THE CHICKEN WHISPERER' GUIDE TO KEEPING CHICKENS

Everything you need to know .... and didn't know you needed to know about backyard and urban chickens

by ANDY SCHNEIDER

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New softcover book, 176 pages, published 2011. Measures 23 x 21 cm.

Are you looking for a great way to reconnect with the earth, the community, and your food sources? Keeping backyard chickens is a fun, simple way to start making this happen, even with limited space in your backyard. Let the Chicken Whisperer - poultry personality Andy Schneider - teach you everything he knows, and everything you need to know, about raising a backyard flock! Ditch the super-technical manuals and enjoy Andy's unique, common-sense perspective in The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens. This fun, comprehensive guide is a perfect fit for your busy lifestyle.

Inside, you'll learn:

• All about the growing urban chicken movement
• Which season you can expect more eggs from your chickens
• How to select chickens with the appearance and demeanor you desire, which can also thrive in your climate
• Practical advice for getting your home, yard and other pets ready
• Where to best place in your house is to set up an incubation and brooding area and what equipment you'll need
• Which style of coop to use, where to put it, and simple advice for cleaning and maintaining it
• How to protect your flock from predators
• What you'll need for your chickens' well-balanced diet
• Tips for preventing and treating common illnesses and ailments
• And much more!

About the author

Andy Schneider, better known as the Chicken Whisperer, has become the go-to guy for anything chickens. Over the years, he has helped a countless number of people start their very own backyard flocks. He is not only a well-known radio personality, as host of the Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer radio show, but also a contributor for Mother Earth News, Grit Magazine, and Farmers' Almanac. He is the national spokesperson for the USDA-APHIS Bio-Security for Birds Program. He is the Founder/Organizer of the Atlanta Backyard Poultry Meetup Group and many other Meetup Groups around the United States. He has been featured on CNN, HLN, Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, The Economist, USA Today, New Life Journal, and other local and national publications. Andy has also been traveling around the U.S. on the Chicken Whisperer Tour, educating people about the many benefits of keeping a small backyard flock of chickens. Andy and his wife Jen keep 35 chickens on their property just north of Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens by Andy Schneider