The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens covers all aspects of keeping pet chickens in a beautifully illustrated, no-nonsense format. Kathy addresses everything needed to keep chickens simply, including coops, chick care, breed selection, chicken health, and beyond! 

Raising chickens in your yard or farm will bring you a bounty of freshness and life. You’ll find yourself with more eggs than you know what to do with - as well as some wonderful new friends to help keep you entertained. Did you know that, according to the US Department of Agriculture, over 13 million Americans are raising their own backyard chickens?

Thinking about raising chickens? You've come to the right place! This new edition of Raising Chickens for Dummies provides the most up-to-date, thorough information on the many aspects of keeping chickens in your backyard. You'll hear hands-on, easy-to-follow instructions on choosing and purchasing chickens, constructing housing for your birds, feeding your chickens for optimal health, combating laying issues, controlling pests and predators, optimizing egg production, and much more.

Discover the complete guide for making the best chicken coop in your backyard with lots of happy and healthy chickens! In today's world, it's becoming harder and harder to find food raised and cultivated to be healthy and tasty. How to solve that problem? By growing and nurturing food in your backyard, of course. This beginner's guide to raising healthy, happy backyard chickens is perfect for you. If you follow these step-by-step instructions, you will have a chicken coop full of happy and healthy chickens that will provide you fresh, organic eggs and meat every day. 

Whether it’s for their succulent meat, nutrient-dense manure, or rich eggs, raising turkeys have proven to be both a profitable and practical venture for farmers and homeowners alike. Master the basics of raising turkeys for home consumption or farm use with Raising Turkeys: Beginners Guide to Raising Healthy and Happy Turkeys, by experienced livestock expert Irene Mills!

How to raise chickens like a pro - even if you have zero experience with animals! Have you been toying with the idea of becoming more self-sustainable? Are you exploring the option of raising chickens? Do you have absolutely no idea where to start?Written with a complete beginner in mind, this easy-to-understand guide will give you the confidence you need to expertly navigate this amazing and unimaginably rewarding world.

This practical guide gives you easy-to-follow and customizable plans for building the backyard chicken coop that works best for you. You'll get the basic construction know-how and key information you need to design and build a coop tailored to your flock, whether you live in a small city loft, a suburban backyard, or a small rural farm.  

Raising chickens in your backyard introduces you to a new lifestyle - a sustainable way of living without having to rely on commercial produce. It is also a wholesome family activity. So if you want a hassle-free way to raise chickens in your backyard, then you should listen to this audiobook!

Discover the easiest way to learn everything you need to know about raising healthy and happy pigs! Do you have this brilliant idea of building a small pig farm, but you are not sure how to execute it? Would you like to learn everything you need to avoid common mistakes and raise happy and healthy pigs? Whether you have set your mind on becoming more self-reliant, a homesteader, or want to raise pigs just for the fun of it - this guide will show you the easiest way to do that.

If you’re ready to transform your yard into the self-sustainable oasis of your dreams, then start listening right now....

A complete primer for fresh and experienced planters alike, this book contains everything you need to know to start a happy and healthy raised-bed garden. Learn to build your bed, select the right plants, and so much more. Simple guides will have even the greenest gardeners serving up freshly picked vegetables in no time.  

Easy beekeeping for new-bees. Wouldn’t it be great to raise your own bees, have a fresh supply of honey, and bring thousands of healthy pollinators into your yard? Beekeeping for Beginners is a simple, step-by-step guide that helps you learn the fundamentals of modern beekeeping. You (and your bees) will be buzzing with delight. From picking the right hive and bringing your bees home to surviving winter and collecting honey, experienced beekeeper Amber Bradshaw takes you on an easy-to-follow journey through your first year of beekeeping and beyond.

Do something good for your family by learning how to plant a garden that will yield healthy, wholesome food throughout the year. Melissa K. Norris, fifth-generation homesteader and host of the popular Pioneering Today podcast, will walk you through each step of the process, from planning your food crops and garden space to harvesting and preserving the food you grow. Even intermediate to experienced gardeners will discover dozens of new ideas. 

This book will guide you through all the phases of a duck’s life and how you can actively participate in the nurturing and development of these gentle animals. Prepare your own backyard and live with fuzzy, gentle domestic ducks. Cuddling, snuggling, and positive emotions guaranteed! 

Have you ever desired, deep within your soul, to make a comfortable full-time living from a farming enterprise? Too often people dare not even vocalize this desire because it seems absurd. It's like thinking the unthinkable. After all, the farm population is dwindling. It takes too much capital to start. The pay is too low. The working conditions are dusty, smelly and noisy: Not the place to raise a family. This is all true, and more, for most farmers.