Barron's Pigeons: Everything about Purchase, Care, Management, Diet, Diseases and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) - Softcover

Vriends, Matthew; Erskine, Tommy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764129910 ISBN 13: 9780764129919

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2004

Synopsis

More than 150 titles in Barron�s Complete Pet Owner�s Manuals series offer basic advice and instruction on housing, feeding, protection against disease and parasites, and caring for pets of every imaginable kind. All books are heavily illustrated with color photos and instructive line art. Here is everything bird fanciers need to know about keeping pigeons, including feeding, housing, protection against parasites, general health care, and breeding. There is also information on various members of the pigeon family, and on breeding pigeons for racing.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

back cover
Information and advice to help you

take good care of your Pigeons
Typical Pigeons: their anatomy, physical traits, life cycle, and more
Expert advice: feeding, caging, health care, training, breeding, protection against parasites, and more
Understanding your Pigeons: what you can learn from their body language and general appearance

Step-by-step directions for everyday care

Informative checklists and sidebars

Handsome full-color photos
picture caption
Pigeons have been domesticated since biblical times, serving man in many ways. In modern times, pigeons form the basis of several popular hobbies.

About the Author:

Matthw Vriends, Ph.D., is a renowned biologist and aviculturalist. He is the author of many books on a variety of avian topics, including breeding, health and natural history.

About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0764129910
• ISBN 13: 9780764129919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Jacky Diane, Earle-Bridges Michele