Do you want to keep chickens but don't have much land? In this comprehensive and entertaining handbook, Barbara Kilarski shows you how you can successfully keep chickens in small urban and suburban spaces. She tells you which breeds are happiest in small spaces, shows you how to feed and care for your birds, lists the equipment you'll need, discussescoop design, explains how to gather eggs, and much more.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 From City Chick to Urban Chickens
2 Why Keep Chickens?
Chicken Care Is Easy
Fresh Eggs
Pest Control
Top-Notch Fertilizer
Chickens in the Garden
Art, Pets & Entertainment
Pondering Urban Flocks
3 Chicken Basics
Chicken History
Definitions
Chicken FAQs
4 Chickens and the Law
Courtesy First: Talk to Your Neighbors
Chicken Codes
5 Building a Coop
What's in a Coop?
How Big?
To Roof or Not to Roof?
Building in Cold or Hot Climates
The Right Coop in the Right Place
Breaking Ground
Building a Coop for the Girls
Rats!
6 How to Pick a Chick
Research
Classifying Chickens
Three Makes Company
Climatic Considerations
Good Breeds for a Backyard Flock
Where to Get Chicks
How to Pick Chicks
7 Chicken Care
The Care of Little 'Uns
Sick Chicks
Feeders and Waterers
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!
Coop Care
Extreme Weather Care
Health & Fitness
Molting
8 Eggcellent Eats
Epilogue: A Day in the Life of an Urban Chicken Keeper
Photo Gallery: A Chicken Extravaganza
Appendix: Summary of Selected City Municipal Codes
Recommended Reading
Chicks & Chicken Supplies
Chicken Information & Organizations
Index
Anonymous
Posted February 4, 2005
I absoloutley loved this book. It has everything you ever need to know about chickens, I would know. I am a poultry-fancier, and this book is one of the first I read. It is fantastic, has everything you need!
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Posted August 24, 2004
about a year ago, I had brought home a chick from a feed store and I wanted to know how to care for it, i was just in luck, i had been stashing a barnes and noble gift card in my purse, so i went online and ordered 2 chicken books,keep chickens! and chickens in your backyard, the books were awesome, and i had no trouble raising my baby chick into the hen she is today.
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Overview
Do you want to keep chickens but don't have much land? In this comprehensive and entertaining handbook, Barbara Kilarski shows you how you can successfully keep chickens in small urban and suburban spaces. She tells you which breeds are happiest in small spaces, shows you how to feed and care for your birds, lists the equipment you'll need, discussescoop design, explains how to gather eggs, and much more.