Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basics (eBook)

Lessons for Expanding Your Flock, Understanding Chicken Behavior, Keeping a Rooster, Adjusting for the Seasons, Staying Healthy, and More!

Pam Freeman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
192 Seiten
Voyageur Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-5767-5 (ISBN)

Infos

When youre ready for the next step,Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basicsshows you the realities of raising productiveflocks that are happy and healthy. A must-have for every backyard chicken keeper, Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basicsgoes beyond introductory lessons and explores the realities of raising aflock for eggs -- and entertainment, of course! From odd eggs and molting, to feeding and preparing for the seasons, this book covers the subjects beginner books dont adequately address and re-examines common knowledge that may not actually hold true. Its a resource to turn to time and again.Author Pam Freemandraws on her years of experience fielding reader questions to identify and clearly explain many common - and some not-so-common - issues in chicken keeping, including:How do you add new chickens to your flock?What is the pecking order and how can you change or control it?Is it better to raise chicks by hand or with a broody hen?What do you do when you collect eggs?In Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basics, readers will find not just answers, but a book full of coop truth that helps them continue on their journey. Because as every chicken owner knows: Chickens are individuals and real-life chicken keeping often takes you far from the beaten path.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 75 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 190 x 190 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Backyard hens • chicken coop • chicken health • egg-laying chickens • fresh eggs • how to keep chickens • how to raise chickens • Keeping chickens • Laying hens • nesting boxes • Raising chickens • roost
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-5767-6 / 0760357676
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-5767-5 / 9780760357675