Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock - Brossura

Weaver, Sue

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1935484605 ISBN 13: 9781935484608

Casa editrice: Companionhouse Books, 2011

Riassunto

<div>Hobby Farms Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit is geared toward the hobby farmer looking to begin his or her own flock of chickens on a small farm or even backyard. Author Sue Weaver, who keeps various exotic breeds and countless barnies on her farm, is an expert on all things livestock and an avowed chicken fanatic. This photo-filled guide begins with &#147;Chickens 101&#8221; and details the physiology of chickens, members of the Phasianidea family, providing beginning hobby farmers with a basic education in the chicken&#8217;s unique physical makeup (from wings and feathers to beaks and digestive tracts), behavior, mating, and its unexpected high intelligence. The author offers advice on choosing the right types of chickens to get started: meat, egg, or dual purpose, or maybe even &#147;just for pets.&#8221; The book is an excellent resource for selecting which breed of chicken is best for the hobby farmer, based on the birds&#8217; traits, such as aggression, personality, noise factor, tolerance for heat, confinement, cold, etc. Chickens also provides information on selecting or building a suitable chicken coop for the hobby farmer&#8217;s brood, outlining the basic requirements (lighting, ventilation, flooring, waterers, insulation, safety, and so forth). A detailed chapter on feeding chickens offers essential guidance on nutrition, commercial feeds, supplements, and water requirements. For the chicken hobby farmer looking to start with a clutch of baby chicks (from his own hen or an outside source), the author provides excellent info on incubators and hatching as well as all of the accommodations and preparation required for hens in the nest box. A chapter on selling eggs and broilers provides timetables, requirements, and dos and don&#8217;ts to get a hobby farmer&#8217;s business off on the right foot. All chicken keepers will find the chapter on health of particular value, with expert advice on preventing common problems and dealing various maladies and diseases. Much detailed information about all of the topics in the book is encapsulated in sidebars. A glossary of over 125 terms plus a detailed resource section of chicken and poultry associations, books, and websites complete the volume. Fully indexed.</div>

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<div>Sue Weaver has written hundreds of articles and nine books about livestock and poultry. She is a contributing editor for <i>Hobby Farms</i> magazine and writes the Poultry Profiles column for <i>Chickens</i> 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.</div>

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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Sue Weaver's Chickens, now in its second edition, has proven to be the essential Hobby Farms guide for newcomers and experienced chickenophiles alike. Four new chapters full of chicken-keeping know-how make this colorful new volume your must-have guide to life in the coop! Weaver offers sound advice based on years of adventures in poultry with her husband, John. This updated edition provides the information you need to succeed with chickens on your hobby farm or in your home and yard.

Raise a Happy and Healthy Flock!
Know and master the basics of chicken keeping
Discover unique breeds and select the perfect one for you
Construct predator-proof fencing and housing
Keep poultry healthy with a nutritious diet
Identity symptoms of common poultry illnesses
Lean how to keep city and suburban chickens
turn tending a flock into a booming business
Have a little fun with your hobby fowl
Explore chicken resources and websites
Plus many other helpful tips!


About the Hobby Farms series
Whether you're a weekend gardener or a dedicated small farmer, you'll gather a bushel of essential formation from the Hobby Farms&#174; series. Hobby Farm and its companion editions will help both experienced and novice hobby farmers realize their own dreams of life on the farm.

Look for other essential Hobby Farms&#174; series titles, including Donkeys, Sheep, Goats, Beef Cattle, Ducks, Pigs, Llamas and Alpacas, and Rabbits!

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Companionhouse Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1935484605
• ISBN 13: 9781935484608
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 207
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile