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9781510782471

The Best Beginner's Guide to Chickens and Chicks for Kids

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  • ISBN13:

    9781510782471

  • ISBN10:

    1510782478

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2025-01-07
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Summary

You love chickens and chicks? Who doesn't!? This guide will help you learn how to build a wonderful relationship with the birds in your life, keep your new chicks healthy and happy, and avoid common mistakes of first-time chicken owners.

These are the best homesteading tips to raise happy, healthy chickens! Whether you have chickens already or are just thinking of starting your own flock, this book is packed full of valuable information that will help you raise and maintain a happy, healthy flock. Not only will you learn the basics like how to pick the right breeds, how to house, feed, and care for your birds, but you will also find craft, gardening, and DIY projects that will make taking care of your flock fun and entertaining! 

The Best Beginner's Guide to Chickens and Chicks for Kids covers a lot of important topics, including:
  • Top breed picks for kids
  • What should be in a coop and how to clean the coop
  • Pros and cons of free range versus chicken coops
  • When to expect your first egg 
  • How to train your chickens to be more friendly (and even do tricks!)
  • Easy egg recipes and creative chicken crafts!

Author Biography

Mindie Dittemore, aka The Homesteadin Mama, is a homesteader and the blogger behind homesteadinmama.com. She has worked in an educational capacity in museums, zoos, aquariums, as a 4H leader, poultry workshop host, and most importantly, as a mother. She has been published in such magazines as Your Chickens, Home Farmer, and Practical Poultry, and loves being able to inspire others. She lives in Michigan with her husband and two young poultry enthusiasts.

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