chicken books???????????

[sloallie10]

Wright now i have 4 chicken books (2magazines, 2 books) and i was wondering if any one could tell me what are some great books???

i have:
Keeping Pet Chickens
Living with Chickens
(hobby Farms) Chicken magazine
and a murray mcmurry hatcharie magazine
In the mail: Keeping Chickens


thanks

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

Storeys A Guide To Raising Chickens, by Gail Damerow
The Chicken Health Handbook, by Gail Damerow
Keep Chickens, by Barbara Kilarski

 

[wendy]

i have a few chicken books also, my favorite is Hobby Farms Chickens Tending a Small Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit by Sue Weaver. (Edited to ad: this has alot of info on all kinds of chickens, behavior, diseases, raising them, caring for them, etc)

Hobby Farms Magazine has a great website and lots of good links and info on there. I love there magazine, I have had Grit Magazine, Mother Earth News, Progressive Farmer, but Hobby Farms Magazine I will never get rid of my subscription to it. It is my favorite, it covers so much of what we do here on our home place and what we love!

 

[sloallie10]

i was thinking of geting storys guide to rasing chickens and the hobby farms book one.....

 

[Poohbear]

Strouds Digest on the "Diseases Of Birds" . By Robert Stroud. He was known as "The Birdman Of Alcatraz" in a movie but was actually one of the foremost authorities on the health and well being of birds. You can find this book at bookstores, E-Bay, Amazon or many other on-line sales places.

 

[Amyable]

Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds is a gorgeous book with good info.
I really enjoyed Hobby Farm: Living Your Rural Dream for Pleasure and Profit , also. They are both by Carol Ekarius.

 

[wendy]

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I wondered about Hobby Farm"Living Your Rural Dream for Pleasure and Profit", you really liked it? Might have to get that one

 

[Amyable]

I always check the books out from the library before I decide to buy them. Hobby Farm was one of the first I got on the subject.

Here's my review of it on the Shelfari website: “Fun book to read. Lots of beautiful photos and good information, although not in depth, just a decent overview of farm life. Has some receipes for canning and milk products too."

Here's the link to the book on Shelfari. http://www.shelfari.com/books/812589/Hobby-Farm-Living-Your-Rural-Dream-for-Pleasure-and-Profit

 

[wendy]

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Thanks, that is a good site to share with all of us. I have done that, go to the Library, saves money