Shana R. (LynniePennie) reviewed The Joy of Keeping Chickens: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun or Profit on + 169 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
What a gorgeous book! Obviously, the author loves chickens and knows a lot about them. This book has a ton of full color photo's on thick semi-glossy paperstock. It will survive repeated reading and referencing. Of all the numerous chicken books I have this one is one of my very favorites.
This book covers the basics of chicken keeping, getting started, housing, feeding, keeping chickens for eggs, keeping chickens for meat, using the eggs, showing chickens and it touches very briefly on a few of the most common chicken ailments and diseases. My favorite chapter was on housing. It was very thorough. It also had lots of information on the behavior & habits of the top predators of chickens and how to protect against attacks.
I'd recommend adding this to your chicken book collection!
This book covers the basics of chicken keeping, getting started, housing, feeding, keeping chickens for eggs, keeping chickens for meat, using the eggs, showing chickens and it touches very briefly on a few of the most common chicken ailments and diseases. My favorite chapter was on housing. It was very thorough. It also had lots of information on the behavior & habits of the top predators of chickens and how to protect against attacks.
I'd recommend adding this to your chicken book collection!
