Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide

by Rick Luttmann, Gail Luttmann

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Your backyard can be the source of the best eggs and meat you've ever tasted. The answer is chickens--endearing birds that require but a modest outlay of time, space and food.

As they learned to raise chickens, Gail and Rick Luttmann came to realize the need for a comprehensive but clear and nontechnical guide. Their book covers all the basics in a light and entertaining sytle, from housing and feeding through incubating, bringing up chicks, butchering, and raising chickens for show.

Througout the book, the Luttmanns express their wonder at the personalities of chickens--the role of brash protector played by roosters, and the instinctive motherliness of the hens. Given some freedom and attention, these birds can become much more than the egg-and-meat machines of commercial hatcheries and broiler factories. Chickens provide backyard farmers with enjoyable pastime, as well as a supply of good food.

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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Chickens in Your Backyard, 2008-11-25
This was a really good book. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to know how to raise a small flock for fun or profit. The book helped us enormously! The seller shipped it promptly and securely. I recommond not only this book but also buying from this seller.

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4 out of 5 stars

Quick Read of Book, 2008-10-13
Chickens in your backyard is a good over all starter book. It would have been a little better if it specified dimensions for coup and nesting areas.

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4 out of 5 stars

easy read and informative, 2008-09-17
good book for beginner and explains things in an entertaining way. Definitely an easy read while on bus/train

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5 out of 5 stars

"Chickens in your Backyard", 2008-01-01
Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide
This summer I decided to adopt a few chickens to keep for eggs. A city girl in reality but a farm girl in my heart, this brought a few challenges. What to do and where to buy. I found where to buy but now what to do? I purchased Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide. It arrived in a timely manner and I began to read. Well it worked. I now have a small flock of 6 beauties, no eggs yet but this book told me why. When I have any problems, all small, I refer to this book for the answers.
I am patiently waiting my first fresh eggs, and with the help of this book they will be fresh and delicious.

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4 out of 5 stars

practical, 2007-09-21
Good, practical information on a number of subjects related to raising chickens and problems one might encounter.

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