Product Description: How many eggs do hens lay? Where do hens build their nests? What do chicks eat?Packed with fascinating facts about life cycles, amazing photographs of every stage, and labelled diagrams to explain growth and development.

Product Description: An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and different breeds of chickens.

Product Description: A comprehensive beginner's book, this introduction to raising chickens covers the key aspects of keeping your own hens and benefiting from the produce! Over 50 breeds of hen are featured, including heavy, light, and bantam breeds Beginner-friendly guide to getting started includes choosing your birds and getting set up for the first time Expert advice on housing, food and water, daily care, disease prevention, encouraging egg production, breeding, and more Useful tips for winterizing, going on vacation, and exhibiting your birds, plus a FAQ section, resources, and glossary This authoritative book provides an introduction to the key aspects of acquiring a self-sufficient lifestyle by keeping your own chickens...read more

Raising chickens is becoming more and more popular, as families are opting for organic produce and sustainable lifestyles. This new Level 2 reader is full of photographs and facts to teach kids how they too can have their very own backyard chickens!

Product Description: In this book, you will learn how chickens are raised on a small farm, from hatching to egg cultivation, and ultimately slaughter. A 16-page color insert showcases different breeds as well as general chicken photos. With more than 200 breeds, you will learn which kind is right for you, how to purchase and effectively handle them...read more

Product Description: Sustainable living boasts no boundaries. You don't need massive amounts of acreage or even a fenced-in backyard. We may not be 100 percent sustainable in our lifestyle, but we can become better in-tune with our environment and conscientious of our actions...read more

Product Description: While keeping chickens certainly isn't rocket science, doing it properly does involve decent levels of understanding, commitment, and attention to detail. Getting the basics right is essential, and this demands a solid appreciation of important areas such as housing, feeding, breed choice, and healthWhether you're a newcomer or an old hand, The Chicken Keeper's Problem Solver provides the information you need to nip probelms in the bud - and, better still, avoid them in the first place...read more

Product Description: A love of eating and of good ingredients led Tim to build a henhouse in the corner of his garden for a daily harvest of fresh eggs. His take on the role of keeping chickens is amusing and insightful, but this book is more than just a DIY guide to keeping a few free-range birds, or a new slant on a chicken-themed cookbook...read more

Product Description: Your Backyard is the New Farm!Whether you want two chickens or two hundred, this manual will guide you along your journey to successfully raising chickens. Growing a backyard chicken flock is an investment, and one of the most important factors in cultivating a happy, healthy poultry society is taking the time to learn everything you can about your birds...read more

Product Description: In this book, Henrietta the Chicken reveals how readers should go about choosing chickens, what supplies they will need, how to make a new chicken feel at home, and how to properly care for chickens, including feeding, exercising, and keeping a chicken coop clean...read more

Product Description: Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and environment of chickens.

Product Description: A small flock of poultry can supply all of the eggs your family needs during the year. And, after your hens have completed their egg-laying days, there will be meat for barbecuing or roasting. Luckily, a small flock takes a relatively small amount of space and is easy to manage...read more

Product Description: An expert manual on keeping poultry in the garden: rearing, housing, breeding and maintaining health, including how to build your own poultry house.