
How to Raise Chickens
Everything You Need to Know, Updated & Revised
Christine Heinrichs(Author)
Voyageur Press
Published on 21. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7603-4377-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Product notice
Flexible plastic/vinyl cover
Illustrations
200 color photos & 10 diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
683 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7603-4377-7 (9780760343777)
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Person
Christine Heinrichs is the author of How to Raise Chickens and How to Raise Poultry (both Voyageur Press, 2013) and has won many awards over the course of her 30-year writing career. She holds a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Northern California Science Writers Association, and Ten Spurs, the honorary society of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. She is also a member of the American Poultry Association, where she serves on the Heritage Breeds Committee, the American Bantam Association, and the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. She lives with her husband, chickens, and cat in Cambria, California.
Content
Acknowledgments Chapter 1Chickens Past and Present Chapter 2Breed Types and Flock Management Chapter 3Selecting, Culling, and Breeding Chapter 4Showing Your Chickens Chapter 5Health Care Afterword Resources Index About the Author