The Chicken Handbook: A Practical Guide to Keeping Hens and Other Fine-Feathered Friends - Couverture souple

Head, Vivian

 
9781565236868: The Chicken Handbook: A Practical Guide to Keeping Hens and Other Fine-Feathered Friends
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ISBN 10 : 1565236866 ISBN 13 : 9781565236868
Editeur : Fox Chapel Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

The Chicken Handbook covers everything you need to know about the satisfying and rewarding hobby of keeping poultry: from choosing your breed and preparing your chicken house to establishing your flock and reaping the benefits of fresh produce. This indispensable guide offers the advice you need to ensure that your birds stay happy, healthy, and thriving. If you take the plunge you will be able to impress your friends and family with truly organic eggs. All it will take is a few birds and some feed. Research suggests poultry allowed to roam free with access to grass, lay eggs that are higher in Omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin E, while also being lower in cholesterol than any sold in retail stores. These are much healthier for you and are very beneficial to your skin and hair. Once you have sat down to freshly laid eggs for breakfast, you will never again be tempted to reach for that carton on the supermarket shelf. Home-laid eggs are full of flavor because they have not been sitting around for days, or even weeks, waiting for delivery. There is even a difference in the color of the yolks-a healthy orange instead of that washed-out yellow we are used to. Unlike other pets, poultry do not need to be walked, brushed or fed twice a day. Essentially, all the poultry keeper needs to do is gather the eggs daily, fill the birds' food and water containers, and change their bedding about once a month. It couldn't be easier, and this book shows you how.

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À propos de l?auteur

Vivian Head is an ardent cook, gardener and author who lives in a country cottage in East Sussex, in the United Kingdom. When she is not busy writing, she tends her allotment and kitchen herb garden, which is also home to her chickens and four beehives.

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Éditeur
Fox Chapel Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1565236866
ISBN 13 
9781565236868
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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