Storey Publishing Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition : Breed Selection, Facilities, Feeding, Health Care, Managing Layers & Meat Birds 622930 – Books and Magazines

Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition : Breed Selection, Facilities, Feeding, Health Care, Managing Layers & Meat Birds

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.

Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of Gail Damerow’s comprehensive handbook is now completely revised and redesigned, making it more accessible and informative than ever. You’ll get the most up-to-date details on shelter, food, health care, eggs, chicks, and meat, and recent research into chicken behavior and communication makes the sections on flock management truly authoritative. New color photos and illustrations provide more specificity and information about chicken breeds, anatomy, and health.

1. A best-selling classic reference now in full color and larger format. The first three editions of Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens have 372,000 copies in print, and this full-color revision and larger trim size will keep it relevant for the next generation of farmers.

2. Updated information and new sections on FDA requirements and medication guidelines, natural health care, and recent insights into chicken behavior and communication.

3. Part of Storey’s Guide to Raising series: 2.2 million copies sold. Farmers, homesteaders, and backyard hobby farmers have come to trust the Storey’s Guide to Raising series for the most in-depth, accessible, and reliable information on breed selection, housing, behavior, breeding and birthing, feeding, health care, and much more.

4. Chickens are the most popular backyard livestock. In 2015, 1.3 million urban, suburban, and rural households across the United States owned chickens, and Poultry Science estimated that backyard flocks would increase more than 400% between 2014 and 2019.