 | Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit (Hobby Farms) by Sue Weaver
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $9.01 My favorite book on raising chickens. In my opinion the best book for anyone thinking of raising chickens for pets, eggs or meat. Written in easy to read language, beautifully illustrated and well written.
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 | Choosing and Keeping Chickens by Chris Graham
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $10.50 This book is really fresh & enjoyable. It has a 'Which Breeds' chapter, which explains how to choose the type of chicken that'll be best suited to you. Has over 50 breeds, which is broken down into sections. Plus it has the 'Personality' section on each breed; which is one feature most other chicken books do not include.
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 | Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities by Gail Damerow
Buy new: $12.32 / Used from: $7.79 Covers a very wide range of chicken subjects, but mostly about raising chickens for profit/meat. There is a bit of information on the different breeds of chicken, but not any illustrations of them.
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 | The Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.00 This is one that I've referred to over and over since I've gotten my chickens. Covers a TON of chicken health issues with really good symptom charts, etc.Overall, this is one book that I would suggest EVERY chicken owner should get. If you don't refer to it right away, you will!
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 | Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide by Rick Luttmann
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.72 This is a good book for the beginner or for anyone who wants to try incubating chicks. It's not much on the illustrations of the different breeds, but it's still enjoyable. If you're looking for a beginner's book with lots of info on all the various breeds, it isn't this book.
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 | Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry: Breeds, Care, Health by Leonard Mercia
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $3.49 This book not only covers chickens, but turkeys, ducks and other poultry. I found really good information on brooding/raising chicks in this book. You will want this even if you have the Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens. This book covers some other areas that it missed.
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 | Raising Poultry Successfully by Will Graves
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $1.93 This one has info on chickens, ducks and geese. This one covers mainly how you can have quality meat, and/or eggs in a most efficient, cost-effective manner.
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 | Success With Baby Chicks: A Complete Guide to Hatchery Selection, Mail-Order Chicks, Day-Old Chick Care, Brooding, Brooder Plans, Feeding, and Housing by Robert Plamondon
Buy new: $14.35 / Used from: $14.79 This book is for the novice chicken raiser. It has a section about the 'Lost Secrets of Poultry Masters' & day-by-day instructions, including pre-arrival setup for mail-order chicks.
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 | Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock by Jay Rossier
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.01 This has everything you need to know to raise your own backyard flock. Info from choosing the best birds for your needs to suggestions on coop design.
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 | Poultry for Anyone by Victoria Roberts
Buy used from: $0.99 This book describes 44 breeds, histories of the breeds, etc. Covers mostly Victorian exotic breeds/English breeds. Good if you are shopping for a breed.
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 | Keeping Pet Chickens: You don't need much space to Enjoy the Bounty of Fresh Eggs from Your Own Small Flock of Happy Hens by Johannes Paul
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.47 This one includes captioned pictorial spreads, each of which focus on a particular topic of importance to chicken owners. Includeing pure breeds, hybrids, maintaining daily routines, handling hens and keeping your flock healthy.
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 | Hens in the Garden, Eggs in the Kitchen by Charlotte Popescu
Buy used from: $6.94 This book is about keeping hens for pleasure in your garden. An about their suitability as pets & the joy of having fresh free-range eggs. Covers mostly bantams and some 'exotics'.
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 | British Large Fowl (Gold Cockerel) by Michael Roberts
Buy used from: $11.11 This book documents the 22 breeds that have been developed in Britain together with their history and their color variations. 92 color photos in all.
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 | Your Chickens by Gail Damerow
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.99 This books is intended for kids showing chickens, but is still great for adults with no experience in raising chickens and no experience with showing chickens.
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 | Keep Chickens! Tending Small Flocks in Cities, Suburbs, and Other Small Spaces by Barbara Kilarski
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.26 This one is mostly about tending small flocks in cities, suburbs and other small spaces.
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 | Chickens at Home (The Gold Cockerel Series) by Michael Roberts
Buy used from: $6.00 Another great chicken how-to from Michael Roberts. This is a practical guide to rearing, keeping and caring for laying hens and bantams. It also has a section on showing your birds.
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 | Starting with Chickens (Starting with ...) by Katie Thear
Buy used from: $5.00 Nicely written little book for the chicken novice.
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 | Garden Poultry Keeping by J. Barnes
Buy used from: $11.52 This book is about keeping grown chickens in your backyard and in the garden.
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 | ABC of Poultry Raising by J. H. Florea
Buy used from: $1.70 This book has info on getting started with chickens, eggs and the whole hobby side of poultry raising. 141 pages.
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 | Family Poultry Flock by H. Lee Schwanz
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $5.48 This book has 160 pages and some black and white illustrations. Has info on what to expect from your flock, which breed is best for you. Has how-to on selling, butchering, raising, feeding and brooding.
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 | Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock by Judy Pangman
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $11.67 This book has confeptual plans for 45 coops, from very practical to the fanciest. Has 16 pages of photos of many of the coops featured.
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 | Poultry House Construction (Gold Cockerel) by Michael Roberts
Buy new: $16.55 / Used from: $18.90 Published in England, this book contains guides on building houses, nest boxes, arks and free-range feeders. Has diagrams, plans & photos.
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 | Modern Free Range (The Gold Cockerel Series) by Michael Roberts
Buy used from: $8.18 This book covers free ranging your chickens for the small scale chicken owner.
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 | Incubation at Home (Gold Cockerel) by Michael Roberts
Buy used from: $6.99 This book is what you want if you choose to try to incubate a few chicks.
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 | A Guide to Better Hatching by Janet Stromberg
Buy used from: $4.78 This is a good book for the beginner incubationist. It talks about the structure, formation and fertility of the egg. Also contains a hatching table and the 10 commandments for a successful hatching. 100 pages, soft cover and some illustrations.
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 | Old and Rare Breeds of Poultry (International Poultry Library) by Joseph Batty
Buy used from: $180.05 Very expensive book & very hard to find, but if you are a chicken addict, it might be worth it!
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| Old Poultry Breeds (Shire Album) by Fred Hams
Buy used from: $1.25 A more affordable option to the above book. Covers old and rare poultry. Published in Britain, covers mostly British originating breeds.
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 | Rare Poultry Breeds by David Scrivener
Buy new: $33.65 / Used from: $38.83 This book is dated and doesn't include many breeds who were popular at the time it was published and now are on the Rare list. It has a few photos and has some interesting information. I'd suggest looking for this one at the library.
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 | Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds by Carol Ekarius
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.50 More than 120 barnyard fowl from chickens, turkeys, emus & pheasants. Covers pros and cons of multiple breeds. 224 pages.
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