 | Keep Chickens! Tending Small Flocks in Cities, Suburbs, and Other Small Spaces by Barbara Kilarski
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.14 Great starter book! Simply written, very encouraging.
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 | Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide by Rick Luttmann
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.48 Another great starter book! I think there is a newer edition with different cover, great book.
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 | The Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.99 This is indespensible, great photos & cross referencing to help you diagnose chicken health problems. A must have if you want to be responsible in your flock tending.
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 | The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book by Carla Emery
Buy used from: $17.58 Not specifically for backyard poultry, but the how to on poultry is down to earth and sensible, often organic, an all around useful book.
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 | Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities by Gail Damerow
Buy new: $12.32 / Used from: $9.50 Not organic, but some good basic instructions, including coop design
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 | Chicken Tractor: The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil by Andy W Lee
Buy new: $19.62 / Used from: $15.00 Do not get this as your only starter guide, but the information on composting chicken manure is useful--not my favorite book, but helpful
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