Chickens are an ideal family pet, requiring less attention than a dog yet being entertaining, productive and educational. For the family and would-be smallholder, chickens are the obvious first step when venturing into keeping livestock. This practical, full colour book, is ideal for the complete beginner. Even someone who has never kept animals before should be able to follow the clear, detailed guidance that is given at every stage. It includes: Planning for your first chickens Understanding Chicken behaviour Choosing housing for different sized gardens Choosing the right chickens for the job Exploring useful equipment such as poultry feeder and drinkers What to feed your chickens on Buying your chickens and introducing them to their new home Routine care for your chickens Outfoxing The Fox - and other predators Eggs - and What to do With Them Dealing with parasites and ailments Keeping a cockerel Broody hens and hatching eggs When Chickens Die Chickens and the Changing Seasons With true-life portraits of chicken keepers, little known facts, and personal anecdotes this accessible book is an easy and enjoyable read, suitable for both adults and children.

Winner, Evelyn Richardson Memorial Prize for Non-FictionWell-known naturalist and artist Linda Johns shares her woodland home with a menagerie of injured wild birds -- starlings, blue jays, pigeons, baby woodpeckers, a rose-breasted grosbeak, a semi-palmated sandpiper, and even a gannet. She and her "saner half," Mack, have gone so far as to transform their living room into an indoor forest, complete with two dead trees providing a variety of perches and a screened porch making do as a practise flyway. Johns nurses her feathered convalescents day and night, helping them to drink and bathe and hunt, and gaining deep insights into their highly individual personalities. Most she attempts to release back into the wild but a few, inevitably, move in to stay. Birds of a Feather: Tales of a Wild Bird Haven is a warm and funny account of eight months -- from May to December -- in the life of this caring wildlife rescuer. Fans of Johns's earlier wildlife books will relish her humorous descriptions of the antics of such irresistible characters as Blossom, the media-savvy chicken, and the goats Mower and Munch. Enhanced by line drawings of her avian housemates, this delightful collection of anecdotes in the tradition of James Herriot and Farley Mowat celebrates some of Nature's smallest and most awe-inspiring miracles.

Tout ce que vous devez savoir sur les Poules soie de compagnie. Ce livre est un guide essentiel pour tous les passionnes de Poules soie et de Poules soie naines. Informe sur l'elevage, la reproduction, les soins, la nourriture et ou acheter les Poules soie. Traite des Poules soie (anciennement Negre-soie) blanches, noires, barbues et non barbues. Ce livre est ecrit dans un style facile a lire et comprehensible. De facon simple et sans fioritures, Elliott Lang traite de tous les aspects de l'elevage des Poules soie. Ce livre est rempli de conseils pratiques et repond a vos questions. Ce sont d'adorables petites creatures. Ce livre m'a appris tout ce que je devais savoir pour rendre mes Poules soie heureuses Adrian Maston J'etais loin d'imaginer qu'il y avait autant de choses a savoir sur l'elevage des Poules soie. Ce livre est tres facile a lire et offre toutes les informations necessaires a l'elevage des Poules soie naines. Lindsey Thompson

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Este libro es una guia obligatoria para todos los apasionados por los Pollos Sedosos o Pollos Sedosos Miniatura. Datos e informacion, crianza, reproduccion, cuidado, alimento y donde comprarlos, todo incluido. Pollos sedosos negros, blancos, chinos y barbados. Este libro esta escrito en un estilo facil de leer y comprender. En una manera directa y sin tonterias, Elliott Lang aborda todos los aspectos de tener Pollos Sedosos. El libro esta lleno de consejos inteligentes y respuestas a tus preguntas. "Simplemente son criaturas adorables. Este libro me ha proporcionado todo lo que necesito saber para mantener felices a mis pollos sedosos " Adrian Maston "Bueno, de verdad que no sabia que se necesitaba saber tanto solamente para tener algunos pollos sedosos. Este libro esta escrito en un estilo facil de leer y proporciona toda la informacion necesaria para tener pollos sedosos miniatura." Lindsey Thompson

Pasion por las Palomas se basa en anos de experiencia colombofila y esta lleno de consejos y sugerencias utiles. De manera directa y explicita, Elliot cubre todos los aspectos de la colombofilia, incluyendo manipulacion, salud, albergue, cria, carreras y adiestramiento. Pasion por las Palomas te ofrece todo lo que necesitas saber en un estilo facil de leer. Esta lleno de consejos utiles y actualizados y respuestas a todas tus preguntas, incluso algunas que ni siquiera sabias que tenias. Pasion por las Palomas es de lectura obligada para aquellos que apenas estan empezando y es el companero permanente de los mas experimentados. "Un gran recurso. Justo lo que necesitaba para empezar. Este libro es imprescindible para los principiantes." Will Quick. Fantail Breeder, RU "Justo lo que necesitaba. Una guia de referencia facil y directa, llena de informacion. Puedo ver en que me equivocaba antes y aun mejor, ver como hacerlo mejor ahora." Constantia Horemans. Roller Breeder, Holanda. "Compacto y minucioso, tendre este manual a mano como referencia en los anos venideros." Peter Van den Eynde. Long Distance Racer. Belgica.

This is a practical and comprehensive everything-you-need-to-know guide to chicken breeds for anyone who keeps chickens, is considering keeping chickens or aspires to keep chickens. Comprehensive content features over 70 breeds which reveals how, as well as being useful, chickens are interesting and colourful characters. This guide includes essential practical information on feeding, housing and welfare as well as easy-to-use keys to selecting the most suitable breeds. Chickens make great pets - they are low maintenance living on the scraps that you throw away, and are easy-going, plus they thrive in small urban areas and backyards.

In 1982, sisters Ruth Finley and Margaret Finley Shackelford made wills bequeathing 2,500 acres and two antebellum houses in Marshall County, Mississippi, to the National Audubon Society. Early in 1998, the surviving sister Margaret Shackelford invited the society to open its state headquarters at the family home in Holly Springs and to begin working at Strawberry Plains, the plantation where she lived four miles north of town. At her death late that year, the society took full possession of the sisters' bequest, and Strawberry Plains Audubon Center was established. "Strawberry Plains Audubon Center: Four Centuries of a Mississippi Landscape" documents the unique and complex history of the land encompassed by the center.

With a large cast of characters from many generations, this book richly delineates life on a tract of land in north Mississippi. It tells a fascinating story involving famous historical figures like Hernando de Soto and William Tecumseh Sherman, but concentrates on those who owned and worked this land and their changing fortunes. Through their individual stories, the author conveys the larger sweep of history in the South and tells an uplifting saga of stewards of the land, conservators whose vision led to the creation of a lasting legacy for people and wildlife.

Hubert H. McAlexander is Josiah Meigs Professor of English at the University of Georgia. His previous books include "Peter Taylor: A Writer's Life" and "Conversations with Peter Taylor" (published by University Press of Mississippi), and his work has appeared in numerous periodicals.