Your Chickens: A Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing - Softcover

Damerow, Gail

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882668234 ISBN 13: 9780882668239

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 1993

Synopsis

Full of expert advice and plenty of encouragement for the youngest poultry farmers, this introductory guide is designed to show children ages 9 and up how to safely and successfully raise their own chickens. With age-appropriate language and clear diagrams, Gail Damerow provides everything kids need to know to choose, purchase, house, and show their own chickens. Whether they’re interested in raising chickens for pleasure or to make money, this easy-to-use guide will help children achieve their chicken-raising goals.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book tells you everything that you need to know about raising chickens, including information on choosing, purchasing, raising, and showing all types. Whether you want to raise chickens for fun or to make money, Gail Damerow gives you her friendly adn wise advice on the subject. You will also find important charts and checklists. You'll learn the answers to such questions as:

 

- What type of chicken should I raise?

- Where will I keep my chickens?

- How can I help my chickens stay healthy?

- How do I raise chickens to get the best eggs?

- What should I feed my chickens?

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 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.
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0882668234
• ISBN 13: 9780882668239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160