The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edit..., Gail Damerow
The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edit..., Gail Damerow
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The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition
A Complete Guide to Maximizing Flock Health and Dealing with Disease

Author: Gail Damerow

Narrator: Karen White

Unabridged: 21 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/22/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Healthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You'll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome. Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures will help your beloved flock stay happy, healthy, and safe.

About Gail Damerow

Gail Damerow has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including What's Killing My Chickens? and the bestselling Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, and Hatching and Brooding Your Own Chicks. Damerow is a contributor to Chickens and Hobby Farms magazines and a regular blogger for Cackle Hatchery. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on January 21, 2021

Informative, accessible, holistic, and generally scientifically sound. A little callous for something aimed at backyard keepers, who are more likely to be emotionally attached to their birds, so proceed with walls up. Keeping this one around for reference, no doubt.......more

Goodreads review by Adel on May 26, 2020

I have read some topics from this book, and I found it a good one. However, it isn’t an academic book, you can gain much information from it. For example, I discovered some useful pieces of information about garlic and vinegar.......more

Goodreads review by Teri on July 24, 2023

This is my only go-to book when I need information about my chickens. The author is knowledgeable. I trust her information, and I've learned a lot.......more

Goodreads review by Ayah Istambouli on November 07, 2018

A must read if you have backyard chickens!......more

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