Backyard Chickens: A Beginners Guide

By Polly Hatcher

BACKYARD CHICKENS: A Beginners Guide lays out the basic information you need to start your own backyard chicken farm. 

 

This beginners guide will help you:

 

• Determine IF you can raise chickens in your backyard
• Discover WHY you need to start raising chickens
• What to expect when raising chickens?
• What breed best suits your needs?
• How and what to feed your chickens
• and so much more....

• Language: English
• Publisher: Polly Hatcher
• Release date: Nov 2, 2020
• ISBN: 9781386778783

Book preview

Introduction

If there was a popularity contest for poultry, the chicken would win by a landslide.    

In fact, there are about eight chickens for every human on the planet, with more than 60 billion chickens raised annually.

Smaller than most other domesticated livestock such as cattle, pigs, or sheep, chickens are generally considered to be some the easiest animals to care for and are the most efficient producers per square foot.

As communities become increasingly aware of the importance of supporting local restaurants and grocery stores for their food sources, more and more families are choosing to turn unused backyard space into their very own chicken farm.

Outside of food production, chickens also continue to grow in popularity as pets and, thanks to some breeds colorful plumage, are even used as competitive show animals.

Choosing to invest in poultry farming remains one of the most productive uses for almost any backyard, big or small.

Eggs have increasingly become a staple in healthy diets. As a result of this increasing trend, the commercial farming industry has ensured chickens have significantly increased their egg-laying production to meet this increased