British Large Fowl
M. & V. Roberts
The Domestic Fowl Trust.
1994

One of the difficulties of putting this book together has been to decide which breeds should be included as "British" There are breeds which have been created by man somewhere, in all honesty there are no breeds which can be called indigenous.
 

Description and colour photographs of 21 breeds. 43 pages.

£ 5.00

Das Sundheimerhuhn
Guenter Copi.
1981

Breed history and description
of the Sundheimer Fowl of Germany.

b/w photographs. 38 pages.

£ 5.00

Unsere Krueper
E.E. Linsiepe
1991

2 large volumes containing publications on the Krueper Fowl of northern Germany. Detailed breed description and account of the activities of its breeders.

b/w illustrations. 287/150 pages

£ 15.00

Incubation
A Guide to Hatching and Rearing
Katie Thear
Broad Leys Publishing 1994

The book examines the process of development within the egg, and the conditions necessary for successful hatching and brooding of the young. It is applicable to a wiede range of poultry, waterfowl, game and other birds, including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quail, guinea fowl, peafowl, pheasants, partridges and ostriches.

b/w photographs and text illustrations. 96 pages.

£ 5.00

Nutz- und Ziergefluegel
Scholtyssek/Doll
Verlag Eugen Ulmer 1978

Standard work on poultry keeping and breeding
with detailed breed descriptions.
Chapters cover anatomy and physiology,
behaviour, genetics, health and poultry production.

8 colour plates - and 140 b/w photographs. 59 tables. 488 pages.

£ 25.00

Gaense
K.-H. Schneider
Neumann-Neudamm 1985

Work on keeping geese
with descriptions of geese breeds,
breeding and housing.

59 b/w photographs. 192 pages.

£ 5.00

Gaense
K.H. Schneider
VEB Verlag 1985

Pb version of above

£ 3.00

Handbuch der Nutz- und Rassehuehner
Horst Schmidt
Neumann-Neudamm 1985

Standard work on poultry breeds,
 with descriptions and colour photographs
 of 151 breeds.

444 pages.

£ 30.00

Handbuch Rasse- und Ziergefluegel
Puten, Perlhuehner, Gaense, Enten
Horst Schmidt
Neumann-Neudamm 1989

Detailed work on breeds of poultry, waterfowl and turkeys with in-depth breed descriptions.

134 colour -, 40 b/w photographs. 349 pages.

£ 25.00

Old and Rare Breeds of Poultry
John Butler
Poultry Fancier's Library
1990

Very few hobbies are as fulfilling and interesting as keeping and breeding pens of poultry. There is a continuing interest in the old and rare breeds - some have disappeared but are being revived. Others are a rarity although interest continues to grow.

Descriptions of 50+ rare breeds of poultry
with many b/w text illustrations. 95 pages.

£ 8.00

The Backyard Poultry book
Andrew Singer
Prism Press 1994

A complete book of instruction and refernce for the beginner -
the approach is practical and enthusiastic.

b/w text illustrations. 144 pages.

£ 4.00

Antique

The National Geographic Magazine
April 1927

The Races of Comestic Fowl
    M.A. Mull
67 illustrations of breeds in colour

Fowl of the Old and New World
    H. Murayama
29 paintings from life

America's Debt to the Hen  
Harry R. Lewis
with 15 illustrations

£ 20.00