Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens

Author: Gail Damerow

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 158017325X

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Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much more.

Fresh Eggs Daily
Fresh Eggs Daily

Author: Lisa Steele

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 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.

Introductory Biological Statistics
Introductory Biological Statistics

Author: John E. Havel

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1478639350

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A thorough understanding of biology, no matter which subfield, requires a thorough understanding of statistics. As in previous editions, Havel and Hampton (with new co-author Scott Meiners) ground students in all essential methods of descriptive and inferential statistics, using examples from different biological sciences. The authors have retained the readable, accessible writing style popular with both students and instructors. Pedagogical improvements new to this edition include concept checks in all chapters to assist students in active learning and code samples showing how to solve many of the book's examples using R. Each chapter features numerous practice and homework exercises, with larger data sets available for download at waveland.com.

The Behavioural Biology of Chickens
The Behavioural Biology of Chickens

Author: Christine J Nicol

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2015-05-28

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1780642490

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Chickens are by far the world’s most widely farmed animal, kept for both meat and egg production. They are at the centre of many debates regarding housing and production systems, causing significant interest in what lies behind chicken behaviour. This accessible book covers sensory biology, behavioural development, preferences and aversions, social behaviour, learning and cognition, behavioural issues in different systems and solutions for behavioural problems. Authored by an authority on chicken ethology, it brings together the fields of animal behaviour, neuroscience, psychology and epidemiology to provide a comprehensive understanding of chicken behaviour and help improve the lives of farmed chickens around the world.

Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks

Author: Gail Damerow

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2013-01-15

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1612120148

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Gail Damerow shows you how to incubate, hatch, and brood baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets. With advice on everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best incubator to feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder, this comprehensive guide also covers issues like embryo development, panting chicks, and a variety of common birth defects. Whether you want to hatch three eggs or one hundred, you’ll find all the information you need to make your poultry-raising operation a success.