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A Chicken in Every Yard : The Urban Farm Store's Guide to Chicken Keeping by Hannah Litt and Robert Litt (2011, Hardcover)

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Got a little space and a hankering for fresh eggs? Robert and Hannah Litt have dispensed advice to hundreds of urban and suburban chicken-keepers from behind their perch at Portland's Urban Farm Store, and now they're ready to help you go local and sustainable with your own backyard birds. In this handy guide to breeds, feed, coops, and care, the Litts take you under their experienced wings and share the secrets to: Picking the breeds that are right for you - Building a sturdy coop in one weekend for $100 - Raising happy and hearty chicks - Feeding your flock for optimal health and egg nutrition - Preventing and treating common chicken diseases - Planning ahead for family, neighborhood, and legal considerations - Whipping up tasty egg recipes from flan to frittata With everything that first-timers will need to get started--along with expert tips for more seasoned keepers--this colorful, nuts-and-bolts manual proves that keeping chickens is all it's cracked up to be.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-10
1580085822
ISBN-13
9781580085823
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92604167

Product Key Features

Book Title
Chicken in Every Yard : the Urban Farm Store's Guide to Chicken Keeping
Author
Hannah Litt, Robert Litt
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Birds, Do-It-Yourself / General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Pets, House & Home
Number of Pages
208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.8in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Sf487.L775 2011
Reviews
"Backyard chickening may be the best next step beyond backyard gardening. Leveraging their own experience with their Oregon customers' shared wisdom, Robert and Hannah bring to every aspiring next stepper a mentoring book that can nudge anyone into micro-eggery." --JOEL SALATIN, founder of Polyface Farm, author of You Can Farm , and contributor to Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide "This is the guide to raising chickens that I desperately needed when I first started urban farming. Robert and Hannah have seen it all when it comes to raising cluckers." --NOVELLA CARPENTER, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, "Backyard chickening may be the best next step beyond backyard gardening. Leveraging their own experience with their Oregon customers' shared wisdom, Robert and Hannah bring to every aspiring next stepper a mentoring book that can nudge anyone into micro-eggery." -JOEL SALATIN, founder of Polyface Farm, author of You Can Farm , and contributor to Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide "This is the guide to raising chickens that I desperately needed when I first started urban farming. Robert and Hannah have seen it all when it comes to raising cluckers." -NOVELLA CARPENTER, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer From the Hardcover edition., "Backyard chickening may be the best next step beyond backyard gardening. Leveraging their own experience with their Oregon customers' shared wisdom, Robert and Hannah bring to every aspiring next stepper a mentoring book that can nudge anyone into micro-eggery." -JOEL SALATIN, founder of Polyface Farm, author of You Can Farm , and contributor to Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide "This is the guide to raising chickens that I desperately needed when I first started urban farming. Robert and Hannah have seen it all when it comes to raising cluckers." -NOVELLA CARPENTER, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, â€œBackyard chickening may be the best next step beyond backyard gardening. Leveraging their own experience with their Oregon customersâ€™ shared wisdom, Robert and Hannah bring to every aspiring next stepper a mentoring book that can nudge anyone into micro-eggery.â€� -JOEL SALATIN, founder of Polyface Farm, author of You Can Farm , and contributor to Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide â€œThis is the guide to raising chickens that I desperately needed when I first started urban farming. Robert and Hannah have seen it all when it comes to raising cluckers.â€� -NOVELLA CARPENTER, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Table of Content
Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Why Keep Chickens? 1 Chapter 2 Planning: Are We Ready for This? 11 Chapter 3 Breeds: Pickin' Chickens 21 Chapter 4 Chicks: Parenting Your Peeps 43 Chapter 5 Coops and Runs: Building Your Poultry Palace 69 Chapter 6 Adult Chickens: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Farmer 97 Chapter 7 Health Management: Should I Bring a $5 Chicken to the Vet? 131 Chapter 8 Eggs: How to Make Them and Eat Them 165 Resources 190 About the Authors 192 Index 193
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2010-028185
Dewey Decimal
636.5
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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4 out of 5 stars
by mstahuraApr 25, 2016
Great book for beginner chicken keepers
Covers most all of the basics for beginner chicken keepers. After keeping chickens for 8 years, it still had content that I didn't know.
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