Uncover the best homesteading methods to help you raise healthy chickens and enjoy fresh eggs with this practical guide to modern chicken-rearing methods
Do you want to get started in raising your chickens naturally and providing fresh, organic poultry products for yourself and your family, but don't know where to begin? If yes, then this guide might just be what you need.
Raising chickens can be difficult, especially if you've never had experience doing it before. In this guide, Jason Howard hands you the blueprint you will need to raise healthy chickens with tips ranging from coop-building and selecting the best chicken breed to making your own custom chicken feed.
Here's a preview of what you're going to learn in Raising Chickens:
- 3 essential steps you must take before you begin raising chickens
- 7 surefire tips to help you protect your chickens from predators
- 6 important questions to ask yourself before choosing to buy a coop or build one yourself
- 20 critical features your chicken coop must have if you want to raise healthy, robust chickens
- The 5-step technique to help you choose the best chicken breed for your budget and needs
- 9 easy and effective ways to check the health of the chicken before purchasing it
- 15 necessary tools you need to help you take care of your chickens
- All the tasks you need to carry out to keep your chicken healthy and in top shape including daily, weekly, monthly and semi-yearly tasks
- 3 things you can add to a chicken's diet to help you get that bright orange yolk in your eggs
- How to make your own chicken feed without breaking a sweat
- ...and tons more!
Filled with deep insights into this wildly popular and commercially useful avian species, this guide will show you everything you need to know to raise healthy chickens from the comfort of your own backyard!
Discover the best-kept homesteading secrets to raising robust, healthy goats and learn how to leverage your little herd for fresh dairy products
Are you thinking about raising your own goats right in your backyard, but don't know how to begin or are unsure what supplies and daily care they will need? Have you recently started a goat herd and everything seems to be going wrong?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you.
Raising goats can seem overwhelming. They are stubborn, impulsive and frustrating if you don't know what you're doing. But it doesn't have to be that way.
In this book, Jason Howard uncovers the secrets of raising goats for fun and profit. You'll discover information to help you purchase goats in peak condition, keeping them healthy and a ton of other useful advice to help you maintain a great herd.
Here's a tiny snippet of what you're going to learn in Raising Goats:
- Everything you need to get started raising goats in your backyard if you're a beginner
- The 4 absolute best places to purchase your first or next healthy goat
- 3 factors you need to consider before purchasing goats for your herd
- How to buy registered goats and why it's important
- 9 extremely important things you need to look out for when purchasing a goat
- Common mistakes homesteaders make when trying to purchase a goat
- Housing and shelter instructions for both baby goats (kids) and young goats
- 8 surefire ways to keep your goats safe from diseases and predators
- Proven ways to effectively train your goats without losing your sanity
- ...and much more!
Whether you want to raise a herd of milkers for fresh dairy or meat goats for farmer's market, the instructions contained in this guide will help you master the science and practice of raising healthy goats easily and quickly.
