Описание: Chickens have become the mascot of the local food movement. A desire for sustainable, clean, wholesome food and superior soil quality has led more and more suburban and city dwellers to keep laying hens in their backyards and gardens. Learn how you can: - Be close to your food source with a continuous supply of fresh, heart-healthy eggs to feed yourself and others. - Take the best care of your chickens and find out where to buy them. - Learn how to be a chicken whisperer. - Improve your garden soil for super yields, superior flavor, and optimal nutrition. - Recycle food, grass clippings and yard waste, make compost and help reduce trash going to landfills, saving millions of municipal taxpayer dollars. - Help save millions of municipal tax payer dollars by diverting food and yard waste from landfills; instead create compost - with the help of your flock. - Raise baby chicks with items you already have. - Avoid getting roosters and why you don't want them. - Learn how to be a Poultry Primary Health Care Practitioner. - Make and use effective and inexpensive treatments for your flock as described in the Poultry's Pharmacy. Learn how others: - Have built urban chicken tractors, hen huts, condos and chicken chateaus to blend in with neighborhood landscape and architecture. - Join in urban eco-agro-tourism with annual coop & garden home tours for fund raising. - Start or join local poultry clubs. - Keep small flocks to help preserve endangered breeds of chickens. - Draft and pass local laws allowing laying hens within their town's limits. By the co-author of Chicken Tractor, Backyard Market Gardening and Day Range Poultry. City Chicks is a remarkable trend-setting book for poultry lovers and urban agriculturists. The imaginative and entertaining style of writing is combined with hands-on, real-life experience to bring you one of the most complete and authorative books on micro-flock management.
Описание: The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition is your complete honey bee resource, loaded with updated information on bee problems and treatments, measuring techniques, swarm control, harvesting, and using top bar hives.
Автор: Furnival Jane Название: Keeping Hens: A Chatty Guide to Chickens ISBN: 1916114857 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781916114852 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1911.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Keeping hens is easy. This friendly, chatty book gives you all the everyday information you need to keep your hens happy and safe. It covers all the questions you might have: How many hens to keep? What to feed them? What about a cockerel? Will they get on with the dog or destroy the vegetable patch?
Jane Furnival shares her decade of experience with a back garden flock, which over the years included battery rescue hens and cockerels. As you'd expect from the Queen of Thrift, Jane's top tips include no-nonsense money-saving ideas and practical suggestions. This chatty guide also includes instructions on how to build a hen house by Jane's husband Andy.
Jane's hilarious and heartwarming stories of life with Winchester the cockerel and his hen-pecked retinue will entertain animal lovers and inspire anyone who is thinking about keeping chickens.
About the Author
Jane Furnival was the author of cult bestseller Mr Thrifty's How to Save Money on Absolutely Everything, and became TV's Queen of Thrift as presenter of the BBC1 series Smart Spenders, and a regular on GMTV.
"Keeping Chickens For Beginners - Keeping Backyard Chickens From Coops to Feeding to Care and More" is for anyone wanting to keep their own chickens, whether for eggs, meat or exhibiting.
Keeping chickens can seem very overwhelming at first and this book provides a clear step-by-step guide walking you through everything from selecting the right breed for your needs to looking after your chickens to breeding them. Everything you need to know to successful keep chickens and enjoy fresh eggs or meat is in this detailed book. Whether you have bought chickens already or are considering it, you will learn exactly what you need to do as well as the correct equipment for keeping healthy chickens.
In "Keeping Chickens For Beginners - Keeping Backyard Chickens From Coops to Feeding to Care and More" you will discover:
Choosing a Coop - get the right coop and run, the major expenses in chicken keeping, to ensure your chickens are healthy and protected
Choosing a Breed - learn exactly what to look for in a breed as well as the pros and cons of various breeds, including the best egg layers and meat chickens
Feeding and Watering - discover the best foods for your chickens and what you should never feed them as well as their water requirements
Caring for Chickens - it's a big commitment, so learn everything you need to know to care for your hens from routine jobs to protecting them to seasonal precautions and more
Cleaning the Coop - a vital job that has to be done properly so you will learn the best way to clean the coop to kill pests and prevent infection
Pests, Disease and Predators - find out the risks to your chickens and exactly what you can do to minimize these dangers
Raising Chickens for Meat - not for everyone, but you will find out exactly how to raise a chicken for the table, including killing, plucking and butchering the bird
Breeding Chickens - how to successfully breed chickens to add to your flock, to sell or for the table
Hatching Eggs - everything you need to know to select eggs to hatch and incubate them successfully
Caring for Baby Chicks - learn how to take care of baby chicks, what they need and when to move them outside
Holidaying - find out how to go away on holiday and ensure your chickens are well cared for whilst you are away
Exhibiting Chickens - discover the best breeds to exhibit and exactly what is required for a show winning chicken
Making Money With Chickens - some tips on generating an income from your chickens
Keeping chickens is incredibly rewarding and once you have had fresh eggs you won't ever want to return to bland, tasteless supermarket eggs. Although there is an initial outlay, chickens are relatively low maintenance and do not tend to cost much once they are settled. You can be enjoying fresh eggs and even meat from your chickens.
Enjoy your adventure into chicken keeping, it is good fun and something anyone can do, even with a small backyard. Discover today how this book will teach you everything you need to know to successfully keep chickens at home and enjoy the benefits of these backyard birds.
Описание: First Time Chicken Keeping provides simple, accessible step-by-step instruction for absolute beginning chicken keepers who might not have prior experience and/or feel overwhelmed by a more comprehensive overview.
What set this book apart from many of other coloring books is that authentic vintage images have been used.
RELAX AND RELIVE YOUR STRESS WHILE COLORING BEAUTIFUL ROOSTERS AND HENS FOR FARM LOVING FUN.
Big size 8.5" x 11"
Coloring is great for relaxation
Single sided pages
suitable for all skill levels
Designed for adults but perfect for teens as well
All sketches in this book is inspired by authentic vintage images from the previous century
A great gift idea for any occasion or holiday
Adult coloring books animals; Farm animals coloring book for adults; Vintage coloring book; Distressing coloring book; Coloring book for adults relaxation; Coloring book for grown-ups; Grown up coloring books; Chickens, Roosters and Hens coloring book for adults
ООО "Логосфера " Тел:+7(495) 980-12-10 www.logobook.ru
