Backyard Chickens Beyond The Basics: Lessons For Expanding Your Flock, Understanding Chicken Behavior, Keeping A Rooster, Adjusting For The Seasons, Staying Healthy, And More!

Backyard Chickens Beyond The Basics: Lessons For Expanding Your Flock, Understanding Chicken Behavior, Keeping A Rooster, Adjusting For The Seasons, Staying Healthy, And More!

When you're ready for the next step,?ackyard Chickens Beyond the Basics?hows you the realities of raising productive?locks that are happy and healthy. A must-have for every backyard chicken keeper, Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basics?oes beyond introductory lessons and explores the realities of raising a?lock for eggs -- and entertainment, of course! From odd eggs and molting, to feeding and preparing for the seasons, this book covers the subjects beginner books don't adequately address and re-examines common knowledge that may not actually hold true. It's a resource to turn to time and again.Author Pam Freeman?raws on her years of experience fielding reader questions to identify and clearly explain many common - and some not-so-common - issues in chicken keeping, including:?ow do you add new chickens to your flock?What is the pecking order and how can you change or control it?Is it better to raise chicks by hand or with a broody hen?What do you do when you collect eggs?In Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basics, readers will find not just answers, but a book full of "coop truth" that helps them continue on their journey. Because as every chicken owner knows: Chickens are individuals and real-life chicken keeping often takes you far from the beaten path.Review"...has info not always found in other chicken primers" - The Cleveland Plain DealerAbout the AuthorPam Freeman is the editor of Backyard Poultry?agazine and Countryside magazine.?fter she received four Silver Laced Wyandotte?hicks from the Easter Bunny, her flock quickly?rew and Pam launched pamsbackyardchickens.com. In the years that followed, she hand-raised?hicks, nursed chicks and chickens back to?ealth, and experienced the entire lifecycle many?imes over. During that time, Pam also joined?he Countryside Network, where she is now an?ditor managing a roster of her fellow chickenkeeping?riters. Pam is a resident ?Ask the?xpert? columnist for Backyard Poultry magazine?nd continues to write regular posts about chicken?eeping and homesteading for Backyard Poultry?nd other publications.