Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd Edition
by Gail Damerow
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Author: Gail DamerowEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-01-20
ISBN: 1603424695
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
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- ISBN13: 9781603424691
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd Edition
Book Review: Encyclopedia of Chicken Keeping
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book cover to cover when it came in. It is fascinating the new things it has to teach you. Did you know that chickens can be artificially inseminated? Did you also know that you can inject food coloring into a developing egg to dye chicks before they hatch!? The stuff you learn in this book is very cool. The only downside is that some of the information is wrong, not quite right, or just lacking, and if you're new to chicken keeping, it may or may not have serious consequences. For example, on page 5, Ms. Damerow indentifies various feather types for the reader, but the labels are wrong. This is easily cleared up by an internet search. Another example, with more perilous consequences however, is on page 290. Here Ms. Damerow writes that most incubators require a relative humidity of 60% during incubation, and 70% during hatch. But most people will tell you that this is too high, and should be more like 45-50% during incubation and 70% during hatch. Finally, I also wish she would've addressed the topic of feeding poultry or raw egg to poultry. At one point in the book, she recommends feeding dry cat food to moulting chickens to increase their protein intake and help with feather production, but she fails to acknowledge that most cat food is made from chicken. Therefore, I highly recommend getting a second, supplemental book to go with this one. But overall, this is a very comprehensive book.
Summary of Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd Edition
Storey?s Guide to Raising Chickens includes all the information farmers need ? from choosing breeds and hatching chicks to building coops and keeping the birds healthy and safe from predators ? to keep chickens or run an egg business.The 3rd edition, now with 188,000 copies in print contains new and expanded features:
? ?Fowl Disposition? ? new chapter on training chickens and understanding their intelligence
? Expanded coverage of hobby farming
? Disease section now includes information on avian influenza and fowl first aid
Storey's Guide to Raising Series is the essential animal husbandry information from the trusted source. With a combined total of 1.7 million copies in print.
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"I didn't know how much I didn't know until I bought this book." - Keith, Bakersfield, CA
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