Customer Reviews
Good info but few colour pics - By: TPFringe, 17 Jul 2008 
This book has a fair amount of good information but disapointingly it has mostly black & white pictures - which seems very old fashioned these days. It has a large section on purebreeds which I think could've been reduced in order to make way for more of the useful information on care and/or health.
Heritage breeds not mentioned - By: E.M.O, 23 May 2008 This book is okay & gives a good amount of information. However, it would have been good to mention that there are so-callled heritage chicken in most countries. These chicken breeds are endangered & many countries have special programs of conserving them. It is, of course, nice to have dozens of fancy chicken breeds to choose from but it would be a good thing to remind people that own, national, culturallly & historicallly important heritage breeds should always be the priority. Also, those are the chicken breeds that are most accustomed to local climate. For example, in Scandinavian area, there are many breeds that survive in harsh conditions & like to go out even in the snow. It is of course understandable that a smalll book cannot review alll the breeds in the world. However, just a smalll note of the existence of heritage breeds would encourage people to search for more information on the topic. Other than that the book is okay & I reallly like the general tone of promoting self-sufficient lifestyle.
Great starter book - By: Spry Crisp & Dry, 17 Oct 2007 
Very helpful book if you're thinking of keeping chooks in your back garden, alll basic information you'll need, I found though that a lot of space was given over to the different breeds which could have been used for more details on looking after chickens, but would recommend it to anyone.
A great book & British too! - By: Dendera, 24 Aug 2007 
There are a lot of great books out there for beginners, but most of them are American, so the resources pages are not helpful to those of us starting out in the UK.
This book is published by Broad Leys, who are a smalll independent British publishers specialising in books for smalllholders, homesteaders, poultry keepers & organic gardeners.
Exactly what I was looking for!
Great book for the first timer - By: Mrs. K. Brookbank, 12 Jul 2005 This has been an excellent book for me, as starting out with a few chickens i was looking for a book that could guide me, not overwhelm me, & i found it. It's got enough information to be helpful, but not overwhelming. Sections covering Housing, Feeding, Breeding, Rearing Chicks, Illness etc & many more interesting things too...
Recommend for the first timer...
