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A Guide to Pigeon Keeping. By experienced breeder, Richard Puccini. Soft cover, 49pp. Basic information on pigeon behavior, sexing, housing, feeding, banding, breeding & health maintenance. Author has descriptions, history and characteristics of many racing homer varieties, rollers & utility breeds. Nice section on training and motivating racing homers and the description of "eye sign" and "throat sign". For the beginner, author explains types of racing events, pigeon shows & clubs and publications for the pigeon fancier. Glossary of terms included. A compact but thorough book which you will want to read several times to absorb all the information it contains.


Guide to Pigeon Keeping
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COMPLETE GUIDE TO RAISING DIAMOND DOVES, BREEDING AND CARE
by Am. Dove Assoc. Master Breeder. R. Puccini. Soft cover, 88 pp. Over 50 color photos of the breeder's birds and specific plumage description of each color variety and how to distinguish from related colors. Author shares his plans/photos for the optimal diamond dove housing. Important information on how to keep diamond doves healthy when kept indoors and in outdoor aviaries. Optimal nutrition for adults and fledglings. Helpful explanations of the 5 families of color in diamond doves. BONUS Material: Cape and Zebra dove photos and information on their breeding, care, feeding.

Complete Guide to Raising Diamond Doves, Breeding & Care
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HOBBY FARMS GOATS--NEW
Soft cover 160 pgs. By Sue Weaver. Excellent reference book for those of us raising goats for pleasure. Choosing the right goats for you, health section, housing & feeding, behavior. Making money with goats & raising "kids" section also. Color photographs throughout.
Hobby Farms Goats
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PIGEON RACING: Secrets of Champions 2
DVD color, 120 min. Jim Jenner returns to Europe in the summer of 2006 to see how his experts fared this pigeon racing season. Extensive interviews with the same knowledgeable and down to earth experts, this time concentrating on feeding, breeding and old bird racing.

Pigeon Racing: Secrets of Champions Vol 2
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PIGEON RACING: Secrets of Champions Combo
Get both volumes 1 and 2 and save!

Secrets of Champions DVD 2 from Vol 1, Vol 2 or Vol 3
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RACING PIGEON STORY
by Richard Parry. Soft cover, 132 pp. with some color photos and many b/w photos. The author has an easy conversational style of presenting information on racing pigeons. He answers many questions a novice would have on managing racing homers. A good book to start with if you wish to know more about pigeon racing before buying birds.


Racing Pigeon Story
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REGARDING CHICKENS
Frederick Dunn author/presenter. Color, 2 hrs. 51 min. A comprehensive guide to rearing healthy free range chickens. Excellent section on incubation, use of incubators, care of hatching eggs, candling. Also covers brooding chicks, feeding, housing and caring for adult stock. Bonus material on table egg grading and poultry showing.


Regarding Chickens DVD
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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO RAISING & SHOWING CHICKENS DVD
DVD, color 90 min. Allison MacLeod presents well researched info. 12 chapters, including choosing chicks; flock care; showing chickens & 4H poultry showmanship; butchering and common disease interventions-both organic and conventional treatments.


Beginners Guide to Raising & Showing Chickens DVD
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BUILDING AN AVIARY
by Robert G. Black. Soft cover, 116 pp. B&W illustrations. Author draws on his considerable experience in building aviaries, primarily for the smaller cage bird species. He includes information on: wood framing, alternate framing, wire, aviary security, doors, heating, plants & landscaping and more. His knowledge and techniques are adaptable to those wishing to build larger aviaries for pheasants, quail, etc.

Building An Aviary
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POCKETFUL OF POULTRY
by Carol Ekarius. Soft cover, 272 pp. Wonderful color photos of 104 breeds: chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys.Pocket sized with brief description of each breed, special qualities and origins. Not a husbandry book. Book size 6" x 4 1/4". .


Pocketful of Poultry
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STOREY'S GUIDE TO POULTRY BREEDS
by C. Ekarius. Soft cover, 278 pp. Many color photos of 128 birds. Layman's companion to the Standard of Perfection. If it's fowl facts and photos you want, find them here.


Storey's Guide to Poultry Breeds
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PIGEON RACING: Secrets of Champions Vol. 3 Young Bird Racing
DVD color, 180 min. Young Bird Racing highlights: methods of 'darkening'; weaning strategies; training and motivation for young birds; managing the moult and more. Jim Jenner talks with the world's best pigeon racers.


Pigeon Racing DVD vol.3 Young Bird Racing
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PHEASANT OF THE WORLD POSTER
Colored paintings of 52 different pheasant species, both male & female, by Esdaile Hudson. Common names and scientific names included. 35” x 21.5”. Published by Sivelle & Bloom.

Pheasant Poster
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THE MANDARIN DUCK
by Christopher Lever. Soft cover, 24 pp. w/ 10 color photos, including Mandarin drake, hen and ducklings. Helpful information for the hobbyist: habitat characteristics, feeding, courtship, feeding, nesting, molting of this popular and colorful aviary species.


The Mandarin Duck
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CALL DUCK VARIETIES
by the National Call Breeders of America. 2005 ed. Soft cover, 62 pp. Color photos of standard and non-standard varieties. Includes written description of the colors and anatomical reference points on Calls. This is not a husbandry book but would be a good addition to your poultry standards reference books.


Call Duck Varieties
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CHICKEN COOPS- 45 building Plans for Housing Your Flock - by Judy Pangman. Soft cover, 166 pp. B&W drawings, diagrams. Author presents 45 plans for housing both laying hens & meat birds, from few birds to many. She has researched and visited sites from Seattle’s Tilth City Chickens tour, to Mad City Chickens tour in Wisconsin to large-scale moveable shelters by Joel Salatin and presents their structures and the accompanying story. Find plans to convert trailer frames, green houses and backyard sheds to poultry housing as well as ideas on using recycled material for housing. Also includes 8 pp. of color photos, featuring many of coops she’s visited.

Chicken Coops
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NESTS, BIRDS AND INCUBATION
Author: D. C. Deeming. Soft cover, 209 pp. Brings together specialized scientific data on wild bird behavior and incubation, studies on poultry incubation and application to design and use incubators. Not a casual "how to" book, but rather a thoughtful and readable treatise.

Nests, Birds & Incubators
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EXHIBITION POULTRY KEEPING
Author: David Scrivener. hard cover, 144 pp. with some color & b/w photos and Illustrations. Show bird training, judgding systems, basic poultry genetics adn defects, double mating, breeding housing, Nutrition, equipment, managing broody hens, incubation and chick rearing.

EXHIBITION POULTRY KEEPING
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EXTRA EXTRAORDINARY CHICKENS
Author Stephen Green-Armytage. Hard cover, 112 pgs. Color photos. Included are 61 breeds from around the world, plus various species of Junglefowl. A great companion to his first book.

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KEEPING PET CHICKENS
Dr. Joseph Batty, author. 130 pp. 80 color plates by J. W. Ludlow are reproduced in full size along with a summary of breeds. Several b/w illustrations also. This book is about the work of Lewis Wright, the great victorian author, editor and poultry, pigeon and animal expert. He was responsible for paving the way to establishing the present day POULTRY STANDARDS, ensuring that judging was done on a fair basis and making the many breeds of poultry known.

Keeping Pet Chickens
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ORIENTAL GAMEFOWL
By Horst W. Schmudde, soft cover, 208 pp. over 250 photos of 35 breeds, many in color. Introducing the reader to the vast array of breeds (more than listed in the APA standard) and their evolutionary history.

ORIENTAL GAMEFOWL
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NEW DUCK HANDBOOK
Author: Hienz-Sigurd Raethel. Soft cover, 2005 Edition 135pp., color photos & b/w illustrations. A very informative book on ornamental and domestic ducks. Tells everything about housing, care, feeding, disease, and breeding. Also covers commercial uses of ducks.

DUCK HANDBOOK
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QUAIL PAST & PRESENT
By Michael Roberts soft cover, 87 pp. w/ 4 pages of color photos of Coturnix Quail varieties. Many B/w photos of incubation, brooding, pens, equipment, compact but informative.

Quail Past & Present
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RAISING BOBWHITE QUAIL FOR COMMERCIAL USE
Soft cover, 42 pp. b/w photos. Produced by Clemson University for the hobbyist. basic info on managing breeding flock, disease prevention, incubation, brooding, compact booklet.

Raising Bobwhite Quail for Commercial Use
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GAME FOWL STANDARD 2006
editor Anthony Saville. soft cover, 60 pp. 16
colored illustrations of Game Fowl color patterns. Information on the origin of the Am. Game Fowl, conformation, colors, disqualifications, defects, glossary of technical terms. Also includes info on Am. Game Bantams standards & colors. Published w/ approval of the Am. Game Fowl Society.

American Game Fowl Standard
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RABBIT & CAVIE STANDARD - 2006-2010 EDITION
Published by: Am. Rabbit Breeders Assoc. Soft cover, 253 pg., color & b/w photos. Published as a guide for the beginner and established breeder. Provides a guide for evaluating rabbits and cavies for breeding and judging. Standards for different breeds are listed, variety descriptions as well as other information.

RABBIT & CAVIE STANDARD
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