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Raising Chickens For Dummies
Author(s): Kimberly Willis and Robert T. Ludlow
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About The Book
- Practical 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.
Book Details
- Availability: In Print
- Publication date: 2009
- Binding: Paperback
- Dimensions: Unknown (W x H x D)
- Weight: Unknown
- Extent: 408 pp
- ISBN: 978-0-470-46544-8
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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