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If you’re thinking of raising backyard chickens, there are a lot of factors to consider before buying your first baby chick. While they may be cute, feathery soft, and irresistible in the store – practically begging you through soft chirps to take them home – they also require some work, supplies, and commitment to ensure they are well taken care of, happy, and productive.Are you considering raising backyard chickens?If you are, then this is the book you’ve been looking for. This valuable guide covers everything you need to know to get started raising a flock of chickens in your backyard. Raising chickens is easy, but it’s all too easy to make costly mistakes when you’re first getting started. This book takes most of the guesswork out of raising backyard chickens.- The following topics are covered in this helpful book: – Why you should be raising backyard chickens.- The big differences between commercial eggs and the fresh eggs you get from backyard chickens.- The handful of supplies you need to get started.- Designing a coop.- Feeding and watering your chickens. Includes tutorials on how to build an inexpensive waterer and – feeder.- The various types of bedding.- The deep litter system of bedding.- Free-range chickens.- Breed selection for laying and meat birds.- Feeding your chickens.- What diatomaceous earth is and how it can benefit you.- Predator control.- Brooding chicks. How to hatch chicks and raise them to adulthood.- Chicken laws and ordinances.Buy this book now.
