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The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition

A Complete Guide to Maximizing Flock Health and Dealing with Disease
By Gail Damerow
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The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition by Gail Damerow serves as a comprehensive guide for poultry enthusiasts interested in maintaining healthy flocks. This edition provides practical advice on disease prevention, treatment solutions, and health management strategies to ensure the wellbeing of chickens. It's a valuable resource for both novice and experienced poultry keepers, offering essential information rooted in science and nature.
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You might enjoy this book if you are keen on raising healthy, productive chickens, as it provides comprehensive guidance on managing common poultry health issues. It's a great resource for both beginners and seasoned poultry keepers who are eager to ensure the wellbeing of their flock through practical advice and expert insights.

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The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition

A completely revised and updated second edition of the best-selling classic reference by America's leading chicken authority.

A completely revised and updated second edition of the best-selling classic reference by a leading chicken authority.

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Healthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages.

Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You'll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome.

Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures will help your beloved flock stay happy, healthy, and safe.

The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition by Gail Damerow is an essential resource for chicken keepers, offering valuable guidance for maintaining the well-being of your flock.

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The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition by Gail Damerow is praised as a comprehensive and practical guide for both new and experienced chicken keepers, providing reliable and science-based advice. Reviewers commend its accessibility, detailed information, and valuable pictures and illustrations, making it an essential resource in any poultry raiser's library. The book is lauded for its holistic approach to chicken wellness and is recommended for anyone interested in maintaining a healthy flock.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781612120133

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 December 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC

Illustration: Full-color; photographs and illustrations througho

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 176.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 1140g

Pages: 496

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Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Gail Damerow Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Gail Damerow has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including What s Killing My Chickens? and the best-selling Storey s Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, and Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks. Damerow is a contributor to Chickens and Hobby Farms magazines and a regular blogger for Cackle Hatchery. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard. Visit her online at gaildamerow.com.

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