Jack Byard

What a wonderful reference guide for the chicken people out there! Here is a small but meaty book describing 44 different breeds of chickens. Each breed has a three page spread describing the physical characteristics of that type as well as it's history, place of origin, personality characteristics, egg laying statistics and a full color picture. For people who are interested in owning chickens or those who already do, this is a handy reference to help you decide what types would work best for your special conditions. This is not a book to tell you HOW to raise or breed chickens. If I have one complaint, it is that all (or most) of the pictures are of the rooster of that breed. It would be very helpful to have a picture with both the rooster and the hen together for comparison purposes. Otherwise, I found this book to be extremely informative and it will be an easy book to recommend to patrons in our particular library where we have a growing number of chicken raisers.… (meer)