Chicken on the Roof

Chicken on the Roof
Author: Matt Goodfellow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2018-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781910959909

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Hentopia

Hentopia
Author: Frank Hyman
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2018-12-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1612129943

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More eggs, less work! And more enjoyment for both the chickens and their keeper! That’s the promise of Frank Hyman’s Hentopia. From the Vending Machine Feeder to the Refilling Rainwaterer, Hyman’s innovative building projects are designed to save time and money while keeping chickens safe, healthy, clean, and well fed. Featuring easy-to-follow instructions and colorful photos, the 21 projects for the chicken yard range from creative doorways, nest boxes, fencing, and roosts to a predator-proof pen, a “Chunnel” chicken run, and a sturdy but inexpensive coop made from wooden pallets. With a lively, humorous voice, Hyman generously shares his expert advice on all aspects of chicken-keeping. Requiring minimal previous carpentry experience and using many salvaged or found materials, Hentopiais within reach of every aspiring chicken-keeper.

Drinking with Chickens

Drinking with Chickens
Author: Kate E. Richards
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0762494425

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It's drinks, it's chickens: It's the cocktail book you didn't know you needed! To add some extra happy to your happy hour , invite a chicken and pour yourself a drink. Author Kate Richards serves up cocktails made for Instagram with the spoils of her Southern California garden, chicken friends by her side. Enjoy any (or all) of the 60+ deliciously drinkable garden-to-glass beverages, such as: Lilac Apricot Rum Sour Meyer Lemon + Rosemary Old Fashioned Rhubarb Rose Cobbler Blackberry Sage Spritz Cantaloupe Mint Rum Punch Cocktails are arranged seasonally, and are 100% accessible for those of us without perpetually sunny backyard gardens at our disposal. Drinking with Chickens will quickly become a boozy favorite, perfect for gifting or for hoarding all for yourself. You don't need chickens to enjoy these drinks or the colorful photos, but be careful, because you may even find yourself aspiring to be, as Kate is, a home chixologist overrun by gorgeous, loud, early-rising egg-laying ladies, and in need of a very strong drink.

Reinventing the Chicken Coop

Reinventing the Chicken Coop
Author: Kevin McElroy
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1603429808

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Offers step-by-step instructions for building fourteen chicken coops, including a modern log cabin, a coopsicle, and a Kippen House garden roof chicken coop.

Stress-free Chicken Tractor Plans

Stress-free Chicken Tractor Plans
Author: John Suscovich
Publisher: Aleweb Social Marketing, D.B.A. Emerald Lake Books
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780996567480

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Inside these pages, you will find step-by-step instructions for a mobile broiler chicken shelter for pastured poultry that is used by farmers and homesteaders all over the country. Raising chickens on grass provides them with a healthy lifestyle and a delicious flavor. You can raise just enough of them to feed your family or scale up to include pastured poultry as a profitable part of your farm business. John Suscovich has raised thousands of chickens using these mobile shelters, a main enterprise on his farm in Connecticut. These chicken tractors were created using the best elements from other designs. They are easy to move and provide a good life for the chickens. With a little bit of creativity, they can also be modified for seasonal egg-layer housing, rabbits, ducks and forts for your kids. Not only does this book contain the plans and supply list to build your first chicken tractor, but it gives you some insight into how to use it and what mindset you should have if you are to become a happy and successful farmer. John also walks you through the light carpentry skills you need to build these chicken tractors and teaches you the most commonly used knots on a farm. You may learn these skills for this project, but you'll be able to apply them on your farm for years to come.

How to Speak Chicken

How to Speak Chicken
Author: Melissa Caughey
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2017-11-28
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1612129110

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Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet — fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. Her hours among the flock have resulted in this quirky, irresistible guide packed with firsthand insights into how chickens communicate and interact, use their senses to understand the world around them, and establish pecking order and roles within the flock. Combining her up-close observations with scientific findings and interviews with other chicken enthusiasts, Caughey answers unexpected questions such as Do chickens have names for each other? How do their eyes work? and How do chickens learn? Foreword INDIES Silver Award Winner

Bright Bursts of Colour

Bright Bursts of Colour
Author: Matt Goodfellow
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-02-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1472963539

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'Matt Goodfellow is a fresh voice on the children's poetry scene.' (Pie Corbett) What if cats had flavoured fur or if you swallowed the sun? What if you were a special kind of badger or if you found a map to the stars? And what if your home was split during the week: one half at Mum's, the other half at Dad's? Packed with brilliant poems that explore a whole range of themes from the downright silly to the sensitive, this collection will delight, enthuse and resonate with children and adults alike!

Fresh Eggs Daily

Fresh Eggs Daily
Author: Lisa Steele
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780985562250

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More than ever, Americans care about the quality and safety of the food they eat. They're bringing back an American tradition: raising their own backyard chickens for eggs and companionship. And they care about the quality of life of their chickens. Fresh Eggs Daily is an authoritative, accessible guide to coops, nesting boxes, runs, breeding, feed, and natural health care with time-tested remedies. The author promotes the benefits of keeping chickens happy and well-occupied, and in optimal health, free of chemicals and antibiotics. She emphasizes the therapeutic value of herbs and natural supplements to maintaining a healthy environment for your chickens. Includes many "recipes" and 8 easy DIY projects for the coop and run. Full color photos throughout. The USDA's new study of urban chicken raising sees a 400% increase in backyard chickens over the next 5 years, driven by younger adults.

Patina Farm

Patina Farm
Author: Brooke Giannetti
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016-06-24
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1423640470

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The husband and wife team behind Giannetti Home welcome readers into their gorgeous farm residence blending modern style with French antiques. When Brooke and Steve Giannetti decided to leave their suburban Santa Monica home to build a new life on a farm, they traveled to Belgium and France for design inspiration. In Patina Farm they share their collaborative process, as well as the enviable result of their team effort and creativity: an idyllic farm in California’s Ojai Valley. With two hundred gorgeous photographs and Steve’s architectural drawings, Brooke takes readers through their inspirations, thought process, and materials selections. Readers are given a full tour of the family home, guesthouse, lush gardens, and delightful animal quarters.

Backyard Roots

Backyard Roots
Author: Lori Eanes
Publisher: Skipstone Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781594857119

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"Along the West coast, a range of people--from families with young children, to immigrants recapturing their homeland culture, to idealistic twenty-somethings seeking community--are turning their urban backyards into modern-day homesteads. Lori Eanes reveals the lives of 35 of these urban farmers through her photographs and stories"--P. [4] of cover.