Mini Encyclopedia of Chicken Breeds and Care: A Color Directory of the Most Popular Breeds and Their Care
Frances Bassom offers a plethora of information on raising chickens in her Mini Encyclopedia of Chicken Breeds & Care: A Color Directory of the Most Popular Breeds and Their Care. In the first half of the book, Bassom covers the basics, including housing, feeding, breeding and showing chickens. The second half acts as an encyclopedia, describing characteristics of certain breeds, such as size, feather patterns, and the color of the eggs they lay. Raising poultry for food not only adds to a healthy lifestyle, the author notes, it also helps lower a homeowner's carbon footprint by reducing the distance food travels to reach the plate. (Phoenix Home and Garden2010-04-01)Frank and abundant detail ... handy, heavily illustrated. (Mary BrennanSeattle Times2010-07-17)