A great book for those who long for the Good Life (Keeping Pet Chickens - Johannes Paul)

Member Name: gingerella

Product:	Keeping Pet Chickens - Johannes Paul
Date:	20/06/09 (29 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of information, funny photos of chickens and hippiesh men

Disadvantages: Blatant eglu advert in the middle

When my fiancé and me decided to get pet chickens at the start of the year we felt a bit clueless where to start. So I scoured amazon and found this book that promised to reveal all we needed to know for £4.79 which seemed a bargain.

The book is hardcover with glossy photos of various breeds of chickens throughout. There are handy hints (snippets of information like how to keep your chickens entertained if they are kept in a run most of the day) on the side of each page. The sections cover everything from basic chicken anatomy to preparing your garden and how to handle a chicken. At 64 pages this is not overly detailed but I have discovered since we got Cagney & Lacey that it doesn't need to be.

One of the authors - Johannes Paul - is a co founder of Omlet who sell the plastic eglus (chicken houses) with chickens so there is a section trying to encourage you to buy and eglu but apart from that it's a very useful little reference book.

Cagney and Lacey are two very happy ladies and I feel the information I discovered in this book has contributed to that hugely.

ISBN 978-1-84286-103-5

Published 2005 Interpret Publishing Ltd.

Summary: Everything you need to know about keeping chickens