How To Raise Chickens - For Food, Money & Fun! (Raising Livestock Series Book 1)

You've possibly been considering raising chickens in your backyard thinking of having your own free organic eggs, for you and your family, which not only taste better but are better for you. When you collect your own eggs, you'll know what the chickens have been eating and drinking, how they've been treated, when the eggs were laid, and how they've been cared for until they made it to your plate.

But before you start raising poultry in your backyard though, there are several things you have to learn and that we cover in this book:

• Several specific things you should check before you start, like local laws and regulations about noise, raising livestock, distance to other properties, number of animals and other factors.

• How to keep your backyard chicken quiet, and your coop clean so it doesn't smell bad, two of the most typical causes behind complaints from your neighbors.

• How to keep your budget small while raising chickens, both in terms of shelter and food, while keeping them completely healthy at the same time. And what never to feed them or let them eat as it may be poisonous for them... including some beautiful flowers in your garden!

• Several things to remember when building your chicken coop, the tools you will need and how to find a plan for it that fits your needs.

• 3 important tips on choosing the location of your chicken coop. While choosing the right plan and construction materials is important for your chicken coop, it is also important to pay attention to the location where you build it, unless you want your chicken to suffer the consequences of bad weather or predators.

• How to keep your chickens healthy, preventing diseases and parasites from spreading throughout your flock.

• How to choose the right kind and sex of the baby chicks. Some of those you may find at a store will be egg layers, some better for meat, etc. We'll take a look at more details concerning these options so that you are well informed before you choose your chicks.

• How to hatch your own baby chicks, once you've nurtured a hen, and what to do with your newly hatched baby chicks.

• If you want to take raising chickens one step further, we will analyze if, and how, it's possible to make money raising chickens at home.

• And finally, we analyze whether it's worth going organic or not.

Millions of families across the world enjoy having chickens clucking, crowing and chattering in their yards all the time. Only in the "developed world" are most people denied this joy, and the excitement of sharing the hatching of baby chicks with their children and then watching in amazement as they then turn into cute, little fluffy yellow chicks, tweeting and scratching for food.

Raising chickens on your own property is an excellent learning process that helps put everything together. Even if you only start out small, with just a few chicks that you keep as pets, in order to test the water and see if you enjoy being a chicken farmer, then this guide will offer you enough information for you to take the leap.

Now, get started on your way to raising some chickens on your property and enjoy the fun, excitement, saved money and profits that can be had by being a chicken farmer!