Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide
by Rick Luttmann, Gail Luttmann
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Author: Gail Luttmann, Rick LuttmannEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1976-09-15
ISBN: 0878571256
Number of pages: 157
Publisher: Rodale Books
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Book Review: WELL WRITTEN, INFORMATIVE AND HUMOROUS
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent book and very easy to understand all the author's concepts. She doesn't talk over your head, uses her own experiences with chickens as examples, and manages to inject humor whenever possible. She covers everything the beginner needs to know and then some.
From my perspective as a beginner, with only vague memories of raising chickens as a five year old child, and as a "thought-I-knew-what-was-required" adult, this book was an eye opener. Owning chickens requires very much the same responsibilities as owning cats or dogs or any other animal. I've decided to go ahead with my chicken raising project as a result of Luttmann's book, but if you, like some, aren't sure whether you really want to deal with the various responsibilities, THIS is definitely the book YOU SHOULD READ!
The book is never dull, dry or boring - far from being 'clinical', and yet extremely informative. Excellent index and appendix, full of useful contact info for further reading. This is the instruction book which all other such books should be styled after!
Very well worth the price of the book!
Teri Kennedy, (Liberty Forge) Payson, AZ
Summary of Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide
Your backyard can be the source of the best eggs and meat you've ever tasted. The answer is chickens--endearing birds that require but a modest outlay of time, space and food.As they learned to raise chickens, Gail and Rick Luttmann came to realize the need for a comprehensive but clear and nontechnical guide. Their book covers all the basics in a light and entertaining sytle, from housing and feeding through incubating, bringing up chicks, butchering, and raising chickens for show.
Througout the book, the Luttmanns express their wonder at the personalities of chickens--the role of brash protector played by roosters, and the instinctive motherliness of the hens. Given some freedom and attention, these birds can become much more than the egg-and-meat machines of commercial hatcheries and broiler factories. Chickens provide backyard farmers with enjoyable pastime, as well as a supply of good food.
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