Reviews
An excellent resource to learn more about this great hobby or career.
“As a lifelong poultry lover, past President of the Delmarva Poultry Fanciers Club, the current owner of several Heritage Breeds (my favorite being The Real Delaware Blue Hen) I believe this A to Z Manual will be very helpful for new and not so new Poultry Fanciers. Having so much information all in one place, in an easy-to-read format, makes it an excellent resource to learn more about this great hobby or career. My grandfather passed on the love of animals, especially chickens, to me. I have passed it on to my children, grandchildren, and many friends or acquaintances over the years. Thank you Joanne for this informative manual and . . . for including me in it!”
~ Joe Mastin, Past President
Delmarva Poultry Fanciers Club
This will be a great tool for young and old.
“What a pleasure to read through! Thank you for the opportunity to do so! This wonderfully compact and informative manual by Joanne Guilfoil was a joy to read. For me, a person involved as a non-grower but has a spouse (Dr. Tom Oscar, USDA) and a co-worker (Dr. Jon Moyle) so involved with different aspects of the poultry industry, and I thought I was ‘in the know’, I totally enjoyed and learned so much from this easy read. You can tell Joanne put in a lot of time researching, and her enthusiasm for the subject comes through! You don’t have to be a grower to want to read the descriptions given by Joanne – this will be a great tool for young and old to learn about poultry and the wonderful reason we have so many growers (large and small) on Delmarva.”
~ Sheila H. Oscar
Administrative Assistant II
University of Maryland
Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center (LESREC), Salisbury, MD
A must-have manual for quick and easy reference!
“Question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Answer: Joanne Guilfoil’s “Chickens on Delmarva A-Z Reference Manual”. In simple but science-based language that anyone can understand and appreciate, this delightful and informative manual covers poultry terminology and famous people who helped put Delmarva’s poultry industry on the chicken world map. Anyone interested in raising poultry for food (eggs or meat), pleasure, or education (including research, teaching, and Extension) must have a copy of this manual for quick and easy reference!”
~ Nathaniel Tablante, DVM
Extension Poultry Health Specialist
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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Chickens on Delmarva
A-Z Manual
A REFERENCE MANUAL
This manual is structured much like an illustrated dictionary in alphabetical order, an easy reference for school or club projects, or just plain interest in chickens on Delmarva. On any random East-West drive across Delmarva or a North-South trip, even a casual observer might notice small backyard flocks, farm equipment suppliers, large poultry farms, egg farms, field crops like corn and soybeans, poultry processing plants, veterinarian offices, chicken trucks, and cover crops like winter wheat. Harrington, the home of the Delaware state fairgrounds, is where birds are exhibited and seminars for growers and farmers are conducted.
The manual is not just for serious poultry keepers; it is packed with scientific/agricultural terms and drawings, historical facts, and names of actual growers, all designed to also be of interest to Fanciers, service providers and other related poultry workforce personnel, teachers, students, folks interested in the history of Delmarva, and chicken lovers of all ages.
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Are you ready to learn the alphabet and everything you always wanted to know about chickens and the poultry industry on Delmarva but were afraid to ask? If so, then you must read this amazing ABC book. Within these pages of funny, thoughtful, and witty poetry (in English) and prose (in Spanish), along with delightful drawings to color, author and artist Joanne Guilfoil succeeds in using the alphabet to tell the great story of Delmarva’s poultry industry to a diverse audience. She demonstrates to all ways in which chickens can be vital to our economic stability, health, and happiness.
~ Nathaniel Tablante, DVM
Extension Poultry Health Specialist
University of Maryland College Park
This book about Delmarva poultry is long over due. As you can see, Delmarva has some great poultry history. The commercial broiler industry started here. Poultry life on Delmarva involves friendly and fascinating people in all aspects, past and present. Author Joanne Guilfoil examines these different aspects, from the commercial industry to exhibition clubs. Each contributes so much to our Peninsula; who would have ever known? Enjoy reading this fact filled and entertaining book!
~ Mike Wasylkowski
Small Farm Educator, Delaware State University
APA & ABA Licensed Judge
The content of this book was designed to share the history of the Delmarva chicken industry. It is presented in two languages - English and Spanish - in hopes that it will assist members of the Hispanic population who are involved in some way with today's chicken industry to learn from this and expand their language skills. Hopefully, the text will also inspire English speakers to take the opportunity to read and learn some Spanish. The main objective is to appreciate the history of the Delmarva chicken industry and its statewide importance, while building better communication through having a little fun!
~ Dr. Janet Hickman
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Includes English & Spanish on each page
This is the fifth in a series of ABC books about life on Delmarva. This one is all about the chicken industry as we find it across the Peninsula, including chicken breeds, growers past and present, the companies they grow for, chicken farms, chicken coops, chicken x-rays, and the famous Delaware Blue Hen!
With two pages per alphabet letter, you will read informative text, illustrated with color photographs and line drawings by the author, for readers to color. The goal is to present a view of the Delmarva chicken industry and all it has to offer. Equally important however, is the effort to honor the involvement of our Hispanic population, so very central in this vital work. A Spanish translation is presented alongside the English version of the text for each letter of the alphabet. So get ready to learn about chickens on Delmarva then and now . . . and perhaps learn a little about a new language!
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AFTERGLOW: Ted Freeman's Legacy
The Making of an Astronaut
In 2010, the Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame (DAHF) posthumously inducted Theodore C. Freeman as a member. According to the program brochure, he “might have become America’s first man on the Moon, if not for his untimely death from a plane crash in Texas…he was the first member of the U.S. Space Program to lose his life”. He was in NASA’s Astronaut Group Three along with such astronaut notables as Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan and Alan Bean, all expecting to become Apollo pilots. That was back in the 60s. He was the second USNA graduate to train as an astronaut. Alan Shepard was 10 years before him as the first USNA graduate.
Joanne Guilfoil, Ph.D.
AN AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR, and ARTIST
"When you dig just a little under the surface, a whole new world emerges."
- JOANNE GUILFOIL
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Chickens on Delmarva
Spray Planes, Banner Planes, & Bi-Planes
This is a coffee table book filled with gorgeous color photos of many types of aircraft from all over Delmarva. It is also a rich historical account of military, agricultural and recreational airplanes, with stories provided by friends, families and pilots who flew them, including: a Mitchell B-25, Navy trainers, a Talon T-38, Stearman, Beechcraft, King Air, Cessna, Erco Ercoupe, Waco, 1929 Great Lakes and many banner planes!
250 pgs. Hardcover (2017)
