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APA Standard of Perfection - Black & white edition

APA BLACK & WHITE STANDARD OF PERFECTION - 1998 Edition
Publisher: American Poultry Assn. Soft cover, 275 pg., b/w paintings, illustrations. This is the bible of show requirements in the U.S. It has requirements for poultry exhibits, exhibitors, and judges; disqualifications; color descriptions; and glossary. Has information on all showable chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and bantams.

A.P.A. BLACK WHITE STANDARD OF PERFECTION
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@ $16.50

American Poultry Association - APA Standard of Perfection book

2001 APA STANDARD OF PERFECTION
2001 Edition. American Poultry Assoc. Hard cover, 372 pg., color photos & b/w illustrations. This is the bible of show requirements in the U.S. It has requirements for poultry exhibits, exhibitors, judges. Also has a nice glossary of terms, disqualifications as well as color pattern descriptions. Contains info on all the showable poultry breeds- chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, & bantams. Color paintings of the majority of breeds and varieties.

A.P.A. STANDARD OF PERFECTION
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@ $65.50

BANTAM STANDARD 2006 edition.
Edited by: ABA Standard Committee. Hard cover, 291 pg., 60 in color. Description on 57 breeds, 85 plumage pattern descriptions, judging of chickens as well as the breeds and varieties of bantam ducks.

BANTAM STANDARD
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@ $37.50

BRITISH WATERFOWL STANDARDS
Compiled by: British Waterfowl Assoc. Hard cover, 115 pg., color paintings. Has in-depth descriptions of recognized goose & duck breeds showable in Britain. Has a classification of breeds.

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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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@ $28.00

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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@ $23.95

ARAUCANA
Author: Cathy Brunson. Soft cover, 79 pp. b/w illustrations. Information on different Araucanas, and their care. Describing their color, eyes, combs. Going through your first year.

ARAUCANA
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@ $17.50

BALDWIN'S AMERICAN BREED BOOK OE & MODERN GAMES
Author: John P. Baldwin. Soft cover, 64 pg., b/w illustration. Book covers hatching, rearing, mating, breeding, showing, judging, and selling. Describes in detail the many types of birds.

BALDWINS AM BREED BLACK O.E. & MODERN GAME
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BALDWIN'S BOOK OF MODERN GAME
Author: John P. Baldwin. Soft cover, 53 pg., b/w illustrations. Describes characteristics of game bantams and different breeds of of game bantams. Covers crossbreeding, hand-mating, dubbing and training for exhibition.

BALDWIN'S BOOK OF MODERN GAME
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@ $10.50

BANTAMS IN COLOR
Author: Michael Roberts. Soft cover, 48 pg., color photos. This book will enable the reader to identify most breeds of bantams, to produce birds conforming to the correct standard and to realize the enormous diversity of color and type available. All birds pictured are show quality birds.

BANTAMS IN COLOR
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@ $17.50

BREEDS OF POULTRY & CHARACTERISTICS (Older Edition)
Author: Dr. Joseph Batty. Soft cover, 79 pg,color & b/w illustrations. This book helps the new fancier to decide which breed to choose by examining their characteristics and desired features. The book presents a guide to each type, large fowl & bantam chickens and gives guidance on suitability for different conditions, situations, feed, etc.

BREEDS OF POULTRY & CHARACTERI
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bREEDS OF pOULTRY & tHEIR CHARACTERISTICS - NEW EDITION

BREEDS OF POULTRY & CHARACTERISTICS New Expanded Edition
Author: Dr. Joseph Batty. Soft cover, 2003 edition, expanded. 241pp. with 3 pages of color plates, many b/w photos & drawings. About 100 breeds described, many British & European breeds listed.

Breeds of Poultry & Characteristic
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CALL & OTHER BANTAM DUCKS
Authors: Anne Terrell, Ian Kay & Chris Ashton. Hard cover, 168 pg., Color & b/w photos. Provides info on housing, feeding, breeding, brooding, and showing of call ducks. Also includes info on bantam breeds not commonly seen in the U.S.

CALL & OTHER BANTAM DUCKS
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@ $43.95

THE CALL DUCK BREED BOOK, REVISED EDITION
Color section & many new photos. by dr. C. Darrel Sheraw, ABA & APA Licensed Judge. Soft cover 163 pages. History and origin, breeding the Call duck, feed preferences, sexing ducklings, pinioning & clipping, call duck showmanship.

CALL DUCK BREED BOOK
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COCHIN BANTAMS
Edited by: Roy Van Hoessen and published by the Bantam Magazine in 1945 and reprinted by the Am. Bantam Assoc. in 1979 and 1981. Soft cover, 46 pg., few b/w photos. Describes the history of breed, color varieties, the mating of breeds, washing and preparation for show. Articles were written by many of the old time Cochin breeders.

COCHIN BANTAMS
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CRESTED BANTAMS
Author: Lynn G. Brenneman. Soft cover, 38 pg., few b/w illustrations. Description of color and color breeding, as well as management and care of crested varieties. Some problems and solutions are also discussed.

CRESTED BANTAMS
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DIAMOND DOVES
Author: Jeff Downing. Soft cover, 28 pg., color photos. Brief descriptions of history, care, housing, feeding, management, basic genetics, and a current Diamond Dove standard. Book describes each color variety.

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DOMESTIC DUCK AND GEESE IN COLOR
Author: Michael Roberts. Soft cover, 54 pg., many color photos. This book is a basic guide, not a standards book. It will help waterfowl enthusiasts establish the difference between breeds. 20 duck varieties, 12 goose varieties. All birds pictured are show quality birds.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PIGEON BREEDS
Author: Wendell Levi. Hard cover, 790 pg., color photos. Covers the history of pigeon keeping, genetics, care, housing, equipment and extensive breed descriptions.

ENCYCLOPEDIA. OF PIGEON BREEDS
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@ $138.95

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FRIZZLE
Author: Dr. Loretta Schmidgall. Soft cover, 24 pg., b/w illustrations. History, definitions and raising of frizzles. Also health, mating with curlies, buying breeding stock, and showing. Talks about cannibalism and colonization.

FRIZZLE
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Gold & Silver Sebright Bantam Breed Book

GOLDEN & SILVER SEBRIGHT BANTAMS
Author: Bill Holland. Soft cover, 32 pg., b/w photos. Book is primarily a beginners guide to Seabright breeding. Provides history, description, what to look for in breeding, back & saddle feathering, lacing problems, and health.

GOLDEN & SILVER SEBRIGHT BANTAMS
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@ $9.00

JAPANESE BANTAMS
Author: Anna C. Banning-Vogelpoel. Soft cover, 60 pg., b/w photos. Lists the A.B.A. Standard of Japanese Bantams. Covers history, appearance, care, breeding, and problems of genetics.

JAPANESE BANTAMS
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THE JAPANESE BANTAM
Author Terry Wible. 2003 Soft cover, 112 pages, 58 color photos of Japanese varieties, sing/tail undercolor. Author has raised Japanese for 25 years. Info on type, feeding, breeding, color as well as the standards. Modern info from a current breeder.

Japanese Bantams
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MUTE SWAN
Author: Janet Kear. Soft cover, 24 pg., color & b/w photos. Booklet describes a year in the life of a Mute Swan. Covers the initial mating to the hatching of the cygnets. Also has info on feeding and appropriate food for swans.

MUTE SWAN - J. KEAR
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OLD ENGLISH GAME BANTAMS
Author: F.P. Jeffrey & William Richardson. Soft cover, 126 pg., color photos, b/w photos & illustrations. Book covers history, standards, judging, conditioning. Extensive information on breeding and the principles of breeding. Detailed information on varieties in color and how to breed for color.

OLD ENGLISH GAME BANTAMS
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@ $18.50

Ringneck Doves A Handbook of Care & Breeding
by Wade Oliver. Soft cover, 72 pp with many full color photos. Author provides many color photos and descriptions of 33 Ringneck varieties. Good information on caring for doves, breeding and Ringneck Dove genetics. A great reference book for those beginning breeders on the genetics of color. #RND $26.50

Ringneck Doves: A Handbook of Care & Breeding
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SILKIES
Edited by: F.P. Jeffrey, secretary ABA. Soft cover, 22 pg., b/w paintings. Book describes history, behavior, breeding, showing, genetics and standards.

SILKIES
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THE WOOD DUCK & THE MANDARIN
Authors: Lawton L. Shurtleff and Christopher Savage. Hard cover, 232 pg., many color photographs. Lengthy chapters on each species. Covers the history, habitats, and conservation.

THE WOOD DUCK & THE MANDARIN
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@ $42.95

WYANDOTTE BANTAMS
Edited by: F.P. Jeffrey. Soft cover, 85 pg., b/w photos. Describes how to get started, history, breeding, caring for the birds, the standard, showing, and judging.

WYANDOTTE BANTAMS
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