The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens, Revised


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Looking to get started keeping backyard poultry? Let the down-to-earth, common-sense advice in The Chicken Whisperer’s Guide to Keeping Chickens, Expanded & Revised be your guide. Since The Chicken Whisperer’s Guide to Keeping Chickens was first published in 2011, tens of thousands of people have discovered the joys and benefits of a backyard flock. Now Andy Schneider is back with The Chicken Whisperer’s Guide to Keeping Chickens, Expanded & Revised. Keeping backyard chickens is a fun, simple way to to reconnect with the earth, the community, and your food sources—and you can do it, even with limited space in your backyard. Let the Chicken Whisperer (poultry personality Andy Schneider) teach you everything he knows and everything you need to know about raising a backyard flock! Ditch the super-technical manuals and enjoy Andy’s unique, common-sense perspective in The Chicken Whisperer’s Guide to Keeping Chickens, Expanded & Revised. This fun, comprehensive guide is a perfect fit for your busy lifestyle. Inside, you’ll learn: The benefits of a backyard chicken flock The art of incubation Living with brooding hens Setting up coops and runs Proper poultry nutrition Understanding your chickens’ health and wellness And that’s just for a start, so why not start your flock today?




The Complete Beginner's Guide to Raising Small Animals


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This book was written for anyone considering purchasing and raising domesticated animals for family pets, producers of eggs and milk, or a friendly creature in the backyard.




First Time Chicken Keeping


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First Time Chicken Keeping provides simple, accessible step-by-step instruction for absolute beginning chicken keepers who might not have prior experience and/or feel overwhelmed by a more comprehensive overview.




An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens


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From hatchlings to adult laying hens, every stage of a chicken's growth is shown and explained in this highly accessible, photographic introduction to the basics of keeping chickens, including behavior, housing, feeding, hygiene, and health care.




The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals


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Enjoy a weekend breakfast featuring eggs, bacon, and honey from your own chickens, pigs, and bees, or a holiday meal with your own heritage-breed turkey as the main attraction. Gail Damerow covers everything you need to successfully raise your own farm animals, from selecting the right breeds to producing delicious fresh milk, cheese, honey, eggs, and meat. Even with just a small plot of land, you can become more self-sufficient, save money, and enjoy healthy, delicious animal products.




The Stradivarius in the Basement


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The Stradivarius in the Basement is a collection of essays, some humorous, some serious, based on the author's 72 years of observing - and participating in - life on this wonderful but essentially puzzling planet.







Ultimate Guide to Hobby Farm Animals


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·Extensive sections devoted to the seven major farm animals, including profiles of the most popular breeds and varieties ·Detailed how-to chapters on the care, handling, feeding, health, and safety of each animal ·Special chapters devoted to the breeding and raising of young animals ·Recommendations for ways of capitalizing on your livestock's output, from selling eggs, milk, fiber, and so forth ·Tips for troubleshooting potential problems and warding off diseases, parasites, and predators ·New edition vetted and updated by Dr. Mark McConnon DVM, hobby farm professionals and veterinarians for the most up-to-date information available on the market for shelter, care, health, medicine, nutrition, behavior, marketing, and profit




The Veterinarian's Guide to Animal Welfare


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The Veterinarian's Guide to Animal Welfare provides an overview of various aspects of animal welfare that are particularly relative to the veterinary profession. The book explores various ways of viewing and assessing welfare, as well as the numerous factors that influence perceptions. Emphasis is placed on contemporary issues across, and within, major species groups. The book's authors are internationally known experts in the veterinary aspects of animal welfare and have written numerous articles on animal welfare, behavior, euthanasia and the human-animal bond. This book is written for the veterinary profession and was designed to be used as a textbook for animal welfare courses at colleges and schools of veterinary medicine. It complements the Model Curriculum for the Study of Animal Welfare (AVMA 2015) and its attendant course syllabus. This is an important resource for graduate veterinarians seeking to improve their understanding of the numerous aspects of animal welfare. - Specifically written for veterinarians and veterinary students - Addresses historical, cultural, and contemporary aspects of animal welfare - Complements the Model Curriculum for the Study of Animal Welfare developed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)




THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BACK-YARD HOMESTEADING


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Self-Sufficient Living: Your Essential Guide to Backyard Homesteading Ready to embrace a sustainable lifestyle? Self-Sufficient Living equips you with all you need to transform your backyard into a productive homestead. Whether you want to grow your own food, raise animals, or utilize renewable energy, this guide covers it all. Inside, You’ll Learn: Urban Self-Reliance – Tips on container gardening, solar ovens, and backyard livestock. Backyard Assessment & Planning – Zoning laws, sunlight, and soil strategies to maximize your space. Raising Animals & Beekeeping – Essential steps for backyard chickens, goats, and bee hives. Food Preservation – Canning, drying, and fermenting to keep your harvest year-round. Renewable Energy Basics – Solar power and biogas options to fuel your homestead sustainably. Perfect for anyone wanting to grow food, raise animals, and live sustainably in any space. Self-Sufficient Living is your ultimate handbook for an eco-friendly, independent lifestyle.