Great book for anyone looking into raising chickens. It tells you everything you need to know from building a coop to picking out chicks and how to raise them and has lots of black and white drawings and a few color pics of some breeds and a few pics of some neat chicken coops.
Overall it is a good book with lots of info.

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Although I haven't actually tried out any of the advice in this book, it seems like a good primer on starting to raise chickens, especially if you are getting your start in the city. She tends to spend a good amount of time focused on chickens as pets, even going so far as to suggest that even if you don't want chickens for eggs or meat, you may still enjoy them as pets. Maybe I'm just too practically minded, but I thought that was a bit goofy. On the other hand, I did enjoy some of the stories of the hijinks her chickens got into.

The book covers the basics on choosing and ordering or buying chicks, breeds, building a coop/henhouse, caring for chicks, feeding and caring for chickens, what to expect from neighbors and the law, and even some recipes to use up your eggs. I think I'm going to want to look at a book that's more detailed in some areas, but this is definitely a good start and a quick read.

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This is a great resource for starting your own backyard flock. It is very informative. I love her writing style!

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