HOW TO RAISE

CHICKENS?

Getting Started Using a Ready Reference

The Ready Reference

The ready reference selected is a guide book written by Gail Damerow on raising chickens.

The full citation for this work is:

Damerow, Gail (2010). Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens: Care, Feeding, Facilities (3rd

ed.). North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing.

About Storey’s Guide to Raising

Chickens

This resource is

available in print

through the Chicago

Public Library.

This book is used as

a resource by other

authors writing about

raising chickens.

The author, Gail Damerow, is a farmer from Tennessee with experience raising chickens.

Gail Damerow’sbackground has made her a reliable resource in this field.

Getting Started by Gathering

Information

Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens (2010) by Gail Damerow is an excellent resource for poultry enthusiasts who are just starting to explore the idea of raising their own chickens.

The book offers an overview of topics related to caring, housing, and feeding chickens.

Having a book with a wide variety of information on raising chickens can help individuals decide whether or not to raise chickens.

An Overview of Topics

Picking a breed of

chicken

What foods

chickens eat

Building a coop to

house chickens

Information about

avian illnesses and

treating sick

chickens

Exhibiting chickens

Caring for chicks

and adult chickens

This ready reference covers a variety of topics and can

answer questions about:

Using This Resource

To get the most of this resource utilize the well

organized Table of Contents:

• The Table of Contents is the best place to begin to find

specific information about how to raise chickens.

• There are fourteen chapters and each chapter has a clearly

stated heading and sub-topics listed.

An example of this is Chapter One, which is Choosing a

Breed. Under the chapter heading is a list of topics like:

Breeds, Breed selection, and Examining Birds.

Using the Glossary and Index

This ready reference also has a detailed

glossary to help beginners learn the vocabulary

associated with raising chickens.

The glossary is found on pages 416 to 421.

Finally, the index offers readers specific page

numbers where a topic may be found. The index

is located at the back of the book from page 427

to 438.

Additional Information

This ready reference if relatively comprehensive,

and provides a list of additional resources

regarding how to raise chickens.

Please contact your reverence librarian for more

information on this resource and others.