A healthy flock of chickens and their abundant supply of free eggs are in sight with this Future Farmers of America (FFA)–licensed beginner’s guide.

Whether you want to raise 5 chickens or 50, have a 40-foot city lot or a 40-acre farm, How to Raise Chickens makes it easy for young readers and beginners to get started keeping chickens. 

Whichever comes first for you, the chicken or the egg, this book shows what to do next with the help of longtime chicken breeder Christine Heinrichs, who explains all the helpful dos and important don’ts. Easy-to-follow advice helps you:

• Choose breeds and obtain stock
• House and feed chickens
• Manage your flock and keep it healthy
• Select and cull for breeding programs
• Incubate eggs and care for chicks
• Raise chickens in the country, suburbs, or city

How to Raise Chickens provides information on breed types, obtaining stock, housing, feeding, flock management, breeding programs, incubation and care of chicks, selection and culling, showing, prevention and treatment of common diseases and injuries, and the legal aspects of raising chickens. Reviewed and approved by Dr. Clint Rusk (Purdue University Associate Professor in the Youth Development and Agriculture Education Department), this book will give you the tools you need to succeed in raising these challenging but rewarding animals.

Beautifully designed and authoritatively written, How to Raise Chickens is a trusted source of information to new chicken keepers of all ages, sure to inspire further investigation of the hobby.