Nurturing Chickens: Advice to Rearing and Caring for Your Birds

Nurturing chickens is a complete guide to help you raise healthy and happy chickens. Raising chickens can be a relatively easy task and offers many good benefits. There are so many reasons why people want to raise these birds in their backyard or farm. This book will help you begin the delightful adventure in rearing your own robust flock. In this book you will find: -How to choose the right breed for you-Purpose for choosing a chicken breed-Tips before buying or building a coop-How to build a chicken run-Essentials for your chickens-Preparing for healthy chickens-Incubating chicken eggs-Successful chick brooding-Caring for Pullets and Cockerels-Feeding your chickens-Keeping your chickens healthy-Treats for your chickens-Introducing new chickens-Cockerels and Roosters-Raising meat chickens-Understanding the molting process-Dealing with broodiness-Precautions during Summer and Winter-Reasons your hens are not laying-Avian Influenza-Clipping their wings-Chicken Mites-External Parasites-Common Health problems and solutions-Crop Problem-Common chickens diseases-Delightful tidbits regarding chickens and eggs-Selling your eggs-Breeding Mealworms for your chickens