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Hamsters For Dummies

by Sarah Montague

The fun and easy way to care for a cute, cuddly hamster

Hamsters are the most popular rodents kept as pets. Hamsters For Dummies helps those owners who have little or no experience caring for this small mammal....

Parakeets For Dummies

by Nikki Moustaki

Create a "home tweet home" for this colorful, lively bird

This plain-English guide helps readers find the right parakeet and offers expert advice on feathering his nest, from setting up the cage and selecting...

Secrets of Long-Distance Pigeon Racing

by Squills

Originally published in the early 1930s. The author Lt. Col. A. H. Osman was a recognised expert on all aspects of pigeon racing and breeding. This book was originally written in answer to the many questions...

A Chicken in Every Yard: The Urban Farm Store's Guide to Chicken Keeping

by Robert Litt & Hannah Litt

Got a little space and a hankering for fresh eggs?

Robert and Hannah Litt have dispensed advice to hundreds of urban and suburban chicken-keepers from behind their perch at Portland’s Urban Farm Store, and...

Parrots For Dummies

by Nikki Moustaki

Parrots make a wonderful alternative to the traditional pet. They’re as loving, intelligent, companionable, and entertaining as a cat or a dog but they surpass them by far in many other ways. They don’t...

Raising Game Birds: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-93

by Monty Harper & Mavis Harper

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles...

The Art of Cockfighting - A Handbook for Beginners and Old Timers

by Rupert Arch

This is the story of Cockfighting and how it is practised in certain parts of the World where it is still legal. In Britain it has been a forbidden sport for more than 150 years, although it is said that in...

Canary Breeding for Beginners - A Practical Guide to the Cult of Canary Breeding, Designed Specially for the Use of the Beginner in the Hobby.

by John Claude

Contents Include: The Cages Considered Perches and other Fitments The Bird Room The Bath First Principles in Mating Building the Home The First Egg Commencement of Incubation Egg Food At Close of Incubation...

The Widowhood Book - A Complete Guide to the Best Methods of Racing Pigeons on the Widowhood System as Described by the Foremost Experts in Britain, B

by C. A. Osman

Contents Include: W.S. Pearson Arthur Wright O.I. Wood Fred Shaw Joe Cheetham Lester Torrey Some Variations Henry Martens Violette Renier Gurnay Two Present day Belgian Champions More Variations The System of...

Aviaries, Bird-Rooms and Cages - Their Construction and Furnishing

by H. Norman

Contents Include: The Situation Considered The Materials Described Details of Construction On Various styles of Aviaries Mainly Details Methods of Feeding Entering and Cleaning Stocking the Aviary Bird Rooms...

Parrots for Pleasure and Profit - Their Breeding and Management

by C. P. Arthur

Contents Include: Parrots for Pleasure and Profit Grey Parrots The Breeding of Hybrid Parrakeets Six Popular Parrots Some Facts about Macaws

Diseases of Canaries

by Robert Stroud

Originally published in 1933. The author was well known as "The Bird Man of Alcatraz." He wrote this book while serving a life sentence. A comprehensive work containing much information on: - Anatomy - Feeding...

The Roller Canary - Its History, Breeding, Training and Management

by A. F. Demaine

'In the case of the novice, the help and guidance gained from his fellow breeders who are familiar with the tours of the Roller will profitably be supplemented by what he finds here, and if, in the light of...

Canaries - A Complete and Practical Guide to the Breeding, Exhibiting and General Management of These Popular Birds

by C. A. House

Canary breeding is a hugely popular hobby, and one that surpasses most hobbies, in that the amateur can very quickly, with knowledge and experience, excel as a breeder and exhibitor of the different varieties...

Observations on Modern Falconry

by R. Stevens

Originally published in 1972 this important falconry book is probably one of the best of its kind. The author was a respected falconer of many years experience and his sheer pleasure in the sport shines through...

Budgerigars & Cockatiels: How to Keep, Feed, and Breed Them

by C. P. Arthur

Originally published in the early 1900s. This useful little book deals with all aspects of these popular cage birds: Breeding and Management - Feeding - Ailments - Colours - Habitat and Wildlife - Sexing - Taming...

Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderou

by Sy Montgomery

Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she’s a rock star. In...

Winging It: A Memoir of Caring for a Vengeful Parrot Who's Det

by Jenny Gardiner

A gift from an overseas relative, Graycie, an African Gray parrot, arrives in the Gardiner home not long after the birth of their first child, adding the responsibilities of parrot-hood to their newfound parenthood....

Birds Off the Perch: Therapy and Training for Your Pet Bird

by Larry Lachman, Diane Grindol & Frank Kocher

You love your pet bird, even when he misbehaves, but how can you train him with compassion? Birds off the Perch proves that rewarding good behavior is kinder and more effective than traditional discipline through...

Of Parrots and People: The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species

by Mira Tweti

There are an estimated 50 million parrots in the United States today. Their intelligence and extraordinary personalities make them beloved members of the families that bring them into their homes.

In Of Parrots...