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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Expanding Your Flock
Considerations Before Expanding
Hand-Raising Chicks
Using a Broody Hen to Add to Your Flock
Adding Older Chickens
CHAPTER 2 Flock Behavior
The Pecking Order
Troubleshooting Relationships
Working With Your Flock
How to Safely Integrate Old and New
CHAPTER 3 Life with a Rooster
Identifying Hens and Roosters
Flock Dynamics with a Rooster
All About Spurs
CHAPTER 4 All About Eggs
Egg Formation and Egg Color
Collecting and Storing Eggs
CHAPTER 5 Chicken (and Egg) Health
Daily Check-Ups
Troubleshooting Egg Production
Imperfect Eggs and Oddities
Chicken Droppings
Worming
Wound Care
CHAPTER 6 Predators
What’s Out There?
Keeping Your Flock Safe
CHAPTER 7 Feeding Your Chickens
How Chickens Eat and Digest
Feeds
From the Kitchen to Your Flock
CHAPTER 8 Chicken-Keeping Through the Seasons
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
CHAPTER 9 Coop Truth
Lessons from the Coop
Inside the Ideal Coop
Cleaning the Coop
Preparing for Emergencies
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
Dedication
Copyright
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