INTRODUCTION:
- Why Keep Chickens?
- Keeping chickens as pets or as a hobby
- Keeping chickens to save money
- Concern over poultry welfare standards
- The quality of our food
- How to use this book
CHAPTER 1 - TYPES OF CHICKENS
- All About Chickens
- When does an egg become a chick?
- Is there a difference between the chickens who produce eggs and those we eat?
- Can chickens fly?
- Can chickens really live without a head?
- Types Of Chickens
- Standard or Bantam?
- Pure Breed or Hybrid?
- The Most Popular Chicken Breeds
- Pure Breeds
- Barnevelder
- Buff Orpington
- Light Sussex
- Rhode Island Red
- Welsummer
- Wheaten Maran
- Hybrid Breeds
- Black Rock
- Rhode Island Red Hybrid Varieties
- Speckledy Hen
- White Star
- Bantams
- Japanese bantam
- Maran bantam
- Pekin bantam
CHAPTER 2 -PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTING YOUR CHICKEN PEN
- Planning Ahead
- Important Questions
- Am I allowed to keep chickens in my garden?
- How much room will I need?
- How much will it cost?
- How much time will it take?
- Do chickens smell? And do they attract rats?
- Do chickens make a lot of noise?
- How long will my chickens live?
- What else should you consider?
- Do you like chickens?
- Do you like eggs?
- Are the rest of your family on-side?
- Do you have lots of free time?
- The Very Spot - Finding A Good Location
- How many chickens to keep?
- Preparing Your Garden
- Grass
- Bare earth
- Shrubs
- Building Your Pen And Run
- Chicken Houses
- The Chicken Run
- Do It Yourself
- The Ark
- The Coop
- DIY Project
- Supplies You'll Need
- Food and Water
- Grit
- Wood Shavings and Straw
- Worming Treatment
- Incubator
- Egg Boxes
- Chickens!
CHAPTER 3 - CHOOSING YOUR CHICKENS
- What To Consider When Choosing Your Chickens
- Popular Chicken Breeds
- Choosing The Right Chicken
- The Right Age For Laying
- Where To Buy Your Chickens
- What To Look For When Buying A Chicken
- Chickens On The Cheap
- Older Chickens
- Discount Groups
- Auctions
- Bringing Your Chickens Home
- The Journey Home
- When You Arrive Home
- Introducing Chickens To Pets
- Clipping Wings
- Handling A Chicken
- Step One
- Step Two
- Catching A Chicken
CHAPTER 4 - MAINTAINING YOUR CHICKENS
- The Daily Routine
- Broody Hens
- Seasonal Variations
- The Quality Of Your Chickens' Eggs
- The Best Diet Tips For Quality Eggs
CHAPTER 5 - CHICKEN HEALTH
- Good Practice
- Misconceptions
- More chickens equals more eggs!
- A cockerel increases egg production!
- More food leads to more eggs!
- Chicken Behaviour
- Pecking Order
- Broodiness
- Moulting
- Common Illnesses: Symptoms and Solutions
- The Common Cold
- Crop Congestion
- Cramp
- Egg Binding
- Lice
- Liver Disease
- Prolapse
- Red Mites
- Scaly Leg Mites
- Worms
CHAPTER 6 - PEN MAINTENANCE
- Health and Safety
- Cleaning the Pen
- Weekly tasks
- Quarterly Tasks
- Refreshing and Renewing The Run
- Avoiding Infestations
- Essential Maintenance
- Wooden Pens
- Igloo-style Pens
- Fencing and Runs
- Locks and Gates
CHAPTER 7 - COMMON MISTAKES & PROBLEMS TO AVOID
- Egg Eating
- Feather Eating
- Loss of Appetite
- Beginners' Mistakes
- Buying too many chickens
- Overcrowding
- Buying a cockerel instead of a hen
- Buying a duck instead of a chicken
- Not having enough time to care for the chickens
- Not taking proper care of the chickens
- Getting on the wrong side of the neighbours
- Noise
- Smells
- Stray Chickens
- Choosing a breed for its looks alone
- Support
- Websites devoted to keeping chickens
CHAPTER 8 - MAKING MONEY FROM YOUR CHICKENS
- Breeding Chickens
- Equipment You Will Need
- Introducing a Cockerel
- Loaning a Cockerel
- The Broody Hen
- The Incubation Period
- The Arrival of the Chicks
- Hatching
- Survival
- Predators
- Returning to the flock
- Finding Homes for Your Chicks
- Accommodation
- Selling the chicks
- Breeding without a Cockerel
- Fertilised eggs
- Breeding without a Broody Hen
- The Brooder
- DIY brooder
- Feeding
- Heating
- Rearing the Chicks
- Selling To Local Businesses
- All about Eggs
- Selling Your Eggs
- Surplus eggs
- Self-sustaining
- How to Approach Selling
- Selling chicks or chickens
- Price and packaging
- Expanding Your Hobby Into A Business
- Space
- Financing
- Important questions
This Comprehensive Guide Will.......
1)... Show you exactly how to start keeping chickens from scratch providing details of the best equipment you can get for your money on the market today.
2)... Provide you with years of expert advice to answer almost ALL of your questions and problems.
3)... Provide pictures and diagrams to help you visualize the tasks that are taking place.
4)... Provide you with a new hobby, which you can put as much time into as you like and still enjoy the rewards.
5)... Show you how to provide you with quality eggs to keep for yourself or sell on to others and make a profit
Did you know that keeping chickens is now one of the fastest growing hobbies in the United Kingdom?
You Will Also Discover Answers to Your FAQ's...
Answers to questions like:
- Why should you keep chickens?
- Should you buy chicks or grown birds?
- Which breed is the easiest to keep? - How much space do they need?
- Which are the best egg layers?
- How often do they lay?
- What are the common Health Problems
- How to deal with illness and disease
- Should you be worried about Avian Flu?
- Build or buy a chicken house?
- Where to buy a chicken house
- How big a run do they need?
- What about security from predators?
- Should I get a cockerel?
- How much space do they need ?
- How much does it cost to get started ?
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