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Proven Techniques for Keeping Healthy Chickens: The Backyard Guide to Raising Chicks, Handling Broody Hens, Building Coops, and More
Beginning and intermediate chicken keepers don’t need to spend hours poring through extensive manuals and thick books—Carissa Bonham boils down chicken-keeping basics into 101 easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply tips, tricks, and chicken hacks.
Advice ranges from learning how to grow your flock despite having a broody hen to directions for making a nesting box herb blend that will keep pests at bay and keep the coop smelling fresh. Other tips will touch on:
Stretching your feed budget with fermentation
Making a predator-proof coop
Using your chickens to get your garden ready in the spring
Creating easy chicken chores for kids
And much more!
Having raised a variety of chickens both inside her home and with the help of broody chicken moms, author Carissa Bonham is ready to share her chicken-keeping advice with others looking to add the joy of poultry to their lives. Her approach to chicken keeping focuses on keeping hens happy using natural methods so you can spend less time doing the dirty work and more time enjoying your flock.
Advice ranges from learning how to grow your flock despite having a broody hen to directions for making a nesting box herb blend that will keep pests at bay and keep the coop smelling fresh. Other tips will touch on:
Stretching your feed budget with fermentation
Making a predator-proof coop
Using your chickens to get your garden ready in the spring
Creating easy chicken chores for kids
And much more!
Having raised a variety of chickens both inside her home and with the help of broody chicken moms, author Carissa Bonham is ready to share her chicken-keeping advice with others looking to add the joy of poultry to their lives. Her approach to chicken keeping focuses on keeping hens happy using natural methods so you can spend less time doing the dirty work and more time enjoying your flock.
- GenresNonfiction
240 pages, ebook
Published September 25, 2018
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March 21, 2024
This book was a great read following up learning all the basics and getting a good foundation on raising chicken. I liked the layout and format a lot. Tons of helpful knowledge- my copy is full of highlights and post-it’s. 🐣🐓🐔💛
July 2, 2021
Great guide for newbies. Lots of information on basic chicken keeping and more. Written in a way that is easy to follow and not overwhelming!
June 29, 2022
Simple but very useful for newbies to chicken keeping.
May 25, 2021
Loved it! I'm trying to learn all I can before getting my first chickens. This book was easy to read, had tons of great tips and I loved all the recipes for things to give your chickens!
March 25, 2023
This book has lots of useful information and beautiful photos! The only downside is that there wasn’t enough depth to the information is some cases.
May 26, 2022
Super digestible, practical tips — especially around feeding!
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