How to Raise Chickens

Whether you want to raise 5 chickens or 50, whether you have a 40-foot city lot or a 40-acre farm, the expert advice in How to Raise Chickens makes it easy for young readers and beginners to get started raising a healthy flock. Whichever comes first for you, the chicken or the egg, this FFA-licensed guide shows what to do next with the help of longtime chicken breeder Christine Heinrichs, who explains all the helpful dos and important don'ts.

Easy-to-follow advice helps readers:



Choose breeds and obtain stock
House and feed chickens
Manage your flock and keep it healthy
Select and cull for breeding programs
Incubate eggs and care for chicks
Raise chickens in the country, suburbs, or city

How to Raise Chickens provides information on breed types, obtaining stock, housing, feeding, flock management, breeding programs, incubation and care of chicks, selection and culling, showing, health care, and the legal aspects of raising chickens. Reviewed and approved by Dr. Clint Rusk (Purdue University Associate Professor in the Youth Development and Agriculture Education Department), this book will give you the tools you need to succeed in a challenging but rewarding business.

Beautifully designed and authoritatively written, How to Raise Chickens is a trusted source of information to new chickenkeepers of all ages, sure to inspire further investigation of the hobby.