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The book new chicken keepers will crow about.The Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens makes it simple and easy to start keeping these surprisingly smart birds right in your backyard. From constructing coops to rearing chicks, you'll learn everything you need to know to make sure your chickens stay happy and healthy all year round.Which breed of chicken is right for you? What's the best coop-bedding material? What sort of feed should you use? Let expert chicken keeper Anne Kuo answer these questions -- and many others -- in The Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens.The Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens includes:All cooped up -- Create the perfect home for raising chickens using detailed backyard coop designs and construction guides.From chickens to eggs -- Find out how to pick the right breed, raise chicks, collect eggs, keep your birds safe from predators, and more.
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Anne Kuo, better known as Lady Human, is a backyard chicken-keeper, avid gardener, urban homesteader, crafter and proponent of living sustainably. She has dived deep into the world of backyard chicken-keeping since getting her first four hens to help her after a serious extended illness, and continues to educate herself and others about keeping chickens, organic gardening, and urban homesteading. She is the main voice behind the popular Instagram account @RealHensOfOC and Real Hens of Orange County blog. Her chickens hack the account sometimes and contribute in their own colorful ways. She and her husband, better known as Guy Human, live in Orange County, California.
