| View Larger Image | Success With Baby Chicks: A Complete Guide to Hatchery Selection, Mail-Order Chicks, Day-Old Chick Care, Brooding, Brooder Plans, Feeding, and Housing | Paperbackby Robert Plamondon (Author)
| List Price: | $15.95 | | Price: | $14.35 | | You Save: | $1.60 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Norton Creek Press | | Page Count: | 155 Pages | | Publication Date: | March 01, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 295,899th |
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Product Description
In Success With Baby Chicks, I cover everything you need to know about raising chicks through the brooding period (starting with day-old chicks and ending when they no longer need extra heat), with an emphasis on clear, upbeat, practical advice. The book includes many "Lost Secrets of the Poultry Masters": pieces of advice that were once widely publicized but have been largely forgotten. No aspect of chicken keeping is as crucial as the brooding period. You can't be successful with chickens unless you raise happy, healthy baby chicks. Everyone knows this is true, but no one else gives it the attention it deserves! You won't get this information anywhere else. I devote entire chapters to subjects that are normally dismissed in a paragraph or two, such as litter or waterers. Overhead infrared lamp brooding has a chapter to itself. Cold-weather brooding is discussed in detail. I do it because these things are important. Skimping on detail, which is what most books do, leaves the reader in the dark, and the chicks suffer. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 18 reviews)
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Review on book for rearing baby chicks. by Shelly Horne (australia)  1 Stars
May 31, 2009
I was very disappointed in this book. After paying 56-00 I would have expected a lot more information to be included. Information included was not informative.
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Success With Baby Chicks by Valued Customer (Seattle)  5 Stars
January 11, 2009
This book is very informative about ordering and raising healthy chickens. I highly recommend to anyone thinking about raising chickens that they read this book, especially if they plan on keeping them as pets. They will avoid a lot of frustration and potential heartache if they follow the instructions in this book.
Requirements for very small to very large flocks are covered,and multiple methodologies depending mostly on scale as well.
Also it is very informative about the different breeds and their relative characteristics.
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Everything you need to know. by FL girl (Florida) 5 Stars
January 06, 2009
This book has everything you need to know about raising chicks. We are very pleased with it. We kept chickens, but many years ago, and really needed refreshing. We raised 25 laying hens with no problems and no losses and now enjoying plenty of fresh eggs.
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Best of the bunch! by Lisa Jordan (USA) 5 Stars
November 24, 2008
Of all the books we read before attempting to raise our first batch of chicks--and we read a lot of them--this one was by far the most helpful. Whether you're raising chicks for pleasure or for profit, this is the book to get! The title says it all!
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Start your chicks with confidence! by Violet Chick (United States) 5 Stars
November 17, 2008
Great book! Step by step information for welcoming your chicks "home". This book helped me feel confident even though I did not have any "chicken" experience. Explained different stages. Helped me figure out what I needed. Definitely a must have.
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