Chickens in Your Backyard : A Beginners Guide

RICK. LUTTMANN

ISBN 10: 0878571256 / ISBN 13: 9780878571253

Published by St Martins Pr September 1976, 1976

About this Item

Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Seller Inventory # 1131076

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chickens in Your Backyard : A Beginners Guide
• Publisher: St Martins Pr September 1976
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878571256
• ISBN 13: 9780878571253
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good - Cash
• Seller catalogs:
  • Animals / Nature

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Synopsis

Your backyard can be the source of the best eggs and meat you've ever tasted. The answer is chickens--endearing birds that require but a modest outlay of time, space and food.

As they learned to raise chickens, Gail and Rick Luttmann came to realize the need for a comprehensive but clear and nontechnical guide. Their book covers all the basics in a light and entertaining sytle, from housing and feeding through incubating, bringing up chicks, butchering, and raising chickens for show.

Througout the book, the Luttmanns express their wonder at the personalities of chickens--the role of brash protector played by roosters, and the instinctive motherliness of the hens. Given some freedom and attention, these birds can become much more than the egg-and-meat machines of commercial hatcheries and broiler factories. Chickens provide backyard farmers with enjoyable pastime, as well as a supply of good food.

About the Author

Gail Damerow and her husband operate a family farm in Tennessee where they keep poultry and dairy goats, tend a sizable garden, and maintain a small orchard. They grow and preserve much of their own food, make their own yogurt and ice cream, and bake their own bread. Gail has written extensively on raising livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural skills. She shares her experience and knowledge as a regular contributor to Backyard Poultry and Countryside magazines, as an occasional contributor to numerous other periodicals, and as the author or contributor to more than a dozen country skills how-to books.