With the growing popularity of free-range poultry it is natural for those who wish to keep poultry to examine the possibilities in terms of their characteristics and utility
This book sets out to explain the basic facts, including a description of each breed.
For those who wish to study a breed with a view to showing, there are listings of faults as well as desirable features. There is also a full colour plate depicting six important breeds as well as monochrome illustrations of most of the breeds described.