bank for the commercial world. Under the guardianship of the Poultry Club of Great Britain, this book details the authorised standards of excellence for each breed.New to this edition:• New and improved colour images for many breeds, now with almost 300 colour photographs.• The inclusion of silhouettes to show the perfect shape for each breed.• An additional 14 breeds are covered.
Product Ref: BV256
This unique book provides an excellent coverage of what is involved in managing organic poultry, including laying and table chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowl. It includes research findings on the best way to cater for the innate needs of poultry and aims to clarify a situation where there is considerable confusion about organic standards.Highly recommended.Normal Price £12.99Now £6.99
Product Ref: BV323
Packed with information on poultry keeping there is also comprehensive information on breeds and a list of useful contacts should you need them."a useful start-up guide, packed with information"Paperback, 128 pagesNormal Price £7.99Now £4.99
