Raising Chickens For Dummies
Raising Chickens For Dummies
Author (s): Kimberly Willis and Robert T. LudlowPractical how-to advice for raising chickens in virtually any backyard!
Raising chickens on a small scale is a popular–and growing–pastime. And Raising Chickens For Dummies provides an up-to-date, thorough introduction to all aspects of caring for chickens, including choosing and purchasing chickens, constructing housing, and proper feeding. Raising Chickens For Dummies provides authoritative, detailed information to make raising chickens for eggs, meat, or backyard entertainment that much easier.
Availability: In Print
Publication date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Extent: 408 pp
ISBN: 978-0-470-46544-8
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Introduction.
Part I: Choosing Chickens.
Part I: Choosing Chickens.
- Chapter 1: The Joy of Chickens.
- Chapter 2: Basic Chicken Biology and Behavior.
- Chapter 3: A Chicken Isn’t Just a Chicken:Your Guide to Breeds.
- Chapter 4: Buying Chickens.
- Chapter 5: Choosing Your Housing Type.
- Chapter 6: Designing and Constructing a Coop.
- Chapter 7: Coop, Sweet Coop: Furnishing and Housekeeping.
- Chapter 8: Feeding Your Flock.
- Chapter 9: Controlling Pests and Predators.
- Chapter 10: Keeping Your Flock Happy and Healthy.
- Chapter 11: Handling Health Problems.
- Chapter 12: Mating Your Chickens.
- Chapter 13: Incubating Eggs and Hatching Chicks.
- Chapter 14: Raising Chicks.
- Chapter 15: Managing Layers and Collecting Eggs.
- Chapter 16: Raising and Butchering Meat Birds.
- Chapter 17: More than Ten Tips for Keeping Healthy, Stress-Free Chickens.
- Chapter 18: More than Ten Misconceptions about Chickens, Eggs, and So On.
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