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The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens

Simple Steps for Healthy, Happy Hens
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The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens by Kathy Shea Mormino offers practical and straightforward advice for raising chickens in residential or suburban settings. It covers everything from selecting the right breeds and building a coop to managing health care and egg production. The book is filled with tips and insights that both beginners and experienced chicken keepers will find invaluable.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a nature enthusiast interested in sustainable living or if you dream of starting your own backyard chicken flock. Known for her engaging and practical advice, the author provides insightful tips and guidance that can help both beginners and seasoned poultry keepers alike.

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The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens takes enthusiasts through all aspects of small-flock ownership: researching, feeding, housing, flock health, and more.

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Internationally known as The Chicken Chick, Kathy Shea Mormino brings an informative style and fresh perspective on raising backyard chickens to millions of fans around the world. An attorney by profession, Kathy is the founder and one-woman creative force behind her wildly popular and award-winning Facebook page and blog, The-Chicken-Chick.com.

Now her practical, down-to-earth approach to chicken-keeping is available in book form. Sharing her years of hard-earned experience and collaborations with poultry veterinarians, nutritionists, and professors, she provides simple steps to care for these uncommon pets with confidence.

Kathy's personality permeates the book as she guides newbie, veteran, and would-be backyard chickeneers alike through all aspects of small-flock careβ€”from getting into the hobby to housing, feeding, egg production, health, and much more.

The result is accurate information presented in the fun and abundantly illustrated format that Mormino has delivered on her blog for years.

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The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens by Kathy Shea Mormino is widely praised for its reliable and practical information on chicken care. Readers appreciate its well-organised format and comprehensive coverage of topics, making it a valuable resource for both new and experienced chicken owners. The book is noted for dispelling myths and providing essential tips that are both useful and potentially life-saving for chickens.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760352427

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 October 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Voyageur Press

Illustration: 200 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 180

About the Author

Kathy Shea Mormino's background as a litigation attorney combined with the street-cred she has garnered from sharing personal chickening successes, failures and gaffes in real-time online makes her a relatable, trustworthy advisor readers depend on to deliver the straight dope on all things regarding backyard chicken keeping. Having spent years in litigation publicly fighting politicians for the right to keep backyard chickens, Mormino has consistently put her money where her mouth is, educating lawmakers and changing zoning regulations proving that animal welfare and the right to keep chickens responsibly is foremost on her agenda. In addition to being a brand ambassador for Tractor Supply Company, Purina Poultry, Vetericyn, Durvet, and Sloggers, Kathy is a regular contributor to Hobby Farms Chickens magazine, as well as online blogs by Mother Earth News and Grit. She has become the trusted voice in backyard chicken-keeping, frequently sought out by media outlets and publications, including The Wall Street Journal and Associated Press, for her perspective on chickens She appears on local and national television, radio, and podcasts, and is featured on Discovery's Destination America reality show Coop Dreams, as well as P. Allen Smith's Garden Home. Kathy lives in Connecticut with her husband and daughters Sophia and MaryKate where she is the personal assistant to 50+ chickens, a rescue cat, and a Yorkie with cattitude. - She's keeping it real ... with chickens

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