The Chicken Book

The Chicken Book
Author: Page Smith
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2000
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 082032213X
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Liberating today's chicken from cartoons, fast food, and other demeaning associations, The Chicken Book at once celebrates and explains this noble fowl. As it traces the rise and fall of Gallus domesticus from the jungles of ancient India to the assembly-line hatcheries sprawled across modern America, this original, frequently astounding book passes along a trove of knowledge and lore about everything from the chicken's biology and behavior to its place in legend and mythology. The book includes lively discussions of the chicken's role in literature and history, the cruel attractions of cockfighting, the medicinal uses of eggs and chicken parts, the details of the egg-laying process, the basics of the backyard coop, recipes, and much more. Entertaining and insightful, The Chicken Book will change the way we regard this too often underappreciated animal.

Cool Chickens

Cool Chickens
Author: Fern Collins
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10-08
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780785834502
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Uncover all that is interesting about chickens from facts about breeds, to poetry, jokes, and sayings with this comprehensive guide! Did you know that chickens are the closest living relative of the Tyrannosaurus-Rex? Did you know that Alektrophobia is the name given to "the fear of chickens" or, that there are more chickens in the world than any other domesticated bird? For centuries chickens have been bred into many different varieties, some of which were developed for practical purposes, while others for ornamental and showing reasons. Chickens come in a multitude of patterns, colors, sizes, and shapes. With this comprehensive guide, you will become well versed on chicken life spans and how to raise chickens on your own land as you partake in a celebration of the most interesting chicken breeds from around the world. The guide's informative text is complemented with stunning photography and illustrations to help you learn about the patterns of behavior and discover the intriguing inner workings of this beloved barnyard animal. You will also learn to follow habits of chicks, chickens, roosters, and discover happy chicken's motivation to do what it does. Gain the invaluable knowledge to raising happy, healthy and productive chickens!

City Chickens

City Chickens
Author: Christine Heppermann
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2012-05-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547518331
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Just outside of downtown Minneapolis, follow the sounds of crowing and clucking and you will find Mary Britton Clouse’s Chicken Run Rescue. Over the years, Mary and her husband have given hundreds of homeless birds a safe place to rest until they can be adopted by caring families. Each chicken has a story to share, and the debut author Christine Heppermann (who adopted her own chicken) has crafted a spare, moving, and at times humorous text that will open young readers’ eyes and also inspire to help all creatures great and small. Come along and find out why lovable chickens are actually, according to Mary, “the ones who need friends the most.”

The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens

The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens
Author: Kathy Shea Mormino
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2017-10-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0760359792
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Care for your flock with this “practical, common-sense, easy-to-read” guide to chicken keeping, filled with color photos (Michael Darre, PhD, Professor of Poultry Science, University of Connecticut). The Chicken Chick’s Guide to Backyard Chickens takes you through all aspects of small flock care, including feeding, housing, chicken health, and so much more! Known as The Chicken Chick, Kathy Shea Mormino brings her expertise on raising backyard chickens to millions of fans around the world through her wildly popular blog and social media. Now her down-to-earth approach to chicken-keeping is available in book form. Sharing her years of hard-earned experience and collaborations with poultry veterinarians, nutritionists, and professors, she provides simple steps to care for these uncommon pets with confidence. She guides newbie, veteran, and would-be backyard chickeneers through all aspects of small flock care—from getting started to housing, feeding, egg production, health, and beyond.

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.

Sonya's Chickens

Sonya's Chickens
Author: Phoebe Wahl
Publisher: Tundra Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2015-08-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1770497897
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Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and loves them. Everywhere Sonya goes, her chicks are peeping at her heels. Under her care, the chicks grow into hens and even give Sonya a wonderful gift: an egg! One night, Sonya hears noises coming from the chicken coop and discovers that one of her hens has disappeared. Where did the hen go? What happened to her? When Sonya discovers the answers, she learns some important truths about the interconnectedness of nature and the true joys and sorrows of caring for another creature.

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
Author: Kelly Jones
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2016-03-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385755554
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Fans of Katherine Applegate and Erin Entrada Kelly will love this quirky story of a determined girl, and some extraordinary chickens. Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they’ve inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life gets more interesting when a cranky chicken appears and Sophie discovers the hen can move objects with the power of her little chicken brain: jam jars, the latch to her henhouse, the entire henhouse.... And then more of her great-uncle’s unusual chickens come home to roost. Determined, resourceful Sophie learns to care for her flock, earning money for chicken feed, collecting eggs. But when a respected local farmer tries to steal them, Sophie must find a way to keep them (and their superpowers) safe. Told in letters to Sophie’s abuela, quizzes, a chicken-care correspondence course, to-do lists, and more, Unusual Chickens is a quirky, clucky classic in the making.

Butchering Chickens

Butchering Chickens
Author: Adam Danforth
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1635861659
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The space, setup, and equipment required to raise and process poultry are minimal when compared to other types of livestock, which is part of what makes chickens such an appealing choice for small-scale meat producers. Expert butcher and teacher Adam Danforth covers the entire slaughtering and butchering process in this photographic guide specifically geared toward backyard chicken keepers and small-farm operations invested in raising meat responsibly. With step-by-step photos, detailed instructions, and chapters dedicated to necessary tools and equipment, essential food safety measures, how to prepare for slaughter and process the birds quickly and humanely, how to break down the carcasses into cuts, and how to package and freeze the cuts to ensure freshness, this comprehensive handbook gives poultry raisers the information they need to make the most of their meat.

Gardening with Chickens

Gardening with Chickens
Author: Lisa Steele
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2016-11-04
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0760350477
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There's no need to choose between chicken keeping and gardening! This book includes a variety of strategies, garden designs, and tips for integrating two popular hobbies.

Living with Chickens

Living with Chickens
Author: Jay Rossier
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2017-10-15
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1493032305
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A revised and updated bestseller Revised in coordination with the American Poultry Association Covers all the essentials of raising and keeping chickens. More than 75 color photographs and illustrations. People across the country are raising chickens, whether for food or companionship. You can, too, with this indispensable guide. Straightforward advice and dozens of clear, detailed illustrations gives any future chicken farmer the tools he needs to get started, from step-by-step instructions on building the coop to a brief background on chicken biology; from hints on getting high-quality eggs from the hens, to methods for butchering. Full-color photographs of the birds and their landscape round out this comprehensive book. This bestselling book has been completely revised and updated. Jay Rossier was coauthor of A New Lease on Farmland, published by the E. F. Schumacher Society, and wrote occasional book reviews for Northern Woodlands magazine.