The reader of Chicken will encounter a multitude of intriguing facts and ideas, including why the largest predator ever to walk the earth is considered the ancestor of the modern chicken, how mother hens communicate with their chicks while they’re still in the egg, why Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece required him to play a chicken, whether it’s safe to take eggs on a sea-voyage, and how “chicken therapy” can rejuvenate us all. If you have chickens or care about the subject or like human history in general this book is a must read.

As is typical of Reaktions brilliant Animal series, the book boasts dozens of lavishly reproduced illustrations. Anything is possible in the multiverse, including a madcap adventure starring a plucky, two-headed chicken. Irregular moderate sunning of cover margins and head and tail of spine, corresponding to dust jacket loss. Nugget’s mission is to find the Earth’s most valuable resource and transport it back to Nurgle 7, and he needs Bertie’s help. At times amusing, essentially very serious, this engaging offbeat look at the chicken—as an estimable creature in itself and as a symbol of man's desensitization through technology—[is] a pro-chicken, pro-man Western omelette worth reading and pondering.Library Journal, "Smith and Daniel are obviously enthusiastic (though not sentimental) about their subject, and they've provided some good, interesting, and useful reading on the chicken. Numerous beautiful illustrations show the many faces (and feathers and combs and tails) of Gallus, from wild roosters in the jungles of Southeast Asia to quirky Naked-Necks and majestic Malays. Change country: -Select- Albania Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Jamaica Jersey Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Mexico Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Republic of Croatia Romania Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom United States Uruguay Vatican City State Virgin Islands (U. And she gives the reader a vivid sense of how the world looks to chickens, which ‘can obtain a clear view of morsels immediately in front of them on the ground while simultaneously receiving a panoramic view of the more distant environment. Originally published in 1975, it began as a collaborative college course on the chicken by a scientist, a historian, and their students.

Inherently social creatures, chickens are enjoying a renaissance as prized members of many households and small farms. The Little Chicken Book compiled by Alan Marshall, published by Mascot Media is a 168 page collection of chicken themed artworks from 54 UK printmakers. I recommend this book to poultry producers, veterinarians, animal production engineers and also to people that just have these animals has pets in their backyards. The book includes lively discussions of the chicken's role in literature and history, the cruel attractions of cockfighting, the medicinal uses of eggs and chicken parts, the details of the egg-laying process, the basics of the backyard coop, recipes, and much more.It's hard to decide whether this book is more fascinating and valuable for its information on chickens or for its insight on the modern homestead movement. Underpinned by several serious ideas but sprinkled with a generous dose of humor, [it] makes for some fine reading. As more and more people think about local and sustainable living, the trend towards keeping chickens and home-laid eggs seems more popular than ever. Starting with the evolution of chickens nearly 10,000 years ago and their adaptations to life with humans, The Chicken also analyzes the anatomy and behavior of modern domesticated chickens and provides practical tips for helping these amazing birds thrive.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. An essential cookbook for easy mealtime solutions, or simply if you want to explore new flavours and techniques, One Pan Chicken is a practical and dynamic source of kitchen inspiration.Tom's scrapbooks are always fascinating, full of photographs, notes and snippets of history that inspire his books, and this one is no different!