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The chicken chick's guide to backyard chickens : simple steps for healthy, happy hens / by Kathy Shea Mormino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mormino, Kathy Shea, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chickens.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 pages) : color illustrations, photographs
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Voyageur Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Kathy Shea Mormino, aka The Chicken Chick, shares her wealth of experience as a chicken keeper in a fun and abundantly illustrated format in The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens.
- Contents:
- First things first: why keep chickens?
- Housing essentials: creating a healthy, comfortable home
- Predators and pests: managing the risks
- Choosing your chickens: select wisely
- Caring for chicks: baby basics
- Food and water: diet matters
- Health basics, part 1: wellness
- Health basics, part 2: treating injured and sick chickens
- Seasonal considerations: predictable challenges throughout the year
- Behavior: chicken psychology 101
- Eggs: not as simple as we thought
- Landscape gardening with chickens: secrets to a beautiful chicken yard.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7603-5979-2
- OCLC:
- 1503844582
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