Keeping Chickens with Ashley English: All You Need to Know to Care for a Happy, Healthy Flock
Have you heard the news: chickens have left the farm and made themselves at home in neighborhoods everywhere! For anyone ready to put their eggs in this basket, here is the perfect beginner’s guide to raising chickens, with information on choosing a breed, acquiring the chicks, and housing,...
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Have you heard the news: chickens have left the farm and made themselves at home in neighborhoods everywhere! For anyone ready to put their eggs in this basket, here is the perfect beginner’s guide to raising chickens, with information on choosing a breed, acquiring the chicks, and housing, feeding, and caring for them. Plus, it provides the lowdown on eggs, including egg”celent recipes, and profiles of people who have taken on the chicken-rearing challenge. Includes two projects with exploded woodworking illustrations and photos: a simple nesting box and a wildly creative mobile chicken tractor.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781600594908 (1600594905)
Publish date: April 6th 2010
Publisher: Lark Crafts
Pages no: 136
Edition language: English
Series: Homemade Living
This was pretty comprehensive, and I found the chapters about housing, feeding, and eggs were especially helpful. However, it seemed apparent that it was written by someone who had a lot of time to be with her chickens (she admits this at one point, as she writes and blogs from home); I need to find...
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