Extra Extraordinary Chickens (Hardcover)

Extra Extraordinary Chickens

The striking images in Extraordinary Chickens showed that “the world of chickens is a world of wonders” (New York Times Book Review). Now, in a follow-up to the extraordinarily successful first book from Stephen Green-Armytage, the photographer presents 61 breeds and 5 species, including 14 breeds not previously included in the first book, a new series of chicken couples, and virtually all new images. Capturing with his camera chickens of all sizes, shapes, and colors, he illuminates gorgeous feather patterns worthy of French fabric designers, as well as elaborate wattles, elegant crests, and many other details. Through his exquisite photographs, he captures the surprising and expressive personality of these amazing creatures. Included are breeds developed in Japan, Malaysia, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Poland, Australia, South America, Canada, the United States, and elsewhere. For breeders and enthusiasts, this volume will be a treasure they must (more…)

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Comments

  1. Tina - June 13, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Really fun chicken book, but not a must have
    This book is full of photographs of chickens. Not your typical chicken pictures mind you. You will see various breeds of chickens (many you have never seen before that are very…

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  2. Zuma - June 13, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    great picture
    I give this a 5 star just for the pictures. If you want to know about chickens. I highly recommend these 2 books. Living with Chickens and Choosing and keeping Chickens.

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  3. Kylie - June 13, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    A Chicken Lover’s Delight
    My friend Marjorie is a person who is very fond of chickens. She decorated her little rental cottage with a chicken/rooster motif.

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  4. Tadewi - June 13, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    beautiful portraits of chickens
    This is a beautiful book with lots of high quality photos. The chickens are not presented the ordinary way (from one side) but let us see more realistic poses like stretching,…

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  5. Anonymous - June 13, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Check out the chicken
    “Extra extraordinary chickens” is the sequel to a similarly titled book by the same author, “Extraordinary chickens”. Sorry, did I say author?

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