Amazon Parrots provides essential care advice about keeping these intelligent and beautiful parrots in an easy-to-acess style. Featuring authoritative text, new photographs, and clear color diagrams, it offers all the must-know information in one voume. This book dontains all the information keepers of Amazon parrots need to know to provide their companions with proper care and training. It covers a wide range of important topics, including parrot biology, selecting the right cage and accesso...

**“Lovely, celebratory. For all the belittling of ‘bird brains,’ [Ackerman] shows them to be uniquely impressive machines . . .” —New York Times Book Review“A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence.” —Scientific AmericanAn award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess**Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research...

Award-winning journalist Brian McGrory goes head to beak in a battle royale with another male for a top-spot in his home, vying for dominance with the family’s pet rooster.Brian McGrory's life changed drastically after the death of his beloved dog, Harry: he fell in love with Pam, Harry's veterinarian. Though Brian’s only responsibility used to be his adored Harry, Pam came with accessories that could not have been more exotic to the city-loving bachelor: a home in...

The adorable conure, named for its conically shaped tail, is one of the world's favorite parrots and the subject of this Complete Care Made Easy pet guide that presents new and experienced bird keepers with insight into every aspect of selecting, caring for, and maintaining well-behaved happy pet birds.Bird specialist and trainer Nikki Moustaki has written an ideal introductory pet guide about the boisterous conure, with chapters on the characteristics of the conure, the varied beha...

Falconry, the art and sport of hunting with raptors, is actually the oldest field sport known to mankind. Such sport requires dedication and patience, but getting into this activity also means that you need to have special equipment and other necessary items to ensure safe and effective training of your bird. Falconry Gear Guide provides you with complete information from the equipment a falconer must have such as Mews, Hood, Bell, Bewit, Anklets, Leashes, and Perches to proper caring such as...

Growing your own vegetables often leads gardeners to want to go one step further and keep some livestock. Chickens, ducks and bees are the most likely candidates for the first time livestock owner - especially if you live in a town or have only a small amount of land. They can all be kept happily together. Keeping these animals is a fun and absorbing hobby and is a great antidote to stress. There is nothing more rewarding than the collection of your own fresh eggs and honey. The book is fu...

This book will show you how to solve the most common problem behaviors, like screaming, feather plucking, and biting. It will help you determine why your bird behaves in certain ways and how to have realistic expectations. You'll learn how to set up your bird's home so that it is harmonious and how to feed your bird a nutritionally sound diet.

The Ayam Cemani is one of the rarest chickens in the world. This beautiful bird is renowned for being black, completely black, totally black. Black feathers, black comb, black eyes, black skin, black meat and even black bones. It truly is one of the most unusual of the black chicken breeds. This book contains a wealth of information about caring for and looking after these Indonesian chickens as pets, or for breeding. Whatever you choose, the Ayam Cemani hen is a truly unique specimen. Thi...

This vintage book contains a complete and practical guide to the breeding, exhibiting, and general management of canaries. This accessible and profusely illustrated guide includes all the information an existing or prospective canary keeper might need to know, and it is highly recommended for those with a practical interest in the subject. The chapters of this book include: “Canary Keeping as a Hobby”, “Aviaries, Cages, and Fittings”, “Breeding and General Management”, “Moulting and Colour...

It is a general truism that since duck was largely seen as game, ordinary people didn’t keep them. It is only comparatively recently that people have begun enjoying duck meat.However, there are many excellent reasons for keeping ducks in the garden, not least that they lay eggs and taste supreme.This short-e guide introduce you to ducks and explain about feeding, housing, eggs, breeds and diseases.Paul Peacock is an expert on plants, gardening and writes as Mr. Digw...

The author, S.J. Robson, has made a reference book for those wanting to raise chickens / poultry for the first time. Such basics as heat and space needs, brooder and coop layout, feeding and more, for both layer and broiler chickens, are all covered. Information on fully grown hens and roosters is also included. A number of problems likely to be encountered in a small flock are given, and there is also some information about incubating eggs and broody hens. S.J. Robson has had extensive ex...

From the tiny parakeet to the giant hyacinth macaw, not all parrots place the same demands on their parents. Parakeets, conures, cockatiels, lories—the parrot family consists of the most popular pet birds, each offering keepers their unique characteristics and exotic beauty as well as their specific requirements. Bird expert and author, Carol Frishmann has written a must-have book for every parrot parent-to-be, an all-in-one guide that will remain indispensable in every bird home, regardle...