I am searching for a few books or general websites I can go to for a how to on most all about chickens.
You won't find it all in one or even a few places.
As much as I love books, I read constantly, I would not bother to buy any chicken books.
Well, I own two...
Ussery and
Damerow both good reads but do contain some 'not so great' and/or outdated info. I have not cracked them but a few times since the initial reading.
Try your library, we have state wide borrowing here and can get about any title.
Better to read a borrowed copy before buying, IMO.
I read a couple dozen and very few were worth reading, let alone owning.
I spent the winter before building coop reading this and other chicken forums...
....but bring your grains of salt.
I learned more here too, by readingreadingreading for hoursandhoursandhours.
I took notes and saved links in a word doc(you can search it) and a spreadsheet with headers like coops, roosts, nests, dosages, predators, etcetcetc.
But I am old school, laptop with 'real' programs installed for these tasks.
Honestly I have to say after signing up for a "Intro to chicken keeping" class and reading various resources online (in lieu of books), I've found this site to be the most useful for raising chickens, mainly because you can ask specific questions as the need arises, and the fact that everyone here has a slightly different way of doing things, so you can get a good variety of responses to help you tailor what you're doing with your own set up and flock.
Ditto Dat!!!
