Keeping Chickens - by Beate Peitz - Hardcover

Providing a practical and easy to follow guide, including covering the basics of poultry husbandry, this is an ideal book for beginners interested in keeping chickens. The authors are experienced smallholders and share their advice with the aim of keeping healthy, happy chickens. The physical and behavioural attributes of domestic chickens are discussed in detail, advice on laying hens, breeding and raising chicks, housing, and feeding. Nutrition and health maintenance are also covered, along with egg production, slaughter, collecting eggs and poultry meat products, and egg-based recipes.
PUBLISHER:
5M
AUTHOR:
Beate Peitz
BIND:
Hardback
PAGES:
144
DIMENSIONS:
173 x 249 mm