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Chickens in Your Backyard, Newly Revised and Updated

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Chickens in Your Backyard, Newly Revised and Updated by Gail Damerow and Rick Luttmann offers a comprehensive guide for beginners looking to raise chickens at home. The book covers essential topics such as selecting the right breeds, building a coop, feeding, and maintaining a healthy flock, making it an invaluable resource for both urban and rural poultry enthusiasts.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in raising backyard chickens, either for hobby or sustainability. It offers practical advice, updated insights, and easy-to-follow guidance for both beginners and seasoned chicken keepers, making it a valuable resource if you're passionate about creating a thriving home environment for your feathered friends.

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Chickens in Your Backyard, Newly Revised and Updated

This revised edition of the popular Chickens in Your Backyard covers all the basics of raising and caring for healthy, happy chickens.

All the basics (and beyond!) for happy, healthy chickens.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

This revised edition of the popular Chickens in Your Backyard covers all the basics of raising and caring for healthy, happy chickens.

All the basics (and beyond!) for happy, healthy chickens.

In cities and suburbs and everywhere in between, a classic American tradition is back in a big way—raising backyard chickens for eggs, meat, fun, or profit. Chickens in Your Backyard has been the go-to guide for chicken care for over 40 years.

This revised and updated edition combines all the classic techniques with the most up-to-date information—from incubating, raising, housing, and feeding, to treating disease and raising chickens for show. Chickens in Your Backyard provides everything you need to know to turn your backyard into a happy homestead.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781635650969

Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 May 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Rodale Books

Illustration: 43 ILLUS

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 231g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Gail Damerow and her husband operate a family farm in Tennessee where they keep poultry and dairy goats, tend a sizable garden, and maintain a small orchard. They grow and preserve much of their own food, make their own yogurt and ice cream, and bake their own bread. Gail has written extensively on raising livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural skills. She shares her experience and knowledge as a regular contributor to Backyard Poultry and Countryside magazines, as an occasional contributor to numerous other periodicals, and as the author or contributor to more than a dozen country skills how-to books.

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