The Farmer and The Hen: A Lancashire Love Story : The Poultry Industry in the Fylde 1845 - 1939
Ever wonder why the Lancashire landscape was once so full of chicken cabins? This book will tell you. Beginning with the cock fighting roots and the attempts to breed the perfect fighting bird, the book moves on to discuss how the same principles in breeding were used to improve the quality of laying hens, the introduction of heavier foreign strains, and the reduction, as much as possible, of the ...
Ever wonder why the Lancashire landscape was once so full of chicken cabins? This book will tell you. Beginning with the cock fighting roots and the attempts to breed the perfect fighting bird, the book moves on to discuss how the same principles in breeding were used to improve the quality of laying hens, the introduction of heavier foreign strains, and the reduction, as much as possible, of the ...
