The Old English Game Fowl - Its History, Description, Management, Breeding and Feeding

H. Atkinson

• Publisher: Fournier Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9781443741149
• eBook ISBN: 9781447492207

This vintage book contains a complete guide to old English game fowl, being a treatise on their history, description, management, breeding, and feeding. This detailed and comprehensive book contains a wealth of useful and practicable information, and is highly recommended for modern keepers and breeders. The chapters of this book include: "Origin and History", "The Revival of Old English Game in the Show Pen", "The Points of Game Fowls", "The Different Breeds and Colours", "The Sport of Cocking", "The Useful Properties of Old English Game", "Management and Mating of the Breeding Stock", "Sitting, Hatching, Rearing", etcetera. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on shooting wildfowl.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Introduction
• Origin and History
• The Revival of Old English Game in the Show Pen
• The Points of Game Fowls
• The Different Breeds and Colours
• The Sport of Cocking
• The Useful Properties of Old English Game
• Management and Mating of the Breeding Stock
• Sitting, Hatching, Rearing, &c
• Exhibiting
• Diseases
• Index