Publications / Complete Catalogue / The Healthy Hens Handbook
DUE OUT June 2012. YOU CAN RESERVE YOUR COPY FROM April 2012.
Written by one of the foremost poultry keepers in the UK with over 20 years of experience advising other poultry keepers on the health and wellbeing of their flock, Terry Beebe’s book covers every angle of maintaining a healthy flock of chickens and ensures to be the only book on chicken keeping you will need.
Pitched at the back garden chicken keeper who keeps a few free range chickens for eggs as well as the smallholder with larger flocks of non-intensive stock it covers all aspects of keeping your birds healthy and productive.
· How to choose your healthy hens
· The healthy environment
· Healthy housing
· Feeding for health
· Spotting early signs of problems
· Hens with special needs
· A-Z of Ailments
· Diagnostic table
· The annual chicken MOT
Accompanied by full colour photographs and diagrams to aid the chicken keeper in the prevention and diagnosis of disease and written in Terry’s down-to-earth style this book sets out to be a classic work of reference for many years to come. Hardback, 320 pages, over 250 full colour photographs and diagrams.
