Raising chickens for dummies /

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.--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Willis, Kimberley.
Corporate Authors: Wiley (Online service)
Group Author: Ludlow, Rob
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, NJ :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Series: For dummies
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Online Access: http://www.cnpereading.com/pages/publications/form/article/40288acd4c06a9fc014c2bcfd03d1031
Summary: 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.--
Item Description: Description based on print version record.
Includes index.
"For Dummies, a Wiley brand"-- Title page.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiv, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Also available in print.
ISBN: 9781118982808 (electronic bk.)
1118982789 (pbk.)
9781118982785 (pbk.)
Index Number: SF487
CLC: S831
Contents: Introduction -- Getting started with raising chickens -- Housing your flock -- Caring for your flock: general management -- Breeding: from chicken to egg and back again -- Special management considerations -- The part of tens.