With 372,000 copies in print, this is the most trusted and comprehensive reference on every aspect of chicken care, housing, feeding, and health care. The full-color new edition features the most current practices and a fresh new design.
Chicken expert Gail Damerow teaches readers how to raise all types of poultry chicks, and also explains what it takes to go to the next level and hatch them at home.
The visual A-to-Z reference for all things chicken, from Storey’s most respected chicken expert. Includes explanations of the most common conditions, situations, and behaviors chicken owners (or fans) are likely to encounter.
In this detective manual for the poultry owner, best-selling author and chicken expert Gail Damerow shows chicken keepers how to identify which predators are likely to be troubling their flock from the clues left behind, and offers proven strategies for protecting poultry.
A completely revised and updated second edition of the best-selling classic reference by America's leading chicken authority.
Move over chickens--ducks are joining the backyard flock! This introductory guide is the provides all the information beginners need to raise ducks successfully in the yard or on a small homestead or farm.