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American Poultry Association 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
Order #SOP
@ $65.50

THE BOOK OF GEESE
Author: Dave Holderread. Soft cover, 209 pg., b/w photos, illustrations. 1993. Basic enough for the hobbyist, yet comprehensive enough for commercial raisers. Includes info on: breeds, incubation, rearing, health problems and managing the adult flock.

THE BOOK OF GEESE
Order #BOG
@ $20.50

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. We have no more copies in stock and will not be getting anymore.

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BULLETIN, CANADIAN HONKER
Author: Loyl Stromberg. Soft cover, 4 pg., b/w illustrations. A brief bulletin on raising Canadian Honkers. Helps you with feed, housing, breeding. Instructions on pinioning.

Canadian Honker Bulletin
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@ $3.50

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BULLETIN, WOOD DUCK
Stromberg Service Bulletin. Authors: Loyl and Janet Stromberg. Soft cover, 8 pg., b/w illustrations. Description of Wood Ducks, nesting, pinioning, precautions against predators. Diagram of a nest box is also in the booklet.

Wood Duck Bulletin
Order #WDB
@ $3.50

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
Order #COBD
@ $43.95

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

CALL DUCK BREED BOOK
Order #CALL
@ $22.00

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. 1 copy left.

Call Duck Varieties
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@ $23.75

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The Domestic Duck
Chris and Mike Ashton, authors. 192 pp., 8 full page color plates and several b/w photos and illustrations. This book traces the origins of 23 breeds of ducks and examines their breed characteristics for both exhibition and utility purposes. Gives advice on acquiring, keeping and breeding ducks and selecting birds. An up to date guide for the serious hobbyist.

THE DOMESTIC DUCK
Order #TDD
@ $42.00

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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DOMESTIC GEESE
Author: Chris Ashton. Hard cover, 192 pg., color & b/w photos. Book is divided into four sections: Breeds (origins, developments, newcomers); setting up (exhibiting, table birds, stock); management of adult stock (needs, behavior); breeding (breeding season, incubation, rearing). Also covers diseases and ailments. Very good reference book.

DOMESTIC GEESE
Order #DOMG
@ $38.50

DUCKS AND GEESE AT HOME
Author: Michael Roberts. Soft cover, 55 pg., b/w photos & illustrations. A practical guide to rearing and keeping domestic waterfowl. Discusses choosing a breed, breeding, hatching, vermin control, and diseases.

DUCKS AND GEESE AT HOME
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@ $16.00

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DUCKS AND GEESE: GUIDE TO MGT.
Author: Tom Bartlett. Hard cover, 110 pg., b/w photos. Descriptions on housing, equipment, incubation, rearing, and routine management. Also covers showing, handling, sexing, diseases, popular and rare breeds.

DUCKS AND GEESE: GUIDE TO MANAGEMENT
Order #DG
@ $21.95

DUCKS, GEESE & TURKEYS FOR ANYONE
By Victoria Roberts. Hard cover, 128 pp, many color photos of a large variety of domestic ducks, geese and turkeys being raised by hobbyists. Includes information on the history, characteristics and special requirements of each breed.

DUCKS, GEESE, & TURKEYS
Order #DGT
@ $40.95

EAST INDIE DUCK
Author: Dr. C. Darrell Sheraw. Soft cover, 111 pg., b/w photos & illus. Description on history, origin, breeding, nutrition, hatching, brooding, conditioning and judging of the Black East Indie bantam duck. No longer available.

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ECOLOGY & MGT. OF WOOD DUCKS
"Author: Frank C. Bellrose, Daniel J. Holm. Hard cover, 588 pg., color photos, b/w photos & illustrations. Companion book to THE UNIQUE WOOD DUCK. Most comprehensive reference on the wood duck. Includes basic biology, life history, population characteristics, and research and management techniques." EMWD is no longer available.
UWD Unique Wood Duck is also no longer available.

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GREAT GALLERY OF DUCKS
Author: Alan Birkbeck. Soft cover, 63 pg., color photos, b/w photos & illustrations. This is a good beginners guide to keeping and breeding ornamental waterfowl. Tells how to set up your first collection, pens, aviaries, pond construction, nesting, rearing and more. Specific descriptions of ducks & geese.

GREAT GALLERY OF DUCKS
Order #GGD
@ $69.95

A GUIDE TO PHEASANTS & WATERFOWL
By Dr. Danny Brown. Soft cover, 248 pp, many color photos. Covers 27 breeds of geese, ducks, swans and teal. Also 13 breeds of pheasant, jungle fowl, peafowl, guinea fowl and chukar partridge.

GUIDE TO PHEASANTS & WATERFOWL
Order #PAW
@ $49.95

GUIDE TO RAISING DUCKS
Author: Dave Holderread. Soft cover, 316 pg., b/w photos & illustrations. 2001 Description of features & behavior, different breeds, colors, genetics, incubation, rearing, feed, butchering, health problems and treatment. (new edition of Raising the Home Duck Flock)

GUIDE TO RAISING DUCKS
Order #GRD
@ $18.95

KEEPING DUCKS VIDEO - TOM BART
Video. 48 minutes, color. Beginners guide video follows journey of ducklings from incubation through their lives. Explains housing, breeding and caring for ducks on the farm or at shows. Gives you thorough grounding in duck keeping. You will see many of the common duck varieties in color. We also have this in DVD format.

KEEPING DUCKS VIDEO - TOM BARTLETT
Order #KDV
@ $30.95

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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
Order #MAND
@ $10.95

MODERN WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT
Author: Oscar Grow. Hard cover, 359 pg., b/w photos & illustrations. Comprehensive guide for raising all ducks, geese and swans. Most of the domestic breeds are discussed. Ducks and geese are discussed in more detail than swans.

MODERN WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT
Order #MWFM
@ $35.00

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
Order #MSW
@ $9.00

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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@ $13.95

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POULTRY & WATERFOWL PROBLEMS
Author: Michael Roberts. Soft cover, 89 pp., b/w photos. Book has good, easy to understand explanations of most common diseases and health problems of chickens, bantams, ducks, geese, and turkeys. A lot of good, useful information is in this small book.

POULTRY & WATERFOWL PROBLEMS
Order #PWP
@ $18.50

RAISING DUCKS & GEESE
Author: John M. Vivian. Soft cover, 31 pg., b/w illustrations. Basic information on incubating, brooding, feed, shelter, sanitation, and controlling your ducks & geese.

RAISING DUCKS & GEESE
Order #RDG
@ $5.50

REARING & RESTORING CANADA GOOSE
Author: North Dakota Game & Fish Department, Bismarck, ND. Soft cover, 79 pg., b/w photos & illustrations. Talks about history, propagation, establishing free-flying flocks, management, breeding and many other topics. No longer available.

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guide to raising domestic ducks and geese

SUCCESSFUL DUCK & GOOSE RAISING
Author: Darrell Sheraw, co-author: Loyl Stromberg. Soft cover, 204 pg., b/w photos, paintings, & diagrams. Description on breeding, hatching, rearing, sexing, housing, feeding and penning both young and adult stock. Also a section on dealing with special problems, ailments and diseases of waterfowl. Some specific breeds are discussed.

SUCCESSFUL DUCK & GOOSE RAISING
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@ $11.95

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SWAN BREEDING & MANAGEMENT
Author: Loyl Stromberg. Soft cover, 95 pg., color photos and b/w photos, illustrations. Description of various species of swans. Also covers care, breeding, incubation, pinioning, feeding, sexing, diseases and transporting. Now Spiral Bound.

SWAN BREEDING & MANAGEMENT
Order #SBM
@ $9.95

SWAN KEEPER'S HANDBOOK: A Guide to the Care of Captive Swans
Hardcover 152 pages. A very beautiful book with many, many color photos through-out. This book is designed for the layman who will be managing swans in a captive setting. Practical info on feeding, breeding, behavior, habitat development, & maintenance. Healthcare and genetics also included.

SWAN KEEPER'S HANDBOOK
Order #SWKH
@ $57.50

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. Limited copies left.

THE WOOD DUCK & THE MANDARIN
Order #WDMD
@ $42.95

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Waterfowl Care, breeding and Management Book

WATERFOWL - CARE, BREEDING AND CONSERVATION
Author: Simon Tarsnane. Soft cover, 277 pg., color photos. Book covers many topics including nutrition, nesting, incubation, rearing, ailments and remedies, predator control, and pinioning & sexing. Also specific breeds are talked about.

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WILDFOWL AT HOME
Author: Alan Birkbeck. Soft cover, 63 pg., color photos, b/w photos & illustrations. This is a good beginners guide to keeping and breeding ornamental waterfowl. Tells how to set up your first collection, pens, aviaries, pond construction, nesting, rearing and more. Specific descriptions of ducks & geese.

WILDFOWL AT HOME
Order #WAH
@ $18.00

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