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 guide provides practical how-to advice for
keeping chickens in virtually any backyard.
Raising Chickens For Dummies (9781119675921) was previously published
as Raising Chickens For Dummies (9781118982785). While this version
features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as
the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.
