THE RIVER COTTAGE CHICKEN and EGGS HANDBOOK. By Mark Diacono. River Cottage Handbook No. 11.

(2013) recent reprint. 8vo (137 x 206mm). Pp256,ad. Colour photographs throughout, introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Matt pictorial boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

"A thoroughly practical guide to keeping layers and meat birds, with a host of delicious recipes. Seasonal, local, organic, wild". Handbook number 11 in the excellent River Cottage series. Chapters include: Preparing to keep chickens; Understanding chickens; What you will need; Chickens for eggs; Chickens for meat; Starting a flock; Caring for your chickens; Breeding; Health issues and predators; Dispatch; Preparing a chicken cor cooking; recipes; Useful things.