Your Chickens

by Gail Damerow

Full of expert advice and plenty of encouragement for the youngest poultry farmers, this introductory guide is designed to show children ages 9 and up how to safely and successfully raise their own chickens. With age-appropriate language and clear diagrams, Gail Damerow provides everything kids need to know to choose, purchase, house, and show their own chickens. Whether they're interested in raising chickens for pleasure or to make money, this easy-to-use guide will help children achieve their chicken-raising goals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882668234
• ISBN13: 9780882668239
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 12

Customer Reviews

Your Chickens

I bought this for my 8 yr. old and she could not put it down. It has loads of easy to read information. I also love the book myself.

Great book for kids (and adults too)!

My daughter has just about every page in this book marked. She loves the easy read. I love the easy read too. It helped us get started taking care of our new "pets".

Great for adults

This book gave me a lot of information without overwhelming me. The other books I have bought on raising chickens frightened me away with the seeming enormity of the concept...which must be pretty simple on the whole because so many people do it...this book was great!

Great reference tool

My very first chickens are 2 months old now, and I've referred back to this book countless times, for help with making brooder boxes, when to remove the heat lamp, buying feeders/waterers, making our coop, treating diarrhea, when to switch feeds, how to tell a cockerel from a pullet (!), to find out if panting in 90-degree weather is normal (it is), etc., etc. It may be written for kids, but it is not condescending. I appreciate the practical and have-fun approach. I just read about the different chicken sounds, and learned that the cool sound my hens make when they're happy is called "singing." Get the book!

Great advice for the novice wanting to raise chickens

Raising healthy chickens is a new experience for most kids today. Buying a few eggs to hatch or getting a couple of cute chicks at Easter is easy, but what happens when they start to get bigger! We know they eat and poop a lot but how do we help them survive to the point where they can actually lay an egg? What do you feed them? Where do you keep them? Can a chicken really make a good pet? You'll find answers to all these and many more questions in this wonderfully written and easy to understand book about raising chickens. Gail Damerow must have raised more than just a few birds because she demonstrates a solid understanding of the common and not-so-common issues facing the rural or urban chicken farmer