TY  - BOOK
AU  - Willis, Kimberley
AU  - Ludlow, Rob
TI  - Raising chickens for dummies / 
T2  - For dummies
SN  - 9781118982785 (pbk)
AV  - SF487  W67 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Hoboken, NJ :  c2015
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
KW  - Chickens
KW  - Popular works
N1  - "For Dummies, a Wiley brand"-- Title page
Includes index; Introduction -- pt. 1. Getting started with raising chickens -- The joy of chickens -- Basic chicken biology and behavior -- A chicken isn't just a chicken : your guide to breeds -- Buying chickens -- pt. 2. Housing your flock -- Choosing your housing type -- Designing and constructing a coop -- Coop, sweet coop : furnishing and housekeeping -- pt. 3. Caring for your flock : general management -- Feeding your flock -- Controlling pests and predators -- Keeping your flock happy and healthy -- Handling health problems -- pt. 4. Breeding : from chicken to egg and back again -- Mating your chickens -- Incubating eggs and hatching chicks -- Raising chicks -- pt. 5. Special management considerations -- Managing layers and collecting eggs -- Raising and butchering meat birds -- pt. 6. The part of tens -- More than ten tips for keeping healthy, stress-free chickens -- More than ten misconceptions about chickens, eggs, and so on
N2  - This hands-on guide offers the most up-to-date information to caring for chickens on a small scale, including purchasing a starter flock, housing, feeding, care, and raising the animal for specific purposes such as food
ER  -