Download or read book Keeping Chickens 9th Edition: Practical Advice for Beginners written by Beate Peitz and published by 5m Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a practical and easy to follow guide, this is an ideal book for people beginning with keeping chickens, covering the basics of poultry husbandry. The authors are experienced smallholders and share their advice with the aim of keeping healthy, happy chickens. The physical and behavioural attributes of domestic chickens are discussed in detail, advice on laying hens, breeding and raising chicks, housing, feeding, nutrition and health maintenance are covered, along with egg production, slaughter, collecting eggs and poultry meat products, and egg based recipes. Keeping Chickens is highly illustrated and adapted from the bestselling German book in its 9th edition. 5m Books