Chicken books -- do you have any?

[Clay Mudd]

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Agreed. I'd stretch it to the 50's; I have the Norton Creek reprint of G.F. Heuser's "Feeding Poultry", and it's a gold mine.

 

[Peaches Lee]

Where does one find these antique chicken books?

 

[PeeperKeeper]

I've got 2 but I got them for the photos and descriptions of different breeds. Almost anything I know about care and management comes fro you guys.

 

[Clay Mudd]

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I've had luck in general with finding old books at flea markets and thrift stores. Online Norton Creek Press offers reprints of some of the old books. Alibris is a good place to look for anything out of print.

 

[ccshambhala]

I borrowed several books from the library, joined BYC & got a subscription to Backyard Poultry magazine to get me started. Later I bought Storeys illustrated guide to poultry - which is awesome - and I highly recommend Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance! For questions about my chickens I have found BYC to be the best resource.

 

[al6517]

No don't have any........... don't really need them................. but I do own a copy of the current APA Standards of Perfection (SOP) every serious breeder should have a copy.

 

[jbourget]

yep! love looking at photos in books. got over a dozen

 

[DMRippy]

I don't own any printed chicken books, but I do have several older books that are available online you can even download the pdfs to view anytime

Here is one link to a great source of info including a 1920's edition of the Standard of Perfection ( SOP ) by the APA and even a Plymouth Rock SOP and a Wyandotte SOP

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Standard of Perfection Poultry AND mediatype:texts

My understanding is that most of the info in the SOP has not really changed. New breeds have been added and you would need specific info for those newer breeds, but there is some great FREE info in these books.

This is Goggle's version with some good books too

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=bk...osb&fp=11ddc481b2828c55&biw=1280&bih=611&bs=1

Lost and lots of very old but good poultry books are available for free, just wanted to share.

I do miss not having the books, I like to fold down the pages and highlight important info, but I do have software that will convert it to actual text so I can cut and paste into a usable document for me. (it will even convert it to a audio file I can listen to in the car

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[onlyme8]

I have 1 chicken book

I think it is pretty helpful...but not as helpful as BYC

 

[clairabean]

Chicken Poop for the Soul. It is a good read. Not so much chickens, as a lifestyle of off the grid.