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Storeys Guide to Raising Chickens Paperback – 1 Jan. 2010
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- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherStorey Publishing LLC
- Publication date1 Jan. 2010
- Dimensions15.24 x 2.87 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101603424695
- ISBN-13978-1603424691
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"Everything you need to know about chickens, all in one easy-to-understand volume: Breed selcetion, health issues, care and maintenace, incubating, hatching, feed and shelter, egg and meat prodution, and more. Many photos and illustrations, tables and index." - Back Home
From the Back Cover
-- Choosing the right breed
-- Caring for chicks
--Feeding the growing flock
-- Building feeders and shelters
-- Collecting and storing eggs
-- Preventing health problems
-- Raising broilers for meat
-- Showing your chickens
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- Publisher : Storey Publishing LLC
- Publication date : 1 Jan. 2010
- Edition : 4th
- Language : English
- Print length : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1603424695
- ISBN-13 : 978-1603424691
- Item weight : 703 g
- Dimensions : 15.24 x 2.87 x 22.86 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 2,938,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 596 in Farm & Working Animals
- 39,384 in Animal Sciences
- 65,929 in Nature
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Gail Damerow and her husband operate a family farm in Tennessee where they keep poultry and dairy goats, tend a sizable garden, and maintain a small orchard. They grow and preserve much of their own food, make their own yogurt and ice cream, and bake their own bread. Gail has written extensively on raising livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural skills. She shares her experience and knowledge as a contributor to several periodicals, as the principal author or contributor to numerous country skills how-to books, and on her blog at gaildamerow.com.
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 July 2012Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseWe've kept chickens for over 5 years now and at one stage had 76. Thought I'd learned just about everything necessary but this book was recommended by a real expert so I took his advice and got a copy. Some books you read and think 'has this person ever kept chickens or have they just cribbed the content from other, equally ill-informed books?' Well without doubt Gail Dumelow has kept chickens. She is without doubt an expert of the highest order. I have read the book cover to cover and have not found one shred of ignorance in it. The layout and content is absolutely first class and money hasn't been lavished on unnecessary glossy photos.
This book is a poultry keepers MUST HAVE !
Apologies to Gail, but the American origins of the publication are still evident to a minor extent. When we look for predators stealing eggs in England we wouldn't list 'snakes' amongst the potential culprits!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2018Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseWonderful, kind, mindful and very thorough book. You can feel the author's experience with / and respect for chickens. Perfect for people who want to raise at small or medium scale (maybe even big scale) even people who wish to raise chickens for shows. One of the smartest most enjoyable read I did in years. I read it front to back. Thank you Gail!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 March 2014Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseGreat book, there is all you need to know about raisin chickens. I'll recommended to all my backyard chicken friends
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2013Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseA good book and I am still dipping into it as I fully intend to have some chickens now that we have moved to our rural home. It seems to cover all aspects of chicken rearing and I anticipate it will become THE reference book in the future for me.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2013Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseVery informative book. Best chicken book I have purchased. Good details about everything you need to know about raising chickens.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2015Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseVery good thank you
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- Amazon CustomerReviewed in India on 17 August 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars storey's guides to raising chickens
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseIts 3rd edition and up to date start's with choosing breeds, making shelters, routine menagements, health care, laying hen management, managing breeder flock, exhibiting your chicken, artificial insemination and much much information about breeding chickens i got much info on breeding thanks to gail damerow.
- MeldrewReviewed in Australia on 30 December 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative book
Well written and useful information. A good addition to the library.
- catmomReviewed in Canada on 22 June 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseDetailed, interesting, and well-written. I've been reading a lot of books on chickens lately, and this one is the best so far. The author strikes a nice balance, given all the approaches to chicken raising out there.
- racer7Reviewed in the United States on 19 July 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars More Info Than Competing Books, Worth Keeping for Reference
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI've almost 70 yrs old with an ag school science Ph.D. including some time around commercial chicken waste handling practices but am no farmer. So when the SO said she wanted backyard chickens (Easter Eggers to add to her pet parrot) I needed a quick reup on how to best house and care for them. We can't let ours free range (or keep roosters) because of where we live so I ended up modifying a coop and building a run from scratch to provide a safe and humane environment for our small flock to live enclosed (complete with auto waterer, chicken swings and high quality electric fencing to repel the ubiquitous racoons and possums).
I read though 3 books- this is by far the most complete and well deserves its rating. No surprise its made it to 3rd edition. It has far more disease info than most will ever want or need but covers the necessary housing, nutrition and protection way better than others. Will answer almost any question but may be a bit too much like a real textbook (rather than a fun read) for some.
Anyway, highly recommended by me. The other two I books I've got will be given away- they don't justify space as references on my shelf even though they were entertaining and addressed a few items for complete animal novices better than this book.
- T.P.Reviewed in the United States on 31 May 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and Informative Chicken Book
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseExcellent book for beginners and pros to reference back to. I read a few basics books first before I attacked this big book as it seemed very daunting with so much information for such a newbie. I am glad I read the basics books first (A Chicken in Every Yard and Chick Days). After reading those I had a good idea of how to start my own flock and I purchased baby chicks. They are now 4 weeks old and I finished reading Gail's book. I highlighted and marked a lot of pages to return back to as they get older. This book confirmed to me that the first two books were written with correct information and also helped push me out of the "newbie" status. I felt like I knew what I was doing and so far had a very healthy flock of girls.
This books covers so much information: from hatching your own baby chicks from eggs, to raising the chicks, to taking care of egg layers vs. meat birds, diseases and injuries, showing, and finishing with slaughtering. Everything was written in a way that was easily understood without making me feel like I had gotten into something way over my head. This book (as well as the other two) will stay permanently on my bookshelf! Next to read: The Chicken Health Handbook by Gail.