A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens
Best Breeds, Creating a Home, Care and Handling, Outdoor Fun, Crafts and Treats
Published on 1. April 2015
144 pages
978-1-61212-419-3 (ISBN)
Description
Chickens make wonderful pets, and Melissa Caughey provides all the information kids need to raise healthy chickens and have lots of fun doing it. Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey's engaging advice helps children understand the best ways to care for their chickens. Spark enthusiasm with creative activities like chicken forts and a veggie piñata for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza.
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A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens
Best Breeds, Creating a Home, Care and Handling, Outdoor Fun, Crafts and Treats
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03/2015
Storey Publishing LLC
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Melissa Caughey
Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens
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03/2015
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Melissa Caughey is the author of the best-selling books How to Speak Chicken and A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens, as well as Chicken Wisdom Frame-Ups. She is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, master gardener, and writer who pens the award-winning blog Tilly's Nest. Caughey has been featured in many national publications and can be found speaking on an array of topics at events across the country. She lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
Content
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Why Chickens?
2 Choosing The Best Chickens
3 Finding Your Flock
4 From Chick to Chicken: The First Six Weeks
5 Making A Home For Your Hens
6 Feeding Your Flock
7 The Excitement of Eggs
8 What To Do With A Sick Chick
9 Handling, Training, and Playing with Chickens
10 Chickens in the Garden
11 Chicken Crafts
12 Cooking with Eggs
Resources
Index
Preface
1 Why Chickens?
2 Choosing The Best Chickens
3 Finding Your Flock
4 From Chick to Chicken: The First Six Weeks
5 Making A Home For Your Hens
6 Feeding Your Flock
7 The Excitement of Eggs
8 What To Do With A Sick Chick
9 Handling, Training, and Playing with Chickens
10 Chickens in the Garden
11 Chicken Crafts
12 Cooking with Eggs
Resources
Index
