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  • Chicken book recommendations?

    OK, I like to read around stuff I'm interested in, and have picked up a couple of poultry books, but am interested to see what (if anything) you read/use as a reference?

    I've currently got:
    Raising Chickens for Eggs & Meat by Mike Woolnough
    and
    Starting with Chickens by Katie Thear

    Would you recommend any more? Anything you keep to hand all the time?
    Last edited by OverWyreGrower; 20-05-2010, 10:04 AM.

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    Both excellent!! To be fair you shouldn't need another book if you have those

    There is one called Urban Hen by paul peacock - they currently have it in the works for a couple of quid - quite good as it is designed for people who have chooks in a town setting, so addresses problems that would arise in such situations.

    Unfortunatley alot of the cheaper books you see around are american so not really suitable for our regulations.
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    • #3
      Haynes Manual

      I was in Waterstones today and found the Haynes Chicken Manual. I read the chapter on hatching eggs etc (cos our four hatched today) and it was excellent. It was nearly £20 so I came home and looked it up on Amazon...it was £11 on there and free delivery.

      Really looking forward to getting it as I think it's going to be really useful and well-thumbed!

      Chicken Manual: The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Keeping Chickens: Amazon.co.uk: Laurence Beeken: Books

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        ROTFLMAO i sent the link to my mate jeff because he has a BSA Bantam motorcycle they are more commonly know as a chicken .as haynes manuals are normaly for cars and biles i thought it very funny

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        • #5
          at the Smallholders Show last weekend, the Good Life Press had a stand there amd they were selling off titles to clear down stock ready for the new intake of books in June. They had the Haynes Manual of Chickens for £10, and even some smallholding books starting at 20p.

          not sure if they have them that low on their website, (they do have the grow and cook handbook for £1) but i know that they will setting up again at the Cornish Show 10-12 june 2010, at wadebridge. they usually have bargain bins etc there so have a mooch around. I got a fantastic book on building plans for the farm, everything from a chicken coop or rabbit hutch right up to a dutch barn.
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