Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock (Paperback)
From Library Journal
These two new books are targeted at anyone with a couple of acres (and even city dwellers where ordinances permit) who would like to raise a few farm animals for meat, milk, eggs, or simply enjoyment. Both volumes are intended for beginners and are written by nonexperts who nonetheless can offer a great deal of practical information and advice based on their own experiences. Peck-Whiting and her family have dabbled in raising chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats, pigs, and cows on their country homestead in the mountains of northern Washington. In Farm Animals, she devotes at least a chapter or two to each of these species while saving the most space for pigs. (She previously wrote Pigs and Other Stories.) The author crams her book with personal anecdotes, enthusiastically sharing the successes and failures of her ventures in a casual, down-to-earth style. While Farm Animals gives readers a relatively quick survey of a variety of livestock and (more…)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Informative book
I am very satisfied with the book. I have just started a small flock of chickens….and the info in the book was very helpful.
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Best chicken book…..w/ great pictures!
This is one of the best books on chickens that there is. Like other books it covers everything you need to know about raising chickens, but unlike other books it has delightful…
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THE best book about chickens!
By far the best book I have had the pleasure to read about chickens. Very informative, easy to read for any age group, great pictures—highly recommend this book.
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very informative
I like this book very much. It gives a lot of much needed information. I “covers all the bases” where raising chickens is concerned.
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No new info, but great pictures
The information in this book isn’t unique; websites and other books cover all the same topics, often in more detail. The pictures are priceless, though.
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Good book
I have been reading our collection of chicken books, which I should admit right away we did not buy.
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A Good Purchase
The book was most certainly worth the money. As a newcomer to the world of poultry keeping, it was both easy to read and well laid out for easy reference, detailing everything you…
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Layout Nightmare
This book is a nightmare to read: a chapter heading page will have four type faces and five type sizes with text running around a picture and photo captions way too small to…
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book is worse than useless.
The recommendations in this book make it a waste of time, especially the nesting box design.
Save your time and money and befriend someone who has healthy chickens.
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Chickens afield
Excellent for those who wish to have a home flock. Very informative on the subject and the “how to” of keeping a small flock.