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Eggs and Meat The Best Backyard Chicken Breeds: A List of Top Birds for Pets

Jill B.
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Pages
33
Year
2014
Language
English
Publisher
Abundant Publishing

About

Have You Decided to Keep Backyard Chickens? Are you overwhelmed by the number of chicken breeds to choose from? Whether you are an urban homesteader/smallholder, chicken lover, survivalist, zombie apocalypse prepper or simply someone looking for some pet chickens, this booklet can help!

The American Poultry Association lists over 100 chicken breeds. Do not risk time and money keeping a breed that is unsuitable for you! Doing your own research can take hours. This book contains not only information from hours of research but information from personal experience with various breeds. We have kept chickens since 2008. At its height, our flock of almost 90 chickens included about 25 different breeds.

Includes:
Basic chicken terms
The pros and cons of Bantams and
What breeds worked and didn't work for us, a total of 19 breeds covered!

Topics include:
Chickens that lay colorful eggs- Blues, Greens and Deep Browns!
Chickens with calm, quiet temperaments
Chickens that are family or kid-friendly
Chickens that do well in urban/city backyards or can handle small-space confinement
For homesteaders or smallholders - Chickens that can free-range and forage
Chickens that lay a lot of eggs
Chicken breeds for meat
Show Chickens

Save your time and money! Learn from our experience and mistakes. Pick chickens that are suitable for you!

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  • General
  • Pets
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Consumer Guides
  • Reference
  • Birds

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