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Keeping Chickens For Dummies de P Riggs

Keeping Chickens For Dummies

Autor P Riggs
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 aug 2011
Practical how–to advice for keeping chickens 
"For me, raising chickens, for eggs and meat, has been one of the most enjoyable aspects of our family farm. I am a great admirer of "chicken whisperer" Pammy Riggs, and with her two co–authors she has produced an admirably thorough guide to enjoying the pleasures and avoiding the pitfalls of keeping chickens. Get the book, and take the feathery plunge!"
 – Hugh Fearnley–Whittingstall 
 
Keeping Chickens For Dummies provides you with an introduction to all aspects of keeping chickens, from constructing a hutch to the correct feeding regime. It offers expert advice straight from the River Cottage Chicken Whisperer′, so whether you′re looking to raise chickens for eggs, meat, or just the entertainment value and fun – Keeping Chickens For Dummies is the perfect place to start.
Keeping Chickens For Dummies:
  • Shows you how to keep chickens in different conditions
  • Offers guidance on choosing and purchasing chickens
  • Gives great step–by–step advice on constructing the right housing
  • Provides expert advice on how to feed and care for your chickens
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781119994176
ISBN-10: 1119994179
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 189 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Ediția:UK Edition
Editura: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Primary market

  • Beginner chicken keepers
  • Anyone taking a chicken keeping course
  • Anyone keeping chickens and considering selling their meat and eggs
  • Anyone with a general interest in self–sufficiency

Secondary market

  • Chicken keeping course instructors

Descriere

Town, country and in–between your total guide to keeping chickens in any setting
Whatever your reasons for wanting to make chickens part of your life, the best way to get started is with Keeping Chickens For Dummies your one–stop guide to choosing, housing, feeding, breeding, showing, selling and tending most common varieties of gallus domesticus.
  • Get up to speed with chickens 101 immerse yourself in crucial chicken facts and figures, from basic biology and behaviours to common breeds and their varying requirements
  • Choose wisely find the ideal breed for your lifestyle and long–term goals, and discover how to plan and buy a healthy flock
  • Set up home for your chickens choose and build or buy a habitat for your flock, perform essential housekeeping and maintenance and keep your birds fat and happy
  • Breed a brood discover how to mate your chickens, incubate eggs and hatch and nurture chicks
  • Be the Cheerful Reaper manage laying hens, collect and store eggs, butcher meat birds and package and store meat
′For me, raising chickens, for eggs and meat, has been one of the most enjoyable aspects of our family farm. I am a great admirer of "chicken whisperer" Pammy Riggs, and with her two co–authors she has produced an admirably thorough guide to enjoying the pleasures and avoiding the pitfalls of keeping chickens. Get the book, and take the feathery plunge!′
Hugh Fearnley–Whittingstall
Open the book and find:
  • Chicken–keeping basics
  • The truth behind common misconceptions
  • A gold mine of chicken health tips
  • Do–it–yourself housing ideas
  • The best feeds for different breeds
  • How to ward off pests and predators
  • How to optimise your layers′ laying
  • The lowdown on raising meat birds
  • Important legal considerations with keeping chickens

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Learn to:
  • Feed and care for your chickens
  • Breed and rear chickens
  • Construct the perfect hen house
  • Keep your chickens happy and healthy
Town, country and in–between your total guide to keeping chickens in any setting
Whatever your reasons for wanting to make chickens part of your life, the best way to get started is with Keeping Chickens For Dummies your one–stop guide to choosing, housing, feeding, breeding, showing, selling and tending most common varieties of gallus domesticus.
  • Get up to speed with chickens 101 immerse yourself in crucial chicken facts and figures, from basic biology and behaviours to common breeds and their varying requirements
  • Choose wisely find the ideal breed for your lifestyle and long–term goals, and discover how to plan and buy a healthy flock
  • Set up home for your chickens choose and build or buy a habitat for your flock, perform essential housekeeping and maintenance and keep your birds fat and happy
  • Breed a brood discover how to mate your chickens, incubate eggs and hatch and nurture chicks
  • Be the Cheerful Reaper manage laying hens, collect and store eggs, butcher meat birds and package and store meat
′For me, raising chickens, for eggs and meat, has been one of the most enjoyable aspects of our family farm. I am a great admirer of "chicken whisperer" Pammy Riggs, and with her two co–authors she has produced an admirably thorough guide to enjoying the pleasures and avoiding the pitfalls of keeping chickens. Get the book, and take the feathery plunge!′
Hugh Fearnley–Whittingstall
Open the book and find:
  • Chicken–keeping basics
  • The truth behind common misconceptions
  • A gold mine of chicken health tips
  • Do–it–yourself housing ideas
  • The best feeds for different breeds
  • How to ward off pests and predators
  • How to optimise your layers′ laying
  • The lowdown on raising meat birds
  • Important legal considerations with keeping chickens

Cuprins

Introduction 1Part 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

Notă biografică

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 BackYardChickens.com, the leading chicken–raising information resource on the Web.

Recenzii

′Admirably comprehensive, lucid and sensible guide.′ – The Times, Sept 2011