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A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens: Best Breeds, Creating a Home, Care and Handling, Outdoor Fun, Crafts and Treats
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Review Winner: Learningâ Magazine 2016 Teachers’ ChoiceSM Award for the FamilyWinner: 2016 AAAS/Subaru SBF Prize for Excellence in Science Books “This book is a must have for families getting started with their first flock. Full of colorful ideas such as crafts and recipes for your ladies, it also covers the essential how-to's of raising chickens that everyone can learn from.” —Jessi Bloom, author of Free Range Chicken Gardens “This colorful book is bursting with kid’s energy and enthusiasm while delivering all the basics in brief, easily digested segments.” — Backyard Poultry “One of the most well-rounded and eye-catching guides to raising chickens I’ve seen.” — Austin American Statesman “Dogs? Cats? Goldfish? Gerbils? So old school. Caughey explains how to a child's love of animals into a different type of pet experience, one with fresh eggs." — The Morning Call "Fun, fascinating and full of practical tips for keeping chickens, A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens is a must-have for anyone interested in starting a flock to call their own. — HGTV Gardens Product Description Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey’s engaging advice helps children understand the best ways to care for their chickens. Spark enthusiasm with creative activities like chicken forts and a veggie piñata for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza. From the Back Cover Looking for Some Feathered Friends? Whether you have chickens already or are thinking of getting them, this is the book for you! Chickens can be great pets with big personalities and, to top it off, they provide fresh eggs for your table. This book will tell you all you need to know about keeping a flock healthy and happy. You'll learn how to feed, house, and take care of them and, of course, how to have fun with them, too. About the Author Melissa Caughey is the author of Chicken Wisdom Frame-Ups and the best-selling books How to Speak Chicken and A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens. She is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, master gardener, and freelancer who writes the award-winning blog Tilly’s Nest. Caughey has been featured in many national publications and can be found speaking on an array of topics at events across the country. She lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. A Kid's Guide to Keeping ChickensBy Melissa Caughey, Deborah Burns, Lisa H. HileyStorey PublishingCopyright © 2015 Melissa CaugheyAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-61212-418-6ContentsTitle Page, Dedication, Acknowledgments, Adventures in Chicken Keeping, Chapter One: Why Chickens?, Chapter Two: Choosing the Best Chickens, Chapter Three: Finding Your Flock, Chapter Four: From Chick to Chicken: The First Six Weeks, Chapter Five: Making a Home for Your Hens, Chapter Six: Feeding Your Flock, Chapter Seven: The Excitement of Eggs, Chapter Eight: What To Do With a Sick Chick, Chapter Nine: Handling, Training and Playing with Chickens, Chapter Ten: Chickens in the Garden, Chapter Eleven: Chicken Crafts, Chapter Twelve: Cooking with Eggs, Resources, Index, More Storey Books for Chicken Lovers, Copyright, Share Your Experience!, CHAPTER 1Why Chickens?Most folks begin keeping chickens primarily for the eggs. Why wouldn't you want a pet who can deliver breakfast to you every day, no matter what the weather?And with their bright, electric-orange yolks and perky egg whites, fresh eggs can't be beat. Eggs from your own chickens taste better and are healthier for your body. But as people begin to explore the idea of keeping chickens, they find other reasons why chickens are great.For one thing, you don't need much room to have a couple of hens. Chickens take up very little space, and whether you live in a big city, the suburbs, or the lush countryside, a small flock of hens can be tucked away anywhere. A smal
