Raising Chickens For Dummies, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition)

Your hands-on guide to modern chicken-raising methods Thinking about raising chickens? You've come to the right place! This new edition of Raising Chickens For Dummies provides the most up-to-date, thorough information on the many aspects of keeping chickens in your backyard. Inside, you'll find hands-on, easy-to-follow instructions on choosing and purchasing chickens, constructing housing for your birds, feeding your chickens for optimal health, combating laying issues, controlling pests and predators, optimizing egg production, and much more. Raising chickens on a small scale is a popular--and growing--pastime. If you're interested in keeping chickens as pets or as a source for eggs, Raising Chickens For Dummies gives you plain-English explanations of everything you need to know to about caring for chickens. Inside, you'll learn about basic chicken biology, breeds, and behavior, which chicken breed is best for you, how many you need, ways to spot healthy chickens, how to build a chicken coop, best practices for mating your chickens, how to incubate eggs, how to hatch and nurture chicks, manage laying hens, collect and store eggs, and butcher meat birds. Offers practical advice on choosing and purchasing chickens Helps you construct the right housing for your chickens Provides tips on feeding and caring for your chickens Includes top tips for raising healthy chickens Whether you're a first-time poulterer or you've been raising chickens for years, this comprehensive guide provides practical how-to advice for keeping chickens in virtually any backyard. Raising Chickens For Dummies (9781119675921) was previously published as Raising Chickens For Dummies (9781118982785). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	H Blackiston
Dimensions:	232 x 186 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	432
Edition:	2nd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-119-67592-1
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Animal husbandry > General Books > Promotion > For Dummies > Pets Books > Promotion > For Dummies > Reference Books > Promotion > For Dummies > Self-Help Books > Promotion > For Dummies > Technology
LSN:	1-119-67592-8
Barcode:	9781119675921

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