Author : Fred Hams
Publisher : Lorenz Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,30 MB
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780754823520
Discusses what features to look for when purchasing poultry and provides information on feeding, hygiene, treating illness, and good husbandry practices.
Author : Kathy Shea Mormino
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 28,22 MB
Release : 2017-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0760352429
Kathy Shea Mormino, aka The Chicken Chick, shares her wealth of experience as a chicken keeper in a fun and abundantly illustrated format in The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens.
Author : Amy K. Fewell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 18,28 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1493037404
TheHomesteader’s Natural Chicken Keeping Handbook is the modern homesteader’s guide to raising, feeding, breeding, selling, and enjoying the noblest animal on the farm—the chicken. From the rooster’s crow in the morning, to the warm egg in the nesting box, chickens are the gateway livestock for almost every homesteader and backyard farm enthusiast. In this book, you’ll learn everything you need to know about raising chickens naturally. Fewell guides you in: understanding why chickens do what they do creating your very own poultry or egg business preventing and treating ailments with herbal remedies setting up your property, coop, and brooder hatching chicks purchasing chickens properly cooking delicious recipes with your farm fresh eggs and poultry. This is heritage chicken keeping skills 101, with a modern twist. Not only will you gain knowledge about naturally keeping chickens through every stage of their lives, but you’ll fully embrace the joy and ease of raising all-natural chickens on your homestead.
Author : Vivian Head
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1848584946
More and more people are enjoying the benefits of keeping poultry, and chickens are perhaps the most rewarding of all. This book provides a practical guide to chicken husbandry, from hatching your first chicks to cooking with produce that you know has come from happy, free-range birds. There are clear step-by-step instructions on how to make...
Author : Robert Litt
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,21 MB
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1580085822
Got a little space and a hankering for fresh eggs? Robert and Hannah Litt have dispensed advice to hundreds of urban and suburban chicken-keepers from behind their perch at Portland’s Urban Farm Store, and now they’re ready to help you go local and sustainable with your own backyard birds. In this handy guide to breeds, feed, coops, and care, the Litts take you under their experienced wings and share the secrets to: Picking the breeds that are right for you • Building a sturdy coop in one weekend for $100 • Raising happy and hearty chicks • Feeding your flock for optimal health and egg nutrition • Preventing and treating common chicken diseases • Planning ahead for family, neighborhood, and legal considerations • Whipping up tasty egg recipes from flan to frittata With everything that first-timers will need to get started—along with expert tips for more seasoned keepers—this colorful, nuts-and-bolts manual proves that keeping chickens is all it’s cracked up to be.
Author : Lisa Steele
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0760350477
There's no need to choose between chicken keeping and gardening! This book includes a variety of strategies, garden designs, and tips for integrating two popular hobbies.
Author : Gail Damerow
Publisher : Storey Publishing
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 158017325X
Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much more.
Author : Melissa Caughey
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1612124194
Chickens make wonderful pets, and Melissa Caughey provides all the information kids need to raise healthy chickens and have lots of fun doing it. Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey’s engaging advice helps children understand the best ways to care for their chickens. Spark enthusiasm with creative activities like chicken forts and a veggie piñata for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza.
Author : Gail Damerow
Publisher : Storey Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 14,54 MB
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1603425616
From addled to wind egg and crossed beak to zygote, the terminology of everything chicken is demystified in The Chicken Encyclopedia. Complete with breed descriptions, common medical concerns, and plenty of chicken trivia, this illustrated A-to-Z reference guide is both informative and entertaining. Covering tail types, breeding, molting, communication, and much more, Gail Damerow provides answers to all of your chicken questions and quandaries. Even seasoned chicken farmers are sure to discover new information about the multifaceted world of these fascinating birds.
Author : Gretchen Anderson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,56 MB
Release : 2011-04
Category : Chickens
ISBN : 9780972822558
Journalist and chicken-owner Gretchen Anderson chronicles the stories of people who are fighting City Hall for the right to own chickens. Find out how hen-keeping is ruffling feathers across the country. Also, learn the secrets to raising a healthy flock in your own backyard.
