Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey’s engaging advice helps children understand the best ways to care for their chickens. Spark enthusiasm with creative activities like chicken forts and a veggie piñata for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza.
is the author of the best-selling books
How to Speak Chicken and
A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens, as well as
Chicken Wisdom Frame-Ups. She is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, master gardener, and writer who pens the award-winning blog
Tilly’s Nest. Caughey has been featured in many national publications and can be found speaking on an array of topics at events across the country. She lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Why Chickens?
2 Choosing The Best Chickens
3 Finding Your Flock
4 From Chick to Chicken: The First Six Weeks
5 Making A Home For Your Hens
6 Feeding Your Flock
7 The Excitement of Eggs
8 What To Do With A Sick Chick
9 Handling, Training, and Playing with Chickens
10 Chickens in the Garden
11 Chicken Crafts
12 Cooking with Eggs
Resources
Index
Looking for Some Feathered Friends?
Whether you have chickens already or are thinking of getting them, this is the book for you! Chickens can be great pets with big personalities and, to top it off, they provide fresh eggs for your table. This book will tell you all you need to know about keeping a flock healthy and happy. You'll learn how to feed, house, and take care of them and, of course, how to have fun with them, too.
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