My pet chicken handbook
Subtitle: sensible advice and savvy answers for raising backyard chickens
By: Lissa Lucas & Traci Torres, the experts at My Pet Chicken
Contributors: Torres, Traci, author
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781623360016
Subjects: Chickens; Pets
Description: The backyard chicken is the new "it" pet--and with good reason: These birds are personable, beautiful, and (mostly) low maintenance. But they're not without their quirks and sometimes puzzling behaviors. That's where the experts at MyPetChicken.com have a beak up on the competition--they hear from chicken keepers daily and offer advice about common mistakes and pitfalls that occur when raising a flock of chickens in the backyard. And customers tell them that the advice they most appreciate is actually how not to raise chickens, what not to do, and why not to panic. The handbook helps potential chicken owners decide whether chicken keeping is right for them, how to make the best choices for their situations, how to start planning for the new pets, and--most importantly--how to head off potential trouble "before" the chicks arrive.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.  Planning for chickens like an expert; title: A brief history of chickens; title: The backyard chicken boom; title: Choosing backyard breeds; title: Truth in (chicken) advertising; title: Pt. 2.  Practical housing arrangements; title: Flock-management styles; title: The brooder and the coop; title: Predators and pests; title: Pt. 3.  Starting and caring for your flock; title: Establishing your flock; title: Nursery to coop; title: Care of adult chickens; title: Pt. 4.  Determining when there is a problem; title: Recognizing signs of illness; title: Behavior and misbehavior; title: Pt. 5.  Reward time!; title: Enjoying your home-produced eggs; title: Recipes for egg lovers; title: Treats for your chickens.