This book combines detailed information on many available chicken breeds with easy-to-follow, practical advice so you can find the breed perfectly suited to you and your lifestyle.

Whether you're an experienced chook handler or just starting to choose your first birds, you'll discover that knowing something about each breed - from egg-laying ability to 'social skills' - is very useful.

160 pages with chapters on Breeds, Rescue and Ex-battery Birds, Housing, Buying, Feeding, Breeds, Eggs, Health & Care and more.

Published in 2009, it's up to date with all the information you need to keep chickens at home.