Whether you want to raise 5 chickens or 50, have a 40-foot city lot or
a 40-acre farm, the expert advice in Future Farmers of America
(FFA)-licensed How to Raise Chickens makes it easy for young readers
and beginners to get started raising a healthy flock.
Whichever comes first for you, the chicken or the egg, this book shows
what to do next with the help of longtime chicken breeder Christine
Heinrichs, who explains all the helpful dos and important don'ts.
Easy-to-follow advice helps readers:
- Choose breeds and obtain stock
- House and feed chickens
- Manage your flock and keep it healthy
- Select and cull for breeding programs
- Incubate eggs and care for chicks
- Raise chickens in the country, suburbs, or city
How to Raise Chickens provides information on breed types,
obtaining stock, housing, feeding, flock management,
breeding programs, incubation and care of chicks, selection
and culling, showing, health care, and the legal aspects of
raising chickens. Reviewed and approved by Dr. Clint Rusk (Purdue
University Associate Professor in the Youth Development and Agriculture
Education Department), this book will give you the tools you need to
succeed in raising these challenging but rewarding animals.
Beautifully designed and authoritatively written, How to Raise
Chickens is a trusted source of information to new chicken keepers of
all ages, sure to inspire further investigation of the hobby.