Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock

Author:   Sue Weaver
Publisher:   Companion House
Edition:   Second Edition
ISBN:  

9781935484608


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   19 July 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Sue Weaver
Publisher:   Companion House
Imprint:   Companion House
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.497kg
ISBN:  

9781935484608


ISBN 10:   1935484605
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   19 July 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Chickens? Chapter One: Chickens 101 Chapter Two: Which Chickens Are Best for You? Chapter Three: Heritage Chickens Rule Chapter Four: City Chicks Chapter Five: Chicken Shack or Coop de Ville? Chapter Six: Chow for Your Hobby Farm Fowl Chapter Seven: Chicks, with or without a Hen Chapter Eight: Chickens as Patients Chapter Nine: Bucks for Clucks Chapter Ten: Fun with Chickens Pick of the Chicks Glossary Resources Chicken Stories

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Chickens is a great introductory guide to raising a healthy flock of happy chickens. From hens to roosters, from layers to broilers, Weaver covers the essentials in a straight-forward style. You won't need to worry about your chickens flying the coop with this resource in hand.  John Ivanko, co-author of Rural Renaissance: Renewing the Quest for the Good Life Chickens are the perfect hobby farm animal, and Sue Weaver's book Chickens is the perfect primer for anyone contemplating the addition of chickens to the farm or in their backyard. Sue clearly covers the practical side of small-flock chicken farming-from selecting the right chicken to keeping them happy and healthy, and she delivers the goods with her trademark wit.  Carol Ekarius, author of Hobby Farm: Living Your Rural Dream for Pleasure and Profit


Chickens is a great introductory guide to raising a healthy flock of happy chickens. From hens to roosters, from layers to broilers, Weaver covers the essentials in a straight-forward style. You won't need to worry about your chickens flying the coop with this resource in hand. <br>-- John Ivanko, co-author of Rural Renaissance: Renewing the Quest for the Good Life <br><br> Chickens are the perfect hobby farm animal, and Sue Weaver's book Chickens is the perfect primer for anyone contemplating the addition of chickens to the farm--or in their backyard. Sue clearly covers the practical side of small-flock chicken farming--from selecting the right chicken to keeping them happy and healthy, and she delivers the goods with her trademark wit. <br>-- Carol Ekarius, author of Hobby Farm: Living Your Rural Dream for Pleasure and Profit <br>


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Sue Weaver has written hundreds of articles and nine books about livestock and poultry. She is a contributing editor for Hobby Farms magazine and writes the Poultry Profiles column for Chickens magazine. She lives on a small farm in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, which she shares with her husband of 37 years, a flock of Classic Cheviot sheep and a mixed herd of goats, horses large and small, a donkey who thinks she's a horse, two llamas, a riding steer, a water buffalo, a pet razorback pig, guinea fowl, and Buckeye chickens.

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