Homesteader''s Natural Chicken Keeping Handbook - Raising a Healthy Flock From Start to Finish

Informationen zum Autor By Amy K. Fewell - Foreword by Joel Salatin Klappentext TheHomesteader's Natural Chicken Keeping Handbook is the modern homesteader's guide to raising, feeding, breeding, selling, and enjoying the noblest animal on the farm--the chicken. From the rooster's crow in the morning, to the warm egg in the nesting box, chickens are the gateway livestock for almost every homesteader and backyard farm enthusiast. In this book, you'll learn everything you need to know about raising chickens naturally. Fewell guides you in: understanding why chickens do what they docreating your very own poultry or egg businesspreventing and treating ailments with herbal remediessetting up your property, coop, and brooderhatching chickspurchasing chickens properlydishing up nine of her family's favorite recipes for frittatas, quiches, custards, pound cakes, and ice cream made with farm-fresh eggs. This is heritage chicken keeping skills 101, with a modern twist. Not only will you gain knowledge about naturally keeping chickens through every stage of their lives, but you'll fully embrace the joy and ease of raising all-natural chickens on your homestead.

Product details

• Authors: Amy K Fewell, Amy K. Fewell
• Assisted by: Salatin Joel (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781493037391
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-3739-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The Homesteader's Guides
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Practical guides; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Sustainability, NATURE / Animals / General, PETS / Birds, HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living, Smallholdings, Wildlife: general interest, Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency, Birds, Including Cage Birds, As Pets, Poultry farming, Self-sufficiency and sustainable lifestyle(s)