Keeping Chickens For Dummies by Riggs, Pammy [Paperback]

Description: Pammy Riggs is a well-respected figure in the farming and food industry. She owns and runs the award-winning Providence Farm in Devon and has been a hands-on farmer and small-scale food producer for over 20 years. She has taught a variety of poultry-related courses around the UK, including the poultry-keeping course at River Cottage. Kimberly Willis has raised poultry for more than 30 years. Rob Ludlow runs , the leading chicken-raising information resource on the Web. Introduction 1 Part I: Choosing Chickens 7 Chapter 1: Enjoying Chicken-Keeping 9 Chapter 2: Understanding Basic Chicken Biology and Behaviour 23 Chapter 3: Getting Familiar with Chicken Breeds 41 Chapter 4: Buying Chickens59 Part II: Housing Your Flock 79 Chapter 5: Going House Hunting for Your Chickens 81 Chapter 6: Designing and Constructing Chicken Housing 105 Chapter 7: Furnishing and Housekeeping 129 Part III: Caring for Your Flock: General Management 145 Chapter 8: Feeding Your Flock 147 Chapter 9: Controlling Pests and Predators 173 Chapter 10: Keeping Your Flock Happy and Healthy 189 Chapter 11: Handling Health Problems 209 Part IV: Breeding: The Chicken and the Egg 237 Chapter 12: Breeding Your Chickens 239 Chapter 13: Incubating Eggs and Hatching Chicks 259 Chapter 14: Raising Chicks 289 Part V: Considering Special Management Issues 313 Chapter 15: Looking After Layers and Collecting Eggs 315 Chapter 16: Managing Meat Birds 341 Chapter 17: Taking Meat Birds through D-Day 351 Part VI: The Part of Tens 379 Chapter 18: More than Ten Tips for Keeping Healthy, Stress-Free Chickens 381 Chapter 19: More than Ten Misconceptions about Chickens and Eggs 387 Index 393

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