Extraordinary Chickens (Paperback)

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Absolutely gorgeous, and sufficiently educational for laymen like me. My only question was whether the crazy configurations the birds were bred to could be painful to them, but the birds are, accd. to Green-Armytage, healthy and amiable. Thanks for the rec. Petra X!

from readaholic12

I grew up in a rural area where chickens were commonplace, and a major commodity. Commercial chickens always seemed big, dumb and doomed to me. But the farmer's chickens, the varietals, were fascinating. I was thrilled when my daughter's kindergarten teacher incubated eggs in the classroom and in...

from readaholic12

I grew up in a rural area where chickens were commonplace, and a major commodity. Commercial chickens always seemed big, dumb and doomed to me. But the farmer's chickens, the varietals, were fascinating. I was thrilled when my daughter's kindergarten teacher incubated eggs in the classroom and in...