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The Chook Book

The Chook Book is the latest edition to a list of excellent poultry resources produced by the EPF. This book is aimed at the primary school age of 8-11 years old. The Chook Book is fully continuous with the New Zealand curriculum and covers such topics as:

  • Historical linkages between birds and people
  • Poultry meat and egg farming
  • Chicken biology and behaviour (including comparisons to the kiwi)
  • Meat and egg consumption and the role of poultry in human nutrition

The Chook Book is available in a PDF format - 1.2Mb - Click to download.  Unfortunately, we have run out of hard copies in the office, so these will not be available in the near future.