Putting in an Amazon book order tonight, any suggestions

[CityChicker]

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LOL, I know what you mean, me too... Hey, seeing you online tonight makes me remember I totally forgot to return your PM about duck booties! I will reply soon when I decide how many to order. As far as the books, yeah, I am awful about that lately. I think I am just book "burnt out" with school. I have been finishing all my upper division sciences the last couple semesters, so I am *over* reading (nothing like thousands of pages of Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, etc...to do that to you, LOL). I have about a dozen bird/farming books to read this summer, LOL.

You have to read that Ashton book. I have four of their books now and I have come to think of them as the foremost experts in the world. Nobody has written about things like breed development in even a fraction of the detail they have. I also greatly appreciate the fact that so much of their research and writing is original. They haven't simply rewritten the work of others without any real understanding of what they are writing, especially on genetics (which of course, I value since that is one of my main interests in waterfowl).

 

[chickboss]

Thanks! I ordered the Ashton book on colors a couple of days ago from the UK Amazon site, and have thier book of geese in this current order. I didn't order The Domestic Duck because I was afraid it would all be repeat information, but now I think I will add it. It's not too late, if anyone has any more suggestions. I wanted to get a good book on Poultry diseases, but the ones that look most interesting to me are extremely expensive as they are text/reference books, so I don't know, still debating about the price tag. This is what I have so far:

Storey's Illistrated Guide to Poultry Breeds
Domestic Geese, by Chris Ashton
The Domestic Duck, by Mike and Chris Ashton
(also their book on colors, don't have the title in front of me)


I don't think I will place the order until tonight because I am still up in the air about the disease books. CityChicker, any good beginning books on genetics for someone just getting interested in the subject? What is your Major?

Just added Enslaved By Ducks as well, looks funny and cute, thanks!

 

[Sweetfolly]

As far as ailments and diseases (and even general and breed information), there are some great free pamphlets from the British Waterfowl Association that you can download here: http://www.waterfowl.org.uk/leaflets.html

I have them all printed out and put in a binder on the bookshelf.

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Actually, there is a neat movie: Keeping Ducks: Beautiful, Comical Things, which is basically Tom Bartlett (former president of the British Waterfowl Association and editor of the British Waterfowl Association magazine) giving you a tour of his farm, from the incubation room, out to the grow out pens, he gives an overview of breeds and showing, and a little segment on pond construction. It didn't have much practical information (basically covered everything I already knew), so I borrowed it from the library rather than buying it. It's a fun watch though!

 

[chickboss]

Thanks Annarie! I will check it out that site as soon as I can, what a great idea! And I'll keep my eye out for the movie to next time I'm at the library.

 

[CityChicker]

Chickboss- I'm an Animal Science major (my undergrad) and then plan to get my Master's in Poultry Science and then potentially go on to vet school. It just all depends on how life goes the next couple years. As far as basic genetics books, the Ashton's colour breeding book is really good and to the point, easy to understand. You can usually get it directly from them on the UK Amazon. HTH.

 

[nettie]

There is a book called "Poultry and Waterfowl Problems" that I got from Metzer farms when I ordered my ducklings.... It's by Michael Roberts. It's a small book but goes over major illnesses very well. The only area I thought it was a little lacking was Bumblefoot, but that's probably because I have researched the heck out of that one....

 

[OmaBird]

Amazon might not be the cheapest place to get books. I know Dave Holderreads book on geese is $50 where it is $18 everywhere else. I buy my books from Holderreads web site or Metzer Farm.

 

[chickboss]

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Yep, that's the one I already ordered from the UK site.

Thanks for the tip OmaBird, I couldn't even find Dave's book on Geese on Amazon, so will have to order it from the site anyway. I'll check out Metzer Farm's book section as well. Thanks Nettie, I'll check it out while I'm there!~

 

[Sweetfolly]

If you want to get into some really heavy reading on color genetics of poultry in general, there's Poultry Breeding and Genetics by R. D. Crawford, Genetics and Evolution of the Domestic Fowl by Lewis Stevens, and Poultry Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology by William M. Muir & Samuel E. Aggrey.

I found all of those on Google Books when I was researching, trying to figure the whole color genetic thing out one day. They're all available on Amazon, but they're in the $140 - $300 range!

 

[chickboss]

The disease books I was looking at were in that range. LOL, but I could get a deal on three for like $450.00. Now, don't get me wrong, I would happily read them. I love in depth, way over my head, better grab the dictionary, and consider getting an higher educatin before opening type reading, seriously love it, but I just don't have the money. I'll keep those titles though, because one at a time, I might go ahead in the future. I wonder, aren't there places where you can buy used text/refernce books? Citychicker, you seem to be our resident student, any ideas?