Success with Chickens
The What, Where and Why of Trouble-free Chicken Keeping
Published on 7. May 2012
176 pages
978-1-84689-170-0 (ISBN)
Description
Chicken-keeping is an increasingly popular hobby as more and more people discover the benefits of raising chickens and supplying their own eggs. Written by an expert chicken-keeper of many years standing, the subjects covered include choice of breed, housing, feeding, breeding, showing and indeed all the many topics the new chicken keeper will want to understand. This practical guide incorporates much of the author s forty years of experience as a chicken keeper, as well as taking advantage of the knowledge and experience of other enthusiasts. Also included, either because of their relevance, or simply their ability to raise a wry smile, are several snippets taken from poultry books written during the first half of the twentieth century
Reviews / Votes
'When I first heard about this book, I wondered whether there was a need for another book about chickens, but when I heard that Jeremy Hobson was the author, I was keen to obtain a copy. Jeremy Hobson is highly regarded and his name peppers my book shelf as the author of a number of excellent books on poultry and smallholding (he has almost 30 titles published now) so I was keen to get stuck into his latest offering... Jeremy offers practical advice to chicken keepers and Success with Chickens is both an enjoyable read and useful reference book for newcomers to the hobby. The more experienced poultry keeper will also learn something new though and I certainly gleaned some interesting facts that I hadn't read elsewhere... If you're looking for a good all round book on chicken keeping, Success with Chickens should definitely be on your short list!'. - www.poultrykeeper.comMore details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
12,55 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84689-170-0 (9781846891700)
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Book
03/2012
Quiller Publishing Ltd
€38.59
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Person
Jeremy Hobson has been a professional freelance writer and author since 2004 but began writing long before that. He is a Member of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists, with countless magazine articles and over 30 published book titles to his name. Jeremy's subject matter is generally rural-based, on field sports; farming; smallholdings; chicken-keeping and working dogs.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 1 : WHICH CAME FIRST.?
- 2 : WHY KEEP CHICKENS?
- 3 : WHERE TO KEEP CHICKENS
- 4 : WHAT CHICKENS?
- 5 : PREPARATION, PURCHASE AND PRACTICE
- 6 : HEALTHY AND HAPPY
- 7 : BREEDING, INCUBATION AND REARING
- 8 : A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWING OFF!
- 9 : FOWL FACTS AND FANCIES
- 10 : A CONCLUSION - OF SORTS!
- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
- Copyright
