Can anyone recommend a good book on selective chicken breeding?

[Gypsy07]

Or a good website? I have a project in mind but as yet am lacking all the necessary knowledge!

 

[Catstar68]

My rooster recommends the book "Piggyback Rides For Everyone" by Rue Star.

I, however, have not a clue on chicken genetics.

 

[cybercat]

There is a good one on the net. Hopefully someone will post a link. Also read the Hertiage thread for it has alot of breeding infomation in it.

 

[Gypsy07]

Catstar68: I'm a big fan of piggyback rides. And of joke book titles. LOL!

Cybercat: Thanks for the pointer. I always feel a bit lazy just asking for the info instead of going away and searching for stuff like this myself, but any time I start googling I always go off on a tangent. I find EVERYTHING interesting and end up getting sidetracked and spending hours reading about something completely different from what I was actually looking for.

If anyone can post a link to the online book Cybercat is talking about I'd be hugely grateful!

 

[Catstar68]

http://poultrykeeper.com/reviews/book-reviews/21st-century-poultry-breeding-book-review.html
http://www.amazon.com/Poultry-Breeding-Genetics-R-Crawford/dp/0444885579
http://www.amazon.com/Mating-Breeding-Poultry-Harry-Lamon/dp/1585748145
I found these 3 during a quick literature search. Anyone have these books? Are they decent?

 

[Gypsy07]

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Ah. I see where I was going wrong. I did a quick search on Amazon but I was searching 'chicken breeding' and 'chicken genetics'...
Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction!

 

[phasianidae]

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I have Harry Lamon's book and its kind of a standard. I recomend 21st Century Poultry Breeding by Grant Brereton which can be perchased here: http://www.tomhugginsweb.com/gbpoultrybooks3.html