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!

<DIV><P><B>When you're ready for the next step,<I> Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basics</I> shows you the realities of raising productive flocks that are happy and healthy.</B><BR /><BR /> A must-have for every backyard chicken keeper, <I>Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basics</I> goes beyond introductory lessons and explores the realities of raising a flock for eggs -- and entertainment, of course! From <B>odd eggs and molting</B>, to feeding and preparing for the seasons, this book<B> covers the subjects beginner books don't adequately address </B>and re-examines common knowledge that may not actually hold true. It's a resource to turn to time and again.</P><P>Author Pam Freeman draws 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: </P><ul><li>How do you add new chickens to your flock?</li><li>What is the pecking order and how can you change or control it?</li><li>Is it better to raise chicks by hand or with a broody hen?</li><li>What do you do when you collect eggs?</li></ul><P>In <I>Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basics</I>, readers will find not just answers, but a book full of <B>"coop truth" </B>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.</P></DIV>