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Revised and updated, this is the most trusted and comprehensive reference you can find for chicken care, housing, feeding, and health care.

Revised and updated, this is the most trusted and comprehensive reference you can find for chicken care, housing, feeding, and health care.

Gail Damerow shows you how to choose the right breeds for your needs, build efficient chicken coops, provide necessary medical attention for your animals, and much more. Whether you're raising broilers for meat or preparing your chickens to win a blue ribbon at the next county... Read Full Overview

Gail Damerow shows you how to choose the right breeds for your needs, build efficient chicken coops, provide necessary medical attention for your animals, and much more. Whether you're raising broilers for meat or preparing your chickens to win a blue ribbon at the next county... Read Full Overview

Here is all the information you need to successfully raise chickens -- from choosing breeds and hatching chicks to building coops, keeping the birds healthy, and protecting them from predators. This revised third edition contains a new chapter on training chickens and understanding... Read Full Overview

Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much more.