Learn everything you need to know to be successful in raising and keeping a happy, healthy flock.
With delightful photographs, Jenna Woginrich chronicles the day-to-day progress of Amelia, Honey, and Tilda from fluffy, newly hatched chicks to grown hens laying eggs of their own.
Both entertaining and educational, this highly accessible guide provides just the right amount of information to get started and enjoy the pleasures of keeping backyard chickens, including:
- Understanding chicken behavior
- Housing and feeding requirements
- Hygiene and basic health care
Jenna Woginrich is the author ofAn Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens, BarnheartandMade from Scratch. She blogs at coldantlerfarmny.com, as well as for theHuffington PostandMother Earth News. She shares her farm in rural New York with chickens and geese, sheep, a hive of bees, and some amiable rabbits.
It's surprisingly easy to be a backyard chicken-keeper. With lively text and charming photographs, this guide follows the day-by-day and week-by-week growth of three chickens as they develop from hatchlings to laying hens. First-hand advice on chicken behavior, breed selection, feed requirements, safe housing, hygiene, and health-care essentials ensures that your own flock will be as healthy and well cared for as this contented trio.
A Visual Diary from Day 1 to Month 6
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