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Joy of Keeping Chickens The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun or Profit

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ISBN-10: 1602393133

ISBN-13: 9781602393134

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jennifer Megyesi, Geoff Hansen, Geoff Hansen

List price: $14.95
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The most comprehensive full-color chicken book available. Finally backyard farmers who want to keep a few hens for eggs have a bible that's attractive enough to leave out on the coffee table, and inexpensive enough to purchase on a whim. This comprehensive guide, written in charming prose from the perspective of an organic farmer, will appeal to readers who are interested in raising chickens, or simply want the best knowledge about how to cook them. With this in mind, farmer and animal expert Jennifer Megyesi discusses all the basic details of raising the birds--general biology, health, food, choosing breeds, and so on--and she cuts through the smoke to identify what terms like "organic,"…    
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Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/25/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Jennifer Megyesi and her husband own and run the Fat Rooster Farm in Vermont. She holds a master's degree in wildlife biology and has worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her farm is currently breeding Cuckoo Marans chickens, famed for laying chocolate-colored eggs. She lives on the farm with her husband and son in Royalton, Vermont.

Geoff Hansen is a photographer and editor at the Valley News in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He has published in Newsweek , USA Today , and The New York Times . He lives in Tunbridge, Vermont, with his wife, daughter, and two beagles.