"It's a great book for any first-time hen-keeper." - YOU magazine Keeping and raising chickens is fun, relaxing, and low maintenance, plus you have the added benefit of your own known source of fresh eggs. In Raising Chickens, poultry breeder Suzie Baldwin offers a practical guide to everything the beginner needs to know, from whether to buy chicks or hens, what varieties to chose, how to tell if you're buying a healthy chicken and how to ensure it stays that way, to how many chickens you should keep, and what kind of coop to buy. They also answer all the questions commonly posed by first-time owners, from whether chickens ever fly away and how quickly they will start laying, to how to prevent them being attacked by foxes and what to do when they become unwell. Previously published as Chickens
| ISBN: | 9781914239724 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2022 |
| Author: | Suzie Baldwin, Graham Page |
| Publisher: | Kyle Books an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Genres: |
Farm and working animals: general interest Agriculture and farming Organic farming Dairy farming Poultry farming Tractors and farm vehicles: general interest Cookery / food by ingredient: meat and game Cookery / food by ingredient: chicken and other poultry Cookery / food by ingredient: egg, cheese and dairy products |