PublishedWiley, April 2015 |
ISBN9781118982785 |
FormatSoftcover, 432 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 19.3cm × 2.2cm |
Your hands-on guide to modern chicken-raising methods
Thinking about raising chickens? You've come to the right place!
This new edition of Raising Chickens For Dummies provides
the most up-to-date, thorough information on the many aspects of
keeping chickens in your backyard. Inside, you'll find hands-on,
easy-to-follow instructions on choosing and purchasing chickens,
constructing housing for your birds, feeding your chickens for
optimal health, combating laying issues, controlling pests and
predators, optimizing egg production, and much more.
Raising chickens on a small scale is a popular?and
growing?pastime. If you're interested in keeping chickens as
pets or as a source for eggs, Raising Chickens For Dummies
gives you plain-English explanations of everything you need to know
to about caring for chickens. Inside, you'll learn about basic
chicken biology, breeds, and behavior, which chicken breed is best
for you, how many you need, ways to spot healthy chickens, how to
build a chicken coop, best practices for mating your chickens, how
to incubate eggs, how to hatch and nurture chicks, manage laying
hens, collect and store eggs, and butcher meat birds.
Offers practical advice on choosing and purchasing
chickens
Helps you construct the right housing for your chickens
Provides tips on feeding and caring for your chickens
Includes top tips for raising healthy chickens
Whether you're a first-time poulterer or you've been raising
chickens for years, this comprehensive guideprovides practical
how-to advice for keeping chickens in virtually any backyard.
