Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities
by Gail Damerow (Author)
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much more.
From the Back Cover
Once you decide to raise chickens, you'll need all the information and advice you can get. And lucky for you, this book is as far as you'll have to look. A Guide to Raising Chickens contains everything you need to know, from starting your own backyard flock to putting eggs on the table. With easy-to-understand illustrations and text, this book shows you all about:
-- Choosing the right breed
-- Caring for chicks
--Feeding the growing flock
-- Building feeders and shelters
-- Collecting and storing eggs
-- Preventing health problems
-- Raising broilers for meat
-- Showing your chickens
This book and Damerow's other book, "The Chicken Health Handbook" are the two I recommend to new chicken owners. This book focuses on getting you started, and includes the following chapters:
1. Choosing the Perfect Chicken
2. Housing
3. Feeding
4. Meat Bird Management
5. Butchering Day (and Good Eating to Follow)
6. Layer Management
7. Table Eggs
8. Managing Breeders
9. Incubation and Hatching
10. Chicken Care
11. General Management
12. Health Management
13. Showing
Glossary State Resources Organizations Recommended Reading Videos Suppliers Index
Product Details
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; 2Rev Ed edition (January 12, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 158017325X
ISBN-13: 978-1580173254
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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