A Guide to
Raising Chickens : Care, Feeding,
Facilities
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Reader Reviews: This book has it
all.
I read several
books on raising poultry before buying
this one to have in my library. This book
is a wonderful guide for the beginner,
covering all issues related to raising
chickens for eggs, meat, breeding, etc.
If you're thinking about raising
chickens, this book will tell you all you
need to know to get them off to a good
start!
A reader from San
Jose, CA
Very
infomative
This book has
proven to be very useful. This is the
first time I have ever raised chickens.
The book covers a wide range of topics
that I never even considered. I highly
recommend it to anyone who wants detailed
info. on chicken raising. It could save
you a lot of trouble in the long
run!
A reader from
Virginia
Comprehensive,
well-organised, and very readable.
My 9-year-old
daughter wants to raise chickens, and we
bought this book to find out how to
proceed. It has answered every question
we had, and many we didn't know to ask!
The book is so clear and easy to read,
that my daughter read it cover to cover.
But don't get the impression it is
written for kids; it is intended for an
adult reader, and has all the detail you
could want.
This is an
excellent piece of work, with information
on every aspect of chicken raising from
housing and disease prevention to the
general management of a flock. It covers
all the aspects of raising chickens from
nearly every point of view: the backyard
flock, small-time commercial operation,
and show birds. Everything is written
clearly and well-illustrated, and even
sprinkled with occasional gentle touches
of humor! An excellent reference book for
any chicken owner to keep on their
shelf.
Margaret
Fiore from N. Granby,
CT
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Reader Reviews: This is a must for
beginners
For anyone who is
even thinking of raising their own
chickens, you need to read this book
first. It covers all the basics and is
written in "plain old
English".
A reader from
Tennessee
Great! Lots
of great information
If you don't know
anything about raising chickens for food
and/or pleasure, but would like to learn,
this is the book for you. It is filled
with lots of good information and written
with a bit of wit. Excellent book.
SharonC@Maturewell.com
from Tucson, Arizona
I'm heading
to the feed store to buy my
chicks...
Just moved to a
two-acre home in Alaska, and the dirt
yard reminded me of the old folks -- and
their chickens -- back home. Memories are
great; it all seemed easy to a child back
there. But could I really do it: Raise my
own little flock in North Pole, Alaska,
where it's dry dry dry and the
temperatures can dip to -50 and stay
there in the winter?
The answer is yes,
and thank goodness for this book and for
those who reviewed it before me. I now
have enough information to know how to
talk to poultry folk in their lingo, what
questions to ask, how to build a proper
coop, which breeds are better for eggs
and which for fryers, what to do about
vermin and predators... In short,
everything I needed to convince me that I
can do it. And that I want to do it.
No wonder this book
is a classic.
Got my biddy box
ready... Goin' to the feed store.
Kristin L.
Summerlin
(weaver@mosquitonet.com) from
North Pole, near Fairbanks, Alaska
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