Backyard Chickens
How To Keep Happy Hens
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Keeping a few hens was once only for rural dwellers with big yards - or inner-city hippies. Now it's mainstream and an attractive proposition wherever you live. Fluffy little recycling units that eat weeds, bugs and scraps and turn them into organic eggs - what's not to love? Chickens are great backyard pets for young and old - they're a natural extension for everyone with a vegie patch, and for those who like eggs but are concerned about the welfare of commercial hens. This book is the perfect reference, whether you're already keeping chickens or an absolute beginner thinking about getting a couple of chooks. Dave Ingham offers compulsively readable advice on how to start, housing and feeding, settling chickens in with other pets, troubleshooting, and the (minimal) commitment required to keep your backyard hens healthy and happy.
'This book is the what for, how to, where and why of chickens for novices and wranglers alike.' - Costa Georgiadis, ABC Gardening Australia
Customer Reviews
A must read
Love love love this book, I've read many books on chicken keeping. This is by far the best it's easy to read and funny at times. I started with isa browns two years ago and they both laid every day, but sadly after their molt they both died. I didn't know what I had done to cause them to die so young as I had never been told much about them by the place I had brought them from. Well now that I have read your book from cover to cover I'm ready to give it another go. And I'm sure I will read it many times yet, thanks so much for a book with answers 💞🐓👍