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Chicken DIY
20 Fun-to-Make Projects for Happy and Healthy Chickens- Regular price
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The popularity of egg-laying chickens is on the rise. Sustainable and fun, raising chickens is one of the most interesting and rewarding backyard hobbies you can find. In Chicken DIY, aspiring chicken farmers will find creative plans and easy-to-follow construction tips for making a safe and healthy environment for their fine-feathered friends. Veteran farmers and poultry enthusiasts Samantha and Daniel Johnson provide complete and easy-to-follow instructions for 20 essential projects, from coops and feeders to runs, ramps, roosts, and incubators. Clear step-by-step color photographs guide the reader through each hands-on project.
Inside Chicken DIY
How to prepare and build a safe and healthy environment for your backyard flock
20 hands-on projects for chicken coops, roosts, runs, ramps, feeders, waterers, nest boxes, egg incubators, and more
Clear step-by-step color photographs
Overview of the basic tools and skills needed to complete each project
Complete, thorough, and easy-to-follow instructions
"Why DIY?" section explains the positive benefits and satisfaction of building things yourself
Bonus chapter takes a fascinating look at the history of chicken-keeping and DIY chicken projects through history
Details
Details
Pages | 192 |
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Publish Date | 2018-01-16 |
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Size | 8.0" x 10.88" x 0.44" |
Author | Samantha Johnson |
Reviews
Reviews
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Library Journal
Library Journal Starred Review on MARCH 15, 2018 | Crafts and Diy There's more to raising chickens than just providing a coop, and this well
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Midwest Book Review
Midwest Book Review: Samantha Johnson and her brother, Daniel, have collaborated on a number of rural
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About the Author
Samantha Johnson has collaborated on a number of rural-living guidebooks, including How to Raise Rabbits and Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping. A 4-H alumna who lives on a family farm in northern Wisconsin, Samantha is a certified horse show judge and raises purebred Welsh Mountain ponies and Dutch, Holland Lop, and Netherland Dwarf rabbits
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