A practical guide to raising chickens, suitable for beginners and
experts
In Raising Chickens, poultry breeder Suzie Baldwin offers a practical
guide to everything both the beginner and more experienced hen owner
needs to know, from whether to buy chicks or hens, what varieties to
chose, how to tell if you're buying a healthy chicken and how to ensure
it stays that way, to how many chickens you should keep, and what kind
of coop is best. She also answers all the questions commonly posed by
first-time owners, from whether you need to have a cockerel, whether
chickens ever fly away and how quickly they will start laying, to how to
prevent them being attacked by foxes and what to do when they become
unwell.
**"For the beginner it has all that is required to make a good start,
and for the experienced keeper it covers a lot [...] that will add to
their hobby."
- Mark Elliott BVSc VetMFHom MRCVS**
"It's a great book for any first-time hen-keeper."