poultry

Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to turkeys through simple, predictable text and related photos.

Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to chickens through simple, predictable text and related photos.

What do ducklings eat? How do they stay warm? Can people keep them as pets? The answers to these questions and many more are waiting for beginning readers in this book. Fascinating facts about how ducklings look, grow, and move are explained using accessible language.

A guide to raising chickens, including how to start, housing and feeding, keeping them in urban areas, and more.

An introductory guidebook to raising poultry for hobby, show, food, or sale, covering such topics as housing and equipment, poultry biology, flock health, and home processing of eggs and meat.

"... health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy to industrial commodity-- and human health threat-uncovering the ways we can make America's favorite meat safer again"--Amazon.

Many kids have seen ducks in a pond, but what about ducks on a farm? In this book, readers are introduced to domestic ducks, especially the different breeds and why farmers raise them.

Learn how farmers raise chickens and what different breeds are called. Plymouth Rock and Silkie are just a couple of the many breeds living on farms.

Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of chickens.

Information about geese for new readers, including why farmers keep geese, what geese eat, and the life cycle of geese. Includes advanced goose facts and key words for lesson planning.