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A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens - Breeds Guide, Chicken Tractors & Coops, Hatching & Raising Chicks Plus More...
**Amazon No 1 Best Seller** A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens covers all of the basics you need to get up and running with your very own flock of chickens. Discover the simple you of owning these delightfully funny birds while suppling your family with a cheap and healthy source of eggs or meat or even both.
Loaded with helpful tips and advice, this book cover topics from setting up your make yard and how to keep your chickens healthy and stress free. The book is also loaded with many chicken DIY projects
Don't miss out on the joy of owning chickens, get started now!
Loaded with helpful tips and advice, this book cover topics from setting up your make yard and how to keep your chickens healthy and stress free. The book is also loaded with many chicken DIY projects
Don't miss out on the joy of owning chickens, get started now!
91 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 31, 2013
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September 11, 2025
Really informative
An easy read. Very thorough practical information I have not read about in other books on raising chickens. I would recommend this book to anyone with acreage and an interest in chicken rearing.
An easy read. Very thorough practical information I have not read about in other books on raising chickens. I would recommend this book to anyone with acreage and an interest in chicken rearing.
November 1, 2018
interesting easy read thank you
interesting easy read several tips that can be used in UK thank you nothing much more to say x c
interesting easy read several tips that can be used in UK thank you nothing much more to say x c
April 22, 2019
Just what i needed to help me raise my chicks.
Good information for someone new to raising chicks such as myself. Just what I needed and easy to read and understand.
Good information for someone new to raising chicks such as myself. Just what I needed and easy to read and understand.
March 10, 2015
Some good basic info
Fast read with some good basic information. Raising chickens for the first time can be a little overwhelming so the more that you learn, the better your comfort level when you finally take the plunge. There is a lot of first hand information from the author which is nice. Learning from someone else's mistakes is a lot easier than committing the same ones and having to pay the price! I found a couple of editing mistakes. For instance..the author says the hens won't start laying for 16 months..should have said that they start laying around 16 weeks...
Fast read with some good basic information. Raising chickens for the first time can be a little overwhelming so the more that you learn, the better your comfort level when you finally take the plunge. There is a lot of first hand information from the author which is nice. Learning from someone else's mistakes is a lot easier than committing the same ones and having to pay the price! I found a couple of editing mistakes. For instance..the author says the hens won't start laying for 16 months..should have said that they start laying around 16 weeks...
July 8, 2016
If you want chickens read this first to make certain you have the facts and know what you are getting into. This is the 2nd time I've read the book and it convinces me, again, NOT to raise chickens!
Great book full of practical,well written, researched information from beginning to end of the chicken raising process.
Great book full of practical,well written, researched information from beginning to end of the chicken raising process.
September 16, 2020
It is a good beginners guide. Hopfully one would be inspired to read more about breeds and what specifically each breed needs for space and care. I like that there are instructions for building coops and how to's about brooders. I wish there were more diagrams for the coops.
August 19, 2014
Very impressive beginners guide that touched on many areas and succinctly thorough. Breeds (appreciate the comments on noise level and containment), diy projects which included various models of coops, egg laying issues, parasites, etc.
March 27, 2013
Exactly as the title states, a great beginners guide. I learned enough to make me want to know more. I want to get the breed that lays blue and green eggs!
March 16, 2014
Good guide
This was a good first chicken book. Lots of information but not too much detail. I would have liked more pictures.
This was a good first chicken book. Lots of information but not too much detail. I would have liked more pictures.
August 2, 2014
Pretty good!
Pretty good!
she writes about lots of tips and tricks. very easy read. Will be helpful in the future and I plan to keep it on hand!
Pretty good!
she writes about lots of tips and tricks. very easy read. Will be helpful in the future and I plan to keep it on hand!
March 12, 2015
Along with "Chicken Tractor", I feel ready to get to work and raise me some chickens! Yes Haw!
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