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Chicken and Egg

Raising Chickens to Get the Eggs You Want
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The age-old question of which comes first is finally answered in Chicken and Egg! For the purposes of egg-centric chicken keepers, it’s the egg! A new approach to chicken keeping, Chicken and Egg is specifically geared toward hobby farmers and casual chicken keepers who wish to produce eggs of a particular color, flavor, and type. Whether the reader desires the delectable turquoise eggs of the Araucana or the chocolate brown eggs of the Blue Copper Maran, learn how it’s possible to put the egg before the chicken. Written by two expert poultry breeders and specialists, Andy Cawthray and James Hermes, this new colorful handbook offers an edifying overview of the natural history of chickens and the science of egg production so that keepers better understand how to care for egg-layers, improve the quality of their eggs through diet and housing, and maximize their egg production for years to come. The authors have rounded up a few dozen chicken breeds and offer their hardboiled advice about which hens offer the most egg-cellect daily output.-Directory of the best egg-laying chicken breeds, plus colorful two-page spreads of the 20 most popular choices-Advice on how to select and set up your flock, including safe

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Pages 176
Publish Date 2015-05-26
Size 6.75" x 9.25" x 0.0"
Author Andy Cawthray | James Hermes | Kate Osborne
Product Form Paperback

About the Author

Andy Cawthray is a poultry breeder, gardener, and the owner of ChickenStreet.com. He presents on TV and radio as well as blogging and writing columns for a wide range of magazines and newspapers. | James Hermes is Head Advisor, Extension Poultry Specialist and Associate Professor at the Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University. | Kate Osborne worked in textile design in Worthing and London before moving to New Mexico to paint and study natural history subjects. She now works in watercolor and is based in London

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