HOW TO RAISE AND CARE FOR CHICKENS - FOR BETTER RESULTS!

What You Need To Know About Raising Chickens
Raising your own chickens, whether raising chickens for eggs or for the meat,  is something that more and more people are getting involved in, and with good reason. Food straight from the source, whether that be vegetables or eggs, is always preferable to anything that has been lying on a supermarket shelf for who knows how long.
Keeping chickens healthy and productive is the aim of this information book, and through my own and others experiences in keeping poultry of many kinds, I hope the information contained here will be invaluable to your own chicken keeping ambitions.
What you will find in this publication:

• Information on some of the best chickens to keep for a bumper egg harvest.

• How to build a coop that is vermin free, and all about vermin and predator control.

• How to spot signs of ill health in your chickens and how to keep them healthy and productive.

• How to keep chickens over the winter so you they will still lay eggs - no matter how harsh the conditions.

• General feeding and care of your poultry.

From the Author

I grew up on a small holding in Scotland, where I have had first-hand experience in rearing chickens, and just how great they can be for recycling food scraps - in particular bacon rind which they absolutely love!
Collecting fresh eggs in the morning was always a pleasure for me, as was the customary search around the yard, under farm machinery etc, to find the 'hidden stash' of eggs that would be hidden away.
Chickens are a great way to introduce the kids to the whole idea of self sustainability, and growing as well as rearing your own fresh food. Rearing animals of any kind in my opinion, is a good way to teach kids all about the sustainable food cycle - and how eggs do not just grow magically on a supermarket shelf :)
I also learned a valuable lesson from my father, when he told me one simple rule of thumb - chickens will not lay if they are not happy - period. Keep the chickens happy, and they will deliver the goods on a regular basis. By following my own experiences in this book, I hope that you will be encouraged to rear happy chickens!