The Chicken AND The Egg: My Life in Chickendom Raising and Selling Really Scrumptious Eggs! Plus Decoding Feed Labels and Translating Egg-Cartonese

A first-hand account of the author's experience selecting chicken breeds, ordering chicks, building houses and pens, making ready for new chicks, selecting feeds, raising poultry, and selling eggs. Includes basic USDA federal and Colorado state regulations for selling eggs, and addresses definitions for "Organic." Answers questions raised by the author along her journey, such as "What are all these ingredients and chemicals in the feed?" and "What does the terminology on egg cartons REALLY mean?" This book describes some of the cons as well as pros, in order to help the prospective chicken-raiser answer what they should be asking themselves: "What am I getting into? Do I REALLY want to raise chickens?"