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    Raising Chickens For Dummies: 2nd Edition
    Raising Chickens For Dummies: 2nd Edition
    Raising Chickens For Dummies: 2nd Edition
    Audiobook14 hours

    Raising Chickens For Dummies: 2nd Edition

    Written by Kimberley Willis and Robert T. Ludlow

    Narrated by Tanya Eby

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    About this audiobook

    Thinking about raising chickens? You've come to the right place! This new edition of Raising Chickens For Dummies provides the most up-to-date, thorough information on the many aspects of keeping chickens in your backyard. You'll hear hands-on, easy-to-follow instructions on choosing and purchasing chickens, constructing housing for your birds, feeding your chickens for optimal health, combating laying issues, controlling pests and predators, optimizing egg production, and much more.

    Raising chickens on a small scale is a popular-and growing-pastime. If you're interested in keeping chickens as pets or as a source for eggs, Raising Chickens For Dummies gives you plain-English explanations of everything you need to know to about caring for chickens. You'll learn about basic chicken biology, breeds, and behavior, which chicken breed is best for you, how many you need, ways to spot healthy chickens, how to build a chicken coop, best practices for mating your chickens, how to incubate eggs, how to hatch and nurture chicks, manage laying hens, collect and store eggs, and butcher meat birds.

    Whether you're a first-time poulterer or you've been raising chickens for years, this comprehensive guide provides practical how-to advice for keeping chickens in virtually any backyard.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 16, 2019
    ISBN9781515940081
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      Well read, lots of Informations to compose with as a starter!
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      Easy to understand and informative