Hen keeping

Today, many families ask the question, why can't we keep chickens ourselves? We would always have eggs, and the fried chicken made from freshly slaughtered poultry is second to none! After such thoughts, the author couple came to the point that they started keeping chickens and wrote their experiences, pitfalls and successes in this book. Anyone who has enough space to fence a poultry yard and loves animals can do it. However, in order to have a beautiful, healthy, well-growing herd, some specialist knowledge is necessary. This book gives you enough information to learn how to go about keeping chickens. The authors start the book with a bit of chicken history, then introduce you to the domestication of the chicken, the selection of breeds, the body structure and behavior of the chicken. We can learn how a flock of hens works, what roles they play for themselves, when they start laying eggs, and how a good brooder behaves. It is a real pleasure to be able to hatch the chicks ourselves, and to observe the brooder's behavior and care for her chicks every day. We will have a beautiful poultry yard if we can satisfy the needs of the hens, have a comfortable barn with perches, egg nests, a run, an area suitable for sand baths, and sufficient feed rich in vitamins, fresh drinking water and a pleasant place to scratch, but we also notice if there is something wrong with one of them . The easy-style but professionally grounded text, the clear illustrations, and the colorful pictures with a good mood will make you want to start planning the hen house and start thinking about what kind of chicks to get. The book can be used by those who once had chickens and now want to do so again, but we can also encourage those who have only bought ready-to-cook chicken to keep chickens.