Keeping Chickens for Dummies: Uk Edition - Softcover

Riggs, Pammy; Willis, Kimberley; Ludlow, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119994179 ISBN 13: 9781119994176

Publisher: For Dummies, 2011

Synopsis

Practical how-to advice for keeping chickens

 

"For me, raising chickens, for eggs and meat, has been one of the most enjoyable aspects of our family farm. I am a great admirer of "chicken whisperer" Pammy Riggs, and with her two co-authors she has produced an admirably thorough guide to enjoying the pleasures and avoiding the pitfalls of keeping chickens. Get the book, and take the feathery plunge!"
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 

 

Keeping Chickens For Dummies provides you with an introduction to all aspects of keeping chickens, from constructing a hutch to the correct feeding regime. It offers expert advice straight from the River Cottage ‘Chicken Whisperer', so whether you're looking to raise chickens for eggs, meat, or just the entertainment value and fun - Keeping Chickens For Dummies is the perfect place to start.

Keeping Chickens For Dummies:

• Shows you how to keep chickens in different conditions
• Offers guidance on choosing and purchasing chickens
• Gives great step-by-step advice on constructing the right housing
• Provides expert advice on how to feed and care for your chickens

About this title

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Feed and care for your chickens
• Breed and rear chickens
• Construct the perfect hen house
• Keep your chickens happy and healthy

Town, country and in-between – your total guide to keeping chickens in any setting

Whatever your reasons for wanting to make chickens part of your life, the best way to get started is with Keeping Chickens For Dummies – your one-stop guide to choosing, housing, feeding, breeding, showing, selling and tending most common varieties of gallus domesticus.

• Get up to speed with chickens 101 – immerse yourself in crucial chicken facts and figures, from basic biology and behaviours to common breeds and their varying requirements
• Choose wisely – find the ideal breed for your lifestyle and long-term goals, and discover how to plan and buy a healthy flock
• Set up home for your chickens – choose and build or buy a habitat for your flock, perform essential housekeeping and maintenance and keep your birds fat and happy
• Breed a brood – discover how to mate your chickens, incubate eggs and hatch and nurture chicks
• Be the Cheerful Reaper – manage laying hens, collect and store eggs, butcher meat birds and package and store meat

'For me, raising chickens, for eggs and meat, has been one of the most enjoyable aspects of our family farm. I am a great admirer of "chicken whisperer" Pammy Riggs, and with her two co-authors she has produced an admirably thorough guide to enjoying the pleasures and avoiding the pitfalls of keeping chickens. Get the book, and take the feathery plunge!'

– Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Open the book and find:

• Chicken-keeping basics
• The truth behind common misconceptions
• A gold mine of chicken health tips
• Do-it-yourself housing ideas
• The best feeds for different breeds
• How to ward off pests and predators
• How to optimise your layers' laying
• The lowdown on raising meat birds
• Important legal considerations with keeping chickens

About the Author

Pammy Riggs is a well-respected figure in the farming and food industry. She owns and runs the award-winning Providence Farm in Devon and has been a hands-on farmer and small-scale food producer for over 20 years. She has taught a variety of poultry-related courses around the UK, including the poultry-keeping course at River Cottage. Kimberly Willis has raised poultry for more than 30 years. Rob Ludlow runs BackYardChickens.com, the leading chicken-raising information resource on the Web.

About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1119994179
• ISBN 13: 9781119994176
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384