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9781585744527

Living with Chickens : Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock

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  • ISBN13:

    9781585744527

  • ISBN10:

    1585744522

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2002-06-01
  • Publisher: Lyons Press
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $24.95

Summary

Straightforward prose and dozens of detailed illustrations offer advice on everything from choosing the best birds for your needs to suggestions for building a windowed coop.

Author Biography

Jay Rossier is an occasional contributor to Northern Woodlands magazine. In addition to being a husband and a parent, he reads, writes, and looks after various fowls in Vershire, Vermont Geoff Hansen is a photographer and editor at New Hampshire's Valley News The American Poultry Association was founded in 1873 to help uphold the value of standard-bred poultry and pure breeding. The APA supports sanctioned meets at countrywide poultry shows, and publishes a quarterly newsletter and an annual yearbook

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. xi
The Charm of Chickensp. 1
Where Your Chickens Will Livep. 21
Getting Eggs to Hatchp. 49
Raising Chicksp. 69
Buying Adult Chickensp. 85
Feeding Your Chickensp. 95
Hens and Eggsp. 121
Butchering Your Meat Birdsp. 133
The Health of Your Chickensp. 149
Chickens and Childrenp. 163
Appendixes
Chicken Breedsp. 171
Hatcheriesp. 175
Equipment and Suppliesp. 179
Cooperative Extension Officesp. 181
Websitesp. 187
Glossaryp. 191
Bibliographyp. 195
Indexp. 197
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