Books about the Farm Yard (In french language)

The Great Book of French Poultry
Ornamental Palmipeds
Pheasants and Peacocks
Dwarf Fowls
The Hen
The Rabbit
The Pigeon
Making a Start
Geese and Ducks
Ostriches,Wild Boar, Bison, Deer and Lamas
The Dwarf Rabbit
la Revue Avicole
The Yearbook
The Standard of Great Poultry Breeds
Traité Rustica de la Basse-Cour


The Great Book of French Poultry
This book retraces the history of French poultry farming presenting more than 60 old (French) breeds, including those which have disappeared, or are being reconstituted and those which are current today. Fully illustrated, in color, 22 x 28.5 cm, 144 pages. Published in March 1994, it is out of print.
Ornamental Palmipeds
Published in 2002, this work presents all the ornamental palmipeds : swans, geese, ducks, red-billed ducks, teals, eiders. The first section is devoted to the specific breeding of these animals. The second section is devoted to the study of the species. In color, 168 pages. 26 € + postage
Pheasants and Peacocks
Published in 1996 , the first section : breeding ; second section : knowledge of the species (description, habitat, historical accounts of discovery breeding advice...). 20 x 24 cm, 216 pages including 112 color photographs or illustrations. Very limited stock. 20 x 24 cm 168 pages, 166 color photographs. 28, 81 € + postage.
Dwarf Fowls
First published in 1993, reprinted in 1997, this work is divided into 2 sections : the first one provides a general coverage of dwarf fowls, the second one studies the breeds raised in France. 16 x 23 cm . 125 pages, 103 color photographs. 19, 21 € + postage.
Making a Start
(from the collection : breeding notes). Published February 1999, re-edited in January 2000. Advice on getting started : cocks and hens, ducks and geese, turkeys and guinea-fowls, rabbits and guinea-pigs, pigeons, game birds. 128 pages full color illustrations. Best-seller at the Paris Agricultural show. 19, 06 € + postage.
The Hen
(from the collection : breeding notes). First published in February 1997, reprinted in 1998, 1999 and 2000 (5th edition): 19.5 x 21.5 cm 112 pages, color. All anyone wishing to breed hens and cocks should know : origin, anatomy, breeds, raising, illnesses and treatments, production. Best seller at the Paris Agricultural show (among 200 titles). 19, 06 € + postage.
The Rabbit
(from the collection : breeding notes). Published in February 1998, reprinted in 1999 ; softback 19.5 x 21.5 cm., 127 pages, full color. 19, 06 € + postage.
The Pigeon
(from the collection : breeding notes). Published in February 1998, reprinted in 1999 and 2000. Softback, 21.5 cm, 127 pages, full color. 19, 06 € + postage.
Geese and Ducks
(from the collection : breeding notes). Published in February 1999. Origin, anatomy, breeds, flock management, illnesses and treatments, production... 120 pages, full color. 19, 06 € + postage.
Ostriches,Wild Boar, Bison, Deer and Lamas
(from the collection : breeding notes). Published in June 1997 Softback, 9.5 x 21 cm, 104 pages, 114 color photographs. 19, 06 € + postage.
The Dwarf Rabbit
All about the dwarf rabbit. Published in February 1997, 21 x 29.7 cm., 80 pages color. 16, 01 € + postage. Out of print, but I still have 10 copies.
The Poultry Journal
Journal published by the SCAF (Central Poultry Society of France), a must for all farmyard bird fanciers, 6 issues a year. Contact : SCAF, 34 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris. 25 € a year.
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The Yearbook 2002
Addresses of associations and breeders of chickens, ducks, geese... in France. 5,5 € post paid. Contact : Périquet, Jean-Claude
3, hameau de Pierreville
55400 Gincrey
Tel/Fax : 0329871556
The Standard of Great Poultry Breeds
Published March 2000 ; by the "Fédération Française des Volailles" and "la Commission des standards". More than 500 pages with 22 pages color. 39 € + postage.
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Le traité Rustica de la basse-cour :
Published March 2001. 560 pages, full color.
34, 91 € + postage
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