Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock - Brossura

Weaver, Sue

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1935484605 ISBN 13: 9781935484608

Casa editrice: Companionhouse Books, 2011

Riassunto

A revised edition of the series' most popular title shares up-to-date information on the small-scale care of a chicken flock, providing coverage of such topics as urban chicken keeping, raising heritage chickens for breed conservation and setting up a small chicken- or egg-selling business. Original.

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Recensione:

"Chickens is a great introductory guide to raising a healthy flock of happy chickens. From hens to roosters, from layers to broilers, Weaver covers the essentials in a straight-forward style. You won't need to worry about your chickens flying the coop with this resource in hand."
John Ivanko, co-author of Rural Renaissance: Renewing the Quest for the Good Life

"Chickens are the perfect hobby farm animal, and Sue Weaver's book Chickens is the perfect primer for anyone contemplating the addition of chickens to the farm or in their backyard. Sue clearly covers the practical side of small-flock chicken farming—from selecting the right chicken to keeping them happy and healthy, and she delivers the goods with her trademark wit."
Carol Ekarius, author of Hobby Farm: Living Your Rural Dream for Pleasure and Profit

L'autore:

Sue Weaver has written hundreds of articles and nine books about livestock and poultry. She is a contributing editor for Hobby Farms magazine and writes the Poultry Profiles column for Chickens magazine. She lives on a small farm in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, which she shares with her husband of 37 years, a flock of Classic Cheviot sheep and a mixed herd of goats, horses large and small, a donkey who thinks she's a horse, two llamas, a riding steer, a water buffalo, a pet razorback pig, guinea fowl, and Buckeye chickens.

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• Editore: Companionhouse Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1935484605
• ISBN 13: 9781935484608
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 207