A Family Guide To Keeping Chickens: How to choose and care for your first chickens

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Anne Perdeaux

A Family Guide To Keeping Chickens

How to choose and care for your first chickens

Anne Perdeaux

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Robinson
11 January 2018

Farm & working animals; Birds, including cage birds, as pets

For the family and would-be smallholder, chickens are the obvious first step when venturing into keeping livestock. Chickens also make ideal family pets, requiring less attention than a dog yet still being entertaining, productive and educational.

This practical book is ideal for the complete beginner. Even someone who has never kept animals before should be able to follow the clear, detailed guidance that is given at every stage. It includes:

Choosing the right chickens and housing for your garden size

Exploring useful equipment, such as poultry feeders and drinkers

Routine care for your chickens, including what to feed them on

Outfoxing the fox - and other predators

What to do with all those eggs!

Dealing with parasites and ailments

Broody hens and hatching eggs

With true-life portraits of chicken keepers, little known facts, and helpful and informative personal anecdotes, A Family Guide To Keeping Chickens, 2nd Edition is an easy and enjoyable read for anyone interested in keeping chickens.

By: Anne Perdeaux
Imprint: Robinson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781472140449
ISBN 10: 1472140443
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 11 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anne Perdeaux is an expert on chickens. She is a regular contributor to the popular Your Chickens magazine, providing articles, quizzes and monthly material for the children's pages. Country Smallholding magazine frequently publishes her poultry articles, and for both these magazines she is on a panel of experts answering readers' queries.

Reviews for A Family Guide To Keeping Chickens: How to choose and care for your first chickens

I've read eight chicken books now; this is the best. - The Sunday Times This book is an essential guide for all those chicken lovers out there . . . [it] takes you through the process of acquiring and caring for your first flock. With an activity section for children, this is the perfect read for families. - Cotswold Life