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My first offering is my new book, Success With Baby Chicks. I wrote this book when I realized that many people were having heartbreaking problems trying to raise baby chicks; problems thatI had learned how to deal with by trial and error and through extensive reading. The book has received warm praise from farmers who tell me that it has made a big difference with their chick rearing. Its average rating at Amazon.com is five stars!

I have also reissued three classic poultry books: The Dollar Hen, Genetics of the Fowl, and Feeding Poultry. It is impossible for me to praise these books too highly. The Dollar Hen had more influence on me than any other poultry book. It set me on the path to successful and profitable free-range egg farming. Genetics of the Fowl taught me a great deal about poultry breeding -- enough that I am often mistaken for an expert. Feeding Poultry is the best book I've found on practical poultry nutrition -- accessible enough to be read by the practical farmer, but detailed enough to be used by professionals.

All these books recognize the value of folks with small operations; they were written before factory-farming took hold.

I have read literally hundreds of poultry books, and these are among the very best. I hope to bring out a few more over the next couple of years, but none will displace these three.

Old Books: New Relevance

As an extra bonus, these books share a characteristic you can't find in newer books on rural topics -- they're really about what they say they're about -- they don't rant and rave about politics or conspiracy theories at all! I find this refreshing.

I'd like to thank everyone who has commented so favorably on my Web site over the past few years, and also those who kept prodding me to sit down and write a book about poultry. It never would have happened without you!

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All of my books are listed by the major online bookstores. I have provided links to Amazon.com on the sidebar.

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While specialty books like these aren't kept on the shelves in your local bookstores, you should have no trouble special-ordering them.

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The fun and practical guide to brooding baby chicks! Breed and hatchery selection, brooding, brooder construction, and more.

Raise free-range chickens the old-fashioned way! Written almost 100 years ago but still a mine of wisdom and practicality.

The classic guide to poultry breeding. A gold mine of information about practical breeding. A must-read for the serious breeder.

This poultry classic dispels the mysteries of feed formulation, dicusses the nutritional value of range, and more!

 

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