Download or read book The Chicken Chick s Guide to Backyard Chickens written by Kathy Shea Mormino and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kathy Shea Mormino, aka The Chicken Chick, shares her wealth of experience as a chicken keeper in a fun and abundantly illustrated format in The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens.
Download or read book Chick Days written by Jenna Woginrich and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenna Woginrich chronicles the life journey of three chickens (Amelia, Honey, and Tilda) from fluffy, newly hatched bundles to grown hens laying eggs of their own. As you watch these chickens grow, you’ll learn everything you need to know about chicken behavior, feeding, housing, and health care. This playfully informative guide will inspire you to confidently raise your own feathered flock.
Download or read book Let s Hatch Chicks written by Lisa Steele and published by Young Voyageur. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduce children to the life cycle of chickens from egg, to hatching, and beyond with Let's Hatch Chicks!. Author Lisa Steele, of Fresh Eggs Daily, shows the entire process in kid friendly terms. In this book you’ll meet Violet, a plucky and fun-loving chicken. Violet has an exciting secret to share with you: she’s ready to be a mom! Join Violet as she keeps her eggs warm and protects them from danger. See what happens each week as the chick grows inside the egg. And when the new chicks arrive, that's when the fun begins again! These baby chickens need a lot of help to get along in the big world. They will need food, a new home, and sometimes a little help from mama hen. Author Lisa Steele presents the exciting world of chickens in an easy-to-understand, kid friendly way with action-packed illustrations, a useful glossary, and fun chicken facts! Steele runs the very popular chicken-keeping blog, Fresh Eggs Daily, and also hosts a TV show on a PBS affiliate in Maine.
Download or read book Hatching Brooding Your Own Chicks written by Gail Damerow and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gail Damerow shows you how to incubate, hatch, and brood baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets. With advice on everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best incubator to feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder, this comprehensive guide also covers issues like embryo development, panting chicks, and a variety of common birth defects. Whether you want to hatch three eggs or one hundred, you’ll find all the information you need to make your poultry-raising operation a success.
Download or read book Fresh Eggs Daily written by Lisa Steele and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than ever, Americans care about the quality and safety of the food they eat. They're bringing back an American tradition: raising their own backyard chickens for eggs and companionship. And they care about the quality of life of their chickens. Fresh Eggs Daily is an authoritative, accessible guide to coops, nesting boxes, runs, breeding, feed, and natural health care with time-tested remedies. The author promotes the benefits of keeping chickens happy and well-occupied, and in optimal health, free of chemicals and antibiotics. She emphasizes the therapeutic value of herbs and natural supplements to maintaining a healthy environment for your chickens. Includes many "recipes" and 8 easy DIY projects for the coop and run. Full color photos throughout. The USDA's new study of urban chicken raising sees a 400% increase in backyard chickens over the next 5 years, driven by younger adults.
Download or read book Hatching Chicks in Room 6 written by Caroline Arnold and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Follow a classroom of kindergartners as they participate in a popular activity: hatching chicks. Readers learn about the life cycle of a chicken, incubating eggs, watching them hatch, and raising the chicks until they are old enough to return to the chicken coop. Caroline Arnold’s simple text and close-up photographs are instructive and adorable. From the Hardcover edition.
Download or read book Proven Techniques for Keeping Healthy Chickens written by Carissa Bonham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning and intermediate chicken keepers don’t need to spend hours poring through extensive manuals and thick books—Carissa Bonham boils down chicken-keeping basics into 101 easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply tips, tricks, and chicken hacks. Advice ranges from learning how to grow your flock despite having a broody hen to directions for making a nesting box herb blend that will keep pests at bay and keep the coop smelling fresh. Other tips will touch on: • Waiting for info from author • Waiting for info from author • Waiting for info from author • And much more! Having raised a variety of chickens both inside her home and with the help of broody chicken moms, author Carissa Bonham is ready to share her chicken-keeping advice with others looking to add the joy of poultry to their lives. Her approach to chicken keeping focuses on keeping hens happy using natural methods so you can spend less time doing the dirty work and more time enjoying your flock.
Download or read book From Egg to Chicken written by Gerald Legg and published by Lifecycles. This book was released on 2014 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large illustrations and simple text describe what an egg is made of and how it hatches into a chicken.
Download or read book Wiggling Worms at Work written by Wendy Pfeffer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-12-23 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crawling through the dirt, worms are hard at work, helping plants to grow. Worms help the fruit and vegetables we eat by loosening the soil and feeding the plants. Read and find out about these wiggling wonders!
Download or read book Play Kitty written by Shira Evans and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the activity of a kitten in this pre-reader.
Download or read book Chickens Have Chicks written by Lynn M. Stone and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the life cycle of chickens from birth as chicks, to adults, describing their appearance, feeding habits, and growth.
Download or read book The Prairie Homestead Cookbook written by Jill Winger and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.
Download or read book Success with Baby Chicks written by Robert Plamondon and published by Norton Creek Classics. This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how to raise baby chicks using brooder-house techniques that, though now largely forgotten, were once used on millions of American farms.
Download or read book Modern Homesteading written by Living the Country Life and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, people had a real connection with the land. Instead of being mere consumers, they were producers and makers. Traditional skills were learned to eliminate a reliance on others, enabling the self-sufficiency that's at the heart of the Do-It-Yourself movement. And this artisanal wisdom was passed on to family and friends.
Download or read book Becky s Guide To Raising Backyard Chickens written by Becky's Homestead and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to raise backyard chickens but don't know where to start? I wrote this Book to help people who are getting baby chickens and want to get a good start and avoid as many hiccups and disasters as possible. This is the Book I wish I had when I was getting started.In Becky's Guide To Raising Backyard Chickens I cover these topics: Are chickens legal in my neighborhood?What supplies do I need to get started?How big does the coop need to be?How do I protect my chickens from predators?What are the best chicken breeds for egg production?What's the best food for good egg production?How do I de-worm my chickens naturally?Will I need a rooster?How to store my fresh eggs?How do I care for baby chicks?And I tell you my personal story which will help you see exactly how it's all done from start to finish
Download or read book Egg to Chicken written by Camilla De la Bédoyère and published by W.B. Saunders Company. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many eggs do hens lay? Where do hens build their nests? What do chicks eat? Book jacket.
Download or read book Backyard Chickens for Beginners written by Gregory Farmer and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for a complete guide on backyard chickens? Then keep reading... Backyard chickens can be a great source of fresh eggs and fun, or even meat. They are low maintenance and offer us a wide range of benefits that other pets don't. A lot of people need to realize how to raise chickens and how to produce more meat and eggs. The yield relies upon different components, including the type of breed you rare, the food you utilize, the shelter you give and obviously, the care you give. It is very simple however, no matter the exertion applied to raise chicks healthily. At the point when you give the right care, you will appreciate tasty and fresh meat and eggs. Check out the steps that give you a thought on the best way to raise chickens effectively. First of all, analyze what you need to get from raising chickens. You can either raise them for eggs, for meat or for no reason in particular (maybe for fun). You should choose a breed that is contingent upon your needs. Along these lines, you will get the most extreme fulfillment from raising chickens. By reading and applying everything described in this book you will learn: Why raise chickens Which breed is right for you Planning and buying your chickens How to build your chicken coop Caring for your baby chicks Adult chicken care Chicken food and water Introducing new backyard chickens into a flock Eggs production Maintaining your flock healthy Common chicken problems And much more Give them an appropriate haven: After choosing the breed, you should give the chickens a decent safe house. To give ideal security, it is prudent to make a chicken coop. These offer security to the birds by guarding them against predators and the intruders. The coop will likewise give them warmth, as long as it is outfitted with enough lights. It is ideal if the shelter has a nesting territory with nesting boxes where the chickens can lay their eggs. Right nourishment for great health: As far as health is concerned, the chicks ought to be given run free access to a territory that has bugs and seeds for them to eat. Furnish the birds with balanced and healthy feeds with nutritious enhancements to guarantee they will live long. Give them enough clean water. This will enable the chicks to grow in good health and lay eggs all the more effectively. Shield them from ailments: Protecting the chicks from infections is a central point that you ought to think about when raising chickens. When you mastermind immunizations, you'll have no issue with raising chickens. By and large, chicks are fragile and they are prone to infections. The most widely recognized infection that chickens can get is Coccidiosis. Recollect that this disease is infectious and will spread effectively to different chicks. Rather than worrying over relieving it, it is very wise to avert it ahead of time. Get familiar with this infection before raising chickens. Would You Like To Know More?Click Buy Now With 1-Click or Buy Now to get started!
