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Yes ekster I agree Google images can sometimes be off but it is the broadest available source of poultry images on the web. How I suggest using it is by comparison if ten different sources are all showing the same "double lacing" lets say; then it's reasonable to suggest that the images is demonstrating "double lacing"
I agree that ALOT of new books are getting a LOT of things wrong wrong wrong.
This is what happens when an old practice loses favor for decades then people start regaining interest and everyone and their brother starts writing books and publishing to make money without doing serious research or for that matter even having a basic (let alone advanced) background in poultry husbandry.
So having said this remember the APA (and ABA) Standard of Perfection 2011 is a $59 dollar plus shipping investment if you want to have a serious understanding of what a true to breed chicken looks like.
As for breeding reference books that can be a bit more tricky. My old 19th and early 20th century reference books are the Platinum Standard and very hard to come by these days. That is to say there weren't a lot of copies published then and those of us that have them today aren't giving them up any time soon. (In a later post I will list some old texts that are tops)
A couple of recent texts would include :
The Mating and Breeding of Poultry by Harry Lamon and Rob Slocum
Successful Poultry Management by Morely Allan Jull ( This is the best practical guide for the poultry-man breeder without emphasis on the fancier but rather the productionist but the elements of practical poultry management and breeding are spelled out fairly well.
A Conservation Breeding Handbook and Managing Breeds for a Secure Future: Strategies for Breeders and Breed Associations both by Dr. Phillip Sponenberg and Dr. Donald E . Bixby
All of these books are not for the novice breeder but for the intermediate and advanced breeders who want to get into the serious nuts and bolts of genetics and the genome of chickens.
Good Luck on your journey!
Yes ekster I agree Google images can sometimes be off but it is the broadest available source of poultry images on the web. How I suggest using it is by comparison if ten different sources are all showing the same "double lacing" lets say; then it's reasonable to suggest that the images is demonstrating "double lacing"
I agree that ALOT of new books are getting a LOT of things wrong wrong wrong.
This is what happens when an old practice loses favor for decades then people start regaining interest and everyone and their brother starts writing books and publishing to make money without doing serious research or for that matter even having a basic (let alone advanced) background in poultry husbandry.
So having said this remember the APA (and ABA) Standard of Perfection 2011 is a $59 dollar plus shipping investment if you want to have a serious understanding of what a true to breed chicken looks like.
As for breeding reference books that can be a bit more tricky. My old 19th and early 20th century reference books are the Platinum Standard and very hard to come by these days. That is to say there weren't a lot of copies published then and those of us that have them today aren't giving them up any time soon. (In a later post I will list some old texts that are tops)
A couple of recent texts would include :
The Mating and Breeding of Poultry by Harry Lamon and Rob Slocum
Successful Poultry Management by Morely Allan Jull ( This is the best practical guide for the poultry-man breeder without emphasis on the fancier but rather the productionist but the elements of practical poultry management and breeding are spelled out fairly well.
A Conservation Breeding Handbook and Managing Breeds for a Secure Future: Strategies for Breeders and Breed Associations both by Dr. Phillip Sponenberg and Dr. Donald E . Bixby
All of these books are not for the novice breeder but for the intermediate and advanced breeders who want to get into the serious nuts and bolts of genetics and the genome of chickens.
Good Luck on your journey!
