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Let the Chicken Whisperer (poultry personality Andy Schneider) teach you everything he knows—and everything you need to know—about raising a backyard flock in this newly revised and expanded edition of The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens!

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 POWER TO THE POULTRY: THE GROWING URBAN CHICKEN MOVEMENT
  2. Chapter 2 HENOLOGY: KNOW THY HEN FOR SHE IS GREAT
  3. Chapter 3 BACKYARD OUTLAWS: ARE CHICKENS ALLOWED WHERE YOU LIVE? WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF THEY AREN’T?
  4. Chapter 4 PREP WORK: GETTING YOUR HOME AND YARD READY
  5. Chapter 5 INCUBATION: SO YOU’RE EGG-SPECTING?
  6. Chapter 6 THE ART OF BROODING: PREPARING THE NURSERY FOR YOUR NEW ARRIVALS
  7. Chapter 7 HOME SWEET HOME: COOPS AND RUNS
  8. Chapter 8 SAFE AND SOUND: PROTECTING YOUR FLOCK FROM PREDATORS
  9. Chapter 9 NUTRITION: COMMON MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
  10. Chapter 10 ILLNESS AND AILMENTS: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
  11. Appendix I EGG ARTISTRY: WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THOSE EGGS (BESIDES EAT THEM)
  12. Appendix II
  13. BIOSECURITY
  14. RESOURCES
  15. INDEX
  16. PHOTOGRAPHER CREDITS
  17. ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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