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Backyard Chickens: A Fifth-Generation Backyard Chicken Owner Shares His Family Secrets To Keeping A Happy, Productive & Healthy Flock
By now, you’re probably already aware of the countless benefits of raising and breeding your own friendly, loveable chickens. These intelligent and highly amusing backyard companions will provide you with tastier and more nutritious ( up to 3x more vitamin E and 70% more vitamin B12 ) eggs compared to what you can find at the local store. They’ll also enjoy a better quality of life , and can be a natural form of pest control on your land.
Are you about to embark on your exciting new backyard chicken journey? Do you just feel like you need a little extra guidance from a fifth-generation expert before you get started?
As a new chicken keeper, there are numerous aspects that you can easily get wrong, leading to an unhappy flock, injury, disease, and sadly even death in the worst cases.
Whether it’s unsuspecting plants like buttercups or climbing lily in your yard; the coyotes, owls or the biting flies – it’s crucial to know where the biggest problems most commonly come from , and then to understand precisely how to prevent them – to ensure that your precious flock is happy, healthy and safe.
Geoff and his family have raised and bred backyard chickens for decades, and the author has incredible insights and guidance to share with you, as you embark on your new journey.
☆ ☆ ☆ In Backyard Chickens, you’ll ☆ ☆ ☆
Even if you’re brand new to keeping chickens , with the secrets uncovered inside this book – you’ll know precisely how to keep a happy flock and have more nutrient-rich, tasty eggs than you ever imagined! This book makes it so simple that even a 5-year-old could keep chickens!
Are you about to embark on your exciting new backyard chicken journey? Do you just feel like you need a little extra guidance from a fifth-generation expert before you get started?
As a new chicken keeper, there are numerous aspects that you can easily get wrong, leading to an unhappy flock, injury, disease, and sadly even death in the worst cases.
Whether it’s unsuspecting plants like buttercups or climbing lily in your yard; the coyotes, owls or the biting flies – it’s crucial to know where the biggest problems most commonly come from , and then to understand precisely how to prevent them – to ensure that your precious flock is happy, healthy and safe.
Geoff and his family have raised and bred backyard chickens for decades, and the author has incredible insights and guidance to share with you, as you embark on your new journey.
☆ ☆ ☆ In Backyard Chickens, you’ll ☆ ☆ ☆
Even if you’re brand new to keeping chickens , with the secrets uncovered inside this book – you’ll know precisely how to keep a happy flock and have more nutrient-rich, tasty eggs than you ever imagined! This book makes it so simple that even a 5-year-old could keep chickens!
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151 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 11, 2020
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September 29, 2020
A good and informative read, just like the author's other book on Worms. Anatomy of chicken & egg, slaughtering, disease management, etc. were well explained.
Lots of information, but as the author himself says knowledge is good, but it is useful only when put to practice.
Lots of information, but as the author himself says knowledge is good, but it is useful only when put to practice.
January 30, 2022
Brilliant Book
Quick and easy read when starting out getting backyard chickens, good overall overview of what is required when keeping chickens in the garden.
Quick and easy read when starting out getting backyard chickens, good overall overview of what is required when keeping chickens in the garden.
September 13, 2025
I never thought I would give five stars to a book about raising chickens, but I really have to do so in this case. This book clearly took a lot of work, care and thought in the creation.
Other than the fact that chickens are far more complex and intelligent than we give them credit for, I didn't know much about them before reading this. Now, I'm so glad to have this in my possession. The author takes you from the very beginning of just thinking about raising backyard chickens to the end of their lives. I learned about the main types of chickens, their psychology, the structure of an egg, the anatomy of a chicken, herbs to supplement their diet, how to introduce new chickens, and on and on. I honestly can't think at the moment of anything that he left out.
I also appreciated the writing. Overall, it was clear and concise. No frills. And yet, the enthusiasm and affection for these animals came through loud and clear, with moments of humor.
Now, I am not a meat eater and most of my work with chickens has been through re-homing them as part of volunteer work I knew that butchering and other ideas, like shooting predators, would not be to my liking. However, I still felt that the author was respectful in his approach. He acknowledged other alternatives. He also emphasized the humane treatment of all creatures and acknowledged issues of ethics, responsibility and legality in both animal welfare and environmental stewardship. I respected and appreciated that.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. I really enjoyed this book!
Other than the fact that chickens are far more complex and intelligent than we give them credit for, I didn't know much about them before reading this. Now, I'm so glad to have this in my possession. The author takes you from the very beginning of just thinking about raising backyard chickens to the end of their lives. I learned about the main types of chickens, their psychology, the structure of an egg, the anatomy of a chicken, herbs to supplement their diet, how to introduce new chickens, and on and on. I honestly can't think at the moment of anything that he left out.
I also appreciated the writing. Overall, it was clear and concise. No frills. And yet, the enthusiasm and affection for these animals came through loud and clear, with moments of humor.
Now, I am not a meat eater and most of my work with chickens has been through re-homing them as part of volunteer work I knew that butchering and other ideas, like shooting predators, would not be to my liking. However, I still felt that the author was respectful in his approach. He acknowledged other alternatives. He also emphasized the humane treatment of all creatures and acknowledged issues of ethics, responsibility and legality in both animal welfare and environmental stewardship. I respected and appreciated that.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. I really enjoyed this book!
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