The Healthy Hens Handbook

<p>Written by one of the world's foremost poultry keepers, with over 20 years of experience advising other poultry keepers on the health and wellbeing of their flock, <i>The Healthy HensHandbook</i> covers every angle of maintaining a healthy flock of chickens. Pitched at both the back garden chicken keeper who perhaps keeps a few free range chickens for eggs and smallholders with larger flocks of non-intensive stock, it covers all aspects of keeping your birds both healthy and productive, with extensive sections on:</p><p>-Choosing your healthy hens</p><p>-A healthy environment</p><p>-Healthy housing</p><p>-Feeding for health</p><p>-Spotting early signs of problems</p><p>-Hens with special needs</p><p>-A complete A-Z of chicken ailments</p><p>-Diagnostic tables</p><p>-The annual chicken MOT</p><p>Accompanied by full color photographs and diagrams, each section is color-coded to help the reader to access the relevant chapters at a glance. Written in Terry's down-to-earth style, this will be a classic work of reference for the nation's chicken keepers for many years to come.</p>