Ordering Baby Chicks and Supplies

Regarding Chickens, DVD Video Guide, Incubation, Hatching, Brooding & Caring for Chickens of All Breeds. Chicken Video

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Incubation, Hatching, Brooding & Caring for Chickens of All Breeds

Beginner's Guide to Raising and Showing Chickens

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With 12 separate chapters, this DVD is an essential tool for a first-time chicken keeper who needs to learn all the basics of keeping a healthy flock. As the only DVD available that explains and shows organic methods and natural remedies, this disc stresses animal husbandry through cleanliness and common sense, DVD chapters offer a visual simple instruction for brooder preparation, unpacking mail-order chicks, treating chick health problems, moving birds into a hen yard, hen house options, flock management, how to spot common diseases and parasites and basic butchering methods. There are also detailed, step-by-step demonstrations of grooming chickens for showing. This updated DVD is the only video available that shows both organic and conventional treatments for every common chicken health concern.

Choosing and Keeping Chickens

by: Chris Graham

Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 12/05/2009)

Choosing and Keeping Chickens provides detailed information about the most prevalent types of chickens. Learn all about their appearance, key traits, general temperament, health concerns, and estimated life span. This book also describes characteristics of the eggs laid by each type of chicken as well as birds that best mix with each breed, so you can make better choices in setting up your coops. Seasonal guides detail the changing needs of chickens over the course of a year and reveal what every chicken keeper should look for as well as how to best arrange chicken housing during various climates.

Whether you seek help with your chicken keeping, or just want to know more about chickens, Choosing and Keeping Chickens can help you become more knowledgeable about this fascinating bird.

From the Back Cover
Chickens make great pets. They are cheap to buy, easy to keep, and will provide you with a constant supply of fresh eggs. These feathered friends will soon endear themselves to you with their entertaining ways, providing fun for the entire family.

With information on more than 50 of the most popular breeds, Choosing and Keeping Chickens will not only help you to find the chickens that are right for you, but will also teach you how to properly care for them.

From housing to feeding, health care to breeding, all the information you'll need is covered in expert detail.

Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide

by: Rick Luttmann, Gail Luttmann

Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/05/2009)

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.

Keeping Chickens: The Essential Guide

by: Jeremy Hobson, Celia Lewis

Amazon Price: $13.59 (as of 12/05/2009)

*Appeals to the growing number of people interested in a healthier, more organic lifestyle

Colorful, lively characters, chickens have become the hottest new garden accessory. This book shows enthusiasts exactly how to care for these endearing pets. The book covers everything from choosing the right breed to feeding and housing. In addition, there are fun sections on egg recipes, feather-and-egg craft projects and even a look at how chickens interact with children and other pets. From buying their first chicken to cooking with truly fresh eggs, readers will find advice and counsel for every step along the way!

Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit (Hobby Farms)

by: Sue Weaver

Amazon Price: $10.76 (as of 12/05/2009)

Helps hobby farmers to become more knowledgeable about their poultry and to better appreciate the bountiful gifts they bestow.

Your Chickens

by: Gail Damerow

Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/05/2009)

Our friendly and encouraging children's animal reference series features information on selection, housing, behavior, feeding, health, and showing in mature yet easy-to-understand language, for ages 9 and up.

Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities

by: Gail Damerow

Amazon Price: $12.32 (as of 12/05/2009)

-- Choosing the right breed

-- Caring for chicks

--Feeding the growing flock

-- Building feeders and shelters

-- Collecting and storing eggs

-- Preventing health problems

-- Raising broilers for meat

-- Showing your chickens

Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds

by: Carol Ekarius

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/05/2009)

Beautiful photographs illustrate each breed. An extensive glossary, a list of resources (including breed clubs, other organizations, and hatcheries), and a bibliography complete a nice all-in-one introduction.

Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock

by: Jay Rossier

Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 12/05/2009)

In this charming book, the authors provide a nice overview of the basics of poultry keeping for those new to the hobby. Breaking down the life of the chicken and chicken husbandry into 10 chapters, the text covers the essentials of each aspect of keeping poultry.

Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock

by: Judy Pangman

Amazon Price: $12.97 (as of 12/05/2009)

From the Back Cover
Bring your chickens home to roost in comfort and style! Whether you're keeping one hen in a small backyard or 1,000 hens in a large free-range pasture, you will find the perfect housing plan in this comprehensive handbook.

Author and farmer Judy Pangman combed the country to select these 45 plans for housing both laying hens and meat birds (chickens or turkeys). The coops range from fashionable backyard structures featured in the annual Seattle Tilth City Chickens Tour and the Mad City Chickens Tour in Madison, Wisconsin, to the large-scale, moveable structures Joel Salatin has fashioned for Polyface Farm in Virginia.

You'll also find plans for converting trailer frames, greenhouses, and backyard sheds; low-budget alternatives for working with found and recycled materials; and simple ways to make waterers, feeders, and nestboxes. A gallery of color photographs provides other creative ideas to get you going. With basic building skills, a little elbow grease, and this book of plans, you've got all you need to shelter your flock.

The Complete Encyclopedia Of Chickens

by: Esther J. J. Verhoef-Verhallen, Aad Rijs

Amazon Price: $11.69 (as of 12/05/2009)

The Chicken Health Handbook

by: Gail Damerow

Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/05/2009)

Review
"...a first-rate guide for the small producer interested in healthful meat and eggs as well as the exotic breed fancier..." -- American Library Association

How to manage laying hens;: Quick egg-production and breeding, (Foulsham's cloth-bound pocket library)

by: Rosslyn Mannering

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Loma Linda Fried Chik'N with Gravy, 13-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)

Amazon Price: $49.53 (as of 12/05/2009)

Pre-cooked and 100 percent vegetarian, Kellogg's Loma Linda Fried Chik'N With Gravy is a nutritious and delicious alternative to fried chicken. Made with vegetable protein, egg whites, and potato flakes, this meatless entree is as tasty as it is nutritious. It is also easy to make: simply heat and serve! Kellogg's Loma Linda Fried Chik'N With Gravy is a great choice for a quick and easy vegetarian meal.

Instead of Chicken Instead of Turkey: A Poultryless "Poultry" Potpourri : Featuringhomestyle, Ethnic, and Exotic Alternatives to Traditional Poultry and Egg Recipes

by: Karen Davis

Amazon Price: $10.36 (as of 12/05/2009)

* Macaroni and Chickpea Salad -- you can't believe it's not traditional egg salad.
* Red Pepper Chofu w/ pine nuts and spinach -- colorful, really flavorful, and major hit at parties even among the carnivorous.
* Shepherd's Omelet - you won't believe it. It's tofu blended to look, taste, and feel just like a scrambled egg omelet.
* Tofu Eggless Salad - great picnic food.
* Lemon "Chicken" - out of this world.
* And for the kids -- lots of mild tofu nugget type dishes.
* lots of desserts too.