A new, updated edition of the best-selling classic. Whether you're keeping a couple backyard chickens or raising a whole flock, this is the only book you'll need to keep your birds safe and healthy, from hatching chicks to collecting and storing eggs.

• Learn about selection, housing, breeding and birthing techniques, feeding, health concerns and remedies for illness
• Expanded information on dealing with predators, free-range feeding options and feeder and coop designs
• Includes new information on training chickens, plus how to understand fowl behavior
• Revised and updated third edition 
• Damerow, 6"x9", 438 pp.