by Robert Plamondon
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Lost Secrets of the Poultry Masters! In this engaging, practical book, Robert Plamondon describes how to raise baby chicks, using brooder-house techniques that, though now largely forgotten, were once used on millions of American farms. Anyone can raise baby chicks successfully by following these simple, proven methods. Robert Plamondon keeps a flock of 600 free-range hens on his farm in Blodgett, Oregon. His wife Karen Black raises 2,000 pastured broilers a year.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Great resource!, 2008-03-25
This is a very helpful book for doing exactly what it says, raising mail order chicks. It's loaded with information. We found ourselves refering to it through our mail order chick process. It has been a valuable tool in raising our mail order chicks. It's a small soft cover book. But don't be fooled by the size! It covers everything you need to know! At least it does from what I can tell. We are not chicken experts but this has been our first BIG mail order of chicks & this really helped us understand what is happening when you have so many chicks. It's a big change over having just a few chicks! The rules change big time & this teaches you those new rules!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Forgetten ideas are new again, 2008-03-24
We've been keeping chicks/chickens for a few years. I ordered this book when after a few years of things going well things suddenly went south. The well aged small farm wisdom that Robert Plamondon has uncovered made me remember some things I had forgotten. After implementing some of these things are going much better. At this point I have yet to build a hover brooder as described in his book but if his calculations are correct using one should cut our electricity usage in half.
Jason
killenfarm.blogspot.com
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
clear, detailed advice for farms-- not ideal for those who want to raise 3 to 5 backyard hens, 2008-02-23
This book tries to explain as clearly and simply as possible how to raise chicks. It covers several different kinds of set-ups, both modern and old-fashioned methods.
I wished this book had a section on raising just a handful of hens. But I think it still has many valuable insights which can be applied to raising just two, three, or a few more chicks.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 My initial opinion, 2008-01-07
I have skimmed through this book cover to cover and given it a cursory reading. My first impression is that this book has a lot of good information. Two negatives: 1. This little book seems a little too pricey - $15+ for such a small volume - but again, the information it contains does appear good.
2. The author apparently buys his chicks from a hatchery and doesn't cover anything about how to hatch out chicks whether from broody hens or incubators. This was very disappointing to me since, in my opinion, "success with chicks" shouldn't be solely dependent on mail-order chicks. It wasn't too long ago that shipping day old chicks across country was unheard of.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Success with Baby Chicks, 2007-05-13
Covers all the basics. I especially liked the day by day instructions.
Well done.
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