A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens Best Breeds, Creating a Home, Care and Handling, Outdoor Fun, Crafts and Treats

by Caughey, Melissa

• ISBN13: 9781612124186
• ISBN10: 1612124186
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-03-10
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Summary

Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey’s engaging advice helps children understand the best ways to care for their chickens. Spark enthusiasm with creative activities like chicken forts and a veggie piñata for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza. 

Author Biography

Melissa Caughey is the author of Chicken Wisdom Frame-Ups and the best-selling books How to Speak Chicken and A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens. She is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, master gardener, and freelancer who writes the award-winning blog Tilly’s Nest. Caughey has been featured in many national publications and can be found speaking on an array of topics at events across the country. She lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface

1  Why Chickens?
2  Choosing The Best Chickens
3  Finding Your Flock
4  From Chick to Chicken: The First Six Weeks
5  Making A Home For Your Hens
6  Feeding Your Flock
7  The Excitement of Eggs
8  What To Do With A Sick Chick
9  Handling, Training, and Playing with Chickens
10  Chickens in the Garden
11  Chicken Crafts
12  Cooking with Eggs

Resources
Index