Nice book with lots of photos. Unfortunately the much of the information with regard to photos did not mention the breed of birds shown. I would have liked to have more detail in the captions. Some of the specific breeds mentioned had no photo at all. I wasn't interested in the chapter on crafts.
My husband preferred this book to "The Right Way to Keep Chickens" by Virginia Shirt because it was easier to absorb and photo's are much better than drawings. He said it was a good book, I am hard to please!
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I found this book very informative and well put together. It has excellent photograrphs and discriptions of how to tend to the chickens. A must if you are to keep chickens.
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We were thinking of keeping 2 or 3 for the pleasure it would give us and our two children but this book has put us off the idea completely...
At times confusingly written with far too many negative aspects described in detail and not enough positives.
Some might say the writing is 'charming' but, as a beginner, I needed to know detail which either isn't in this book or is made confusing by the writing.
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We were thinking of keeping 2 or 3 for the pleasure it would give us and our two children but this book has put us off the idea completely...
At times confusingly written with far too many negative aspects described in detail and not enough positives.
Some might say the writing is 'charming' but, as a beginner, I needed to know detail which either isn't in this book or is made confusing by the writing.
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This book has allowed me to share in the opinions of proven experts in their field and at 60 years of age it shows how knowledge is never ending;many things have reinforced my own ideas, many have given me an insite into a complex subject that no other source has ever explored. My attitude and enthusiasm has been powerfully boosted by this excellant book and I thank John Clements for puting such an indepth work together. I would highly recommend this to any flyer from the novice to the fully experienced. Richard Balcke Montana Lofts Queensland Australia.
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Anyone who keeps ducks, or fancies keeping ducks in the future, will find this book extremely useful.
I have bought some of Katie Thear's other books, and this is very much in the same mould - a friendly, knowledgeable person explaining things in an easy to understand, non-patronising way.
She covers virtually every aspect the casual duck owner could ever want - what to feed them, where to keep them, what various ailments are and what you can do etc etc. It also touches on details that one might need if they were wanting to take it more seriously, for example, egg incubation. It doesn't go into loads and loads of detail on things like this, but it was enough for me to successfully get into egg incubating, and since keeping ... Read More:
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There is some useful information for beginners in this book and it is easy to understand. I do not feel this book is the best of it's kind and there is plenty of choice on the market. The photo's in the book are hilarious, particularly the one of the hawk 'closing in on a kill'......... it is perfectly obvious the 'the kill' is not long out of the freezer!!!!!
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