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Using a ready reference to learn more about how to raise chickens on a small scale.
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HOW TO RAISE
CHICKENS?
Getting Started Using a Ready Reference
The Ready Reference
The ready reference selected is a guide book written by Gail Damerow on raising chickens.
The full citation for this work is:
Damerow, Gail (2010). Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens: Care, Feeding, Facilities (3rd
ed.). North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing.
About Storey’s Guide to Raising
Chickens
This resource is
available in print
through the Chicago
Public Library.
This book is used as
a resource by other
authors writing about
raising chickens.
The author, Gail Damerow, is a farmer from Tennessee with experience raising chickens.
Gail Damerow’sbackground has made her a reliable resource in this field.
Getting Started by Gathering
Information
Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens (2010) by Gail Damerow is an excellent resource for poultry enthusiasts who are just starting to explore the idea of raising their own chickens.
The book offers an overview of topics related to caring, housing, and feeding chickens.
Having a book with a wide variety of information on raising chickens can help individuals decide whether or not to raise chickens.
An Overview of Topics
Picking a breed of
chicken
What foods
chickens eat
Building a coop to
house chickens
Information about
avian illnesses and
treating sick
chickens
Exhibiting chickens
Caring for chicks
and adult chickens
This ready reference covers a variety of topics and can
answer questions about:
Using This Resource
To get the most of this resource utilize the well
organized Table of Contents:
• The Table of Contents is the best place to begin to find
specific information about how to raise chickens.
• There are fourteen chapters and each chapter has a clearly
stated heading and sub-topics listed.
An example of this is Chapter One, which is Choosing a
Breed. Under the chapter heading is a list of topics like:
Breeds, Breed selection, and Examining Birds.
Using the Glossary and Index
This ready reference also has a detailed
glossary to help beginners learn the vocabulary
associated with raising chickens.
The glossary is found on pages 416 to 421.
Finally, the index offers readers specific page
numbers where a topic may be found. The index
is located at the back of the book from page 427
to 438.
Additional Information
This ready reference if relatively comprehensive,
and provides a list of additional resources
regarding how to raise chickens.
Please contact your reverence librarian for more
information on this resource and others.