Raising Chickens For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science)). Kimberley Willis, Rob Ludlow

Raising Chickens For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))



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Raising Chickens For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science)) Kimberley Willis, Rob Ludlow ebook pdf
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Language: English
Page: 408
ISBN: 0470465441, 9780470465448

From the Back Cover

Raising Chickens for Dummies

Learn to:

Raise chickens in virtually any backyard

Choose and purchase chickens

Construct the right housing

Feed and care for your chickens

Kimberly Willis

Poultry breeder and enthusiast

with Rob Ludlow

Owner, BackYardChickens.com

Your hands-on guide to modern chicken-raising methods

Thinking about raising chickens? This comprehensive, practical guide gives you expert advice on all aspects of keeping chickens in your backyard. Whether you're interested in chickens as pets or as a source for eggs or meat, you'll find all the latest information on housing, feeding, healthcare, breeding, and much more.

Do you speak chicken? — learn about basic chicken biology, breeds, and behavior

Select your chickens — from eggs to chicks to adults, decide which to buy, how many you need, and find the healthy ones

Take care of a small flock — choose a type of housing, construct a chicken coop, feed your birds, and do housekeeping

Make more chickens — discover how to mate your chickens, incubate eggs, and hatch and nurture chicks

Reap the harvest — manage laying hens, collect and store eggs, butcher meat birds, and package and store meat

Open the book and find:

Basic chicken-keeping requirements

Misconceptions about chickens explained

Top tips for healthy chickens

Do-it-yourself housing ideas

The best feed for your birds

Advice on controlling pests and predators

Hints for optimal egg production

Information on raising meat birds

Answers to combat laying issues

About the Author

Kimberly Willis has raised poultry for more than 30 years. She currently keeps a flock of laying hens and Bourbon Red turkeys on her small farm and works at an MSU county Extension office in Michigan. Rob Ludlow runs BackYardChickens.com, the leading chicken-raising information resource on the Web. Rob and his family raise a small flock in their San Francisco Bay-area backyard.



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