AbeBooks’ 12 Days of Christmas - day three
After a weekend repast (and don’t they go so quick?) we once again revive our Christmas countdown…
*achem* On the third day of Christmas, the true love was to give Three French Hens. We upped the ante, now you can create your own flock…
Le Poulailler - Monographie Des Poules Indigenes et Exotiques  by Charles Jacque.
Published by Agricole de la Masion Rustique, Paris, in 1858 with French text; the famous Barbizon School animal painter Charles Jacque here offers his thoughts on animal breeding. This was the dominant manual in France for poultry breeders for decades.