Chicken Keeping Advice

Chicken Keeping Advice

Expert advice for every level, from the beginning backyard chicken keeper to the seasoned poultry farmer.

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Chicken Keeping Books for Adults

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens

by Jenna Woginrich
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition

by Gail Damerow
How to Speak Chicken

by Melissa Caughey
The Chicken Encyclopedia

by Gail Damerow
The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition

by Gail Damerow
Let's All Keep Chickens!

by Dalia Monterroso
Hentopia

by Frank Hyman
Poultry Breeds

by Carol Ekarius
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks

by Gail Damerow

Chick Care: Feeding and Watering Dos and Don’ts

Newly hatched chicks are not entirely helpless, but like any other babies, they must have access to clean water and be kept well-fed. Gail Damerow shares some expert tips to ensure you’re ready for your new arrivals. Buff Orpington chick. Photo © gina pina, via Wikimedia Commons. Newly hatched chicks are not entirely helpless, but until…

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Build Your Own Chicken Coop Books

Backyard Makeover: Build a Chicken Coop

Learn how to build a chicken coop that you won’t want to relegate to your backyard! During the process of designing and building coops for Reinventing the Chicken Coop, we became accustomed to quizzical looks when explaining our latest projects. “Why would you want to build a chicken coop?” folks would ask. With coops, ordinary people can actually…

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Gifts for Chicken Lovers

My Chicken Family: An Interview with Melissa Caughey

Storey project editor Lisa Hiley and chicken expert Melissa Caughey discuss the mother-hen instincts that led to Melissa’s life long love of chickens and the many books she’s authored as a result. LISA: Tell me why you love chickens so much. What are some of your favorite things about them? MELISSA: Truth be told, I…

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Fowl Friends

Can You Keep Ducks and Chickens Together?

Duck… duck… chick! Before you try raising different types of backyard birds, it’s important to understand the differences between what they need and how they behave. Since ducks became popular following the latest round of chicken mania, people often ask whether ducks and chickens can be kept together. A lot of people who consider getting…

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