Raise healthy backyard chickens with confidence from day one.
Backyard Chickens is a practical beginner’s guide to choosing breeds, building a safe coop, feeding your flock, collecting fresh eggs, and keeping hens healthy through every season.
Inside, you’ll learn how to:
– Choose beginner-friendly breeds for your climate and goals
– Plan a safe coop and run with enough space for a healthy flock
– Protect hens from predators using practical, low-cost safeguards
– Raise chicks, transition pullets outside, and avoid common beginner mistakes
– Feed chickens at each life stage and understand real feed costs
– Collect, store, and handle fresh eggs with confidence
– Recognize illness warning signs and care for your flock through heat, cold, molt, and seasonal changes
Whether you want a small backyard flock for your family or a practical first step toward a more self-sufficient lifestyle, this guide gives you clear instructions, realistic expectations, helpful charts, and simple checklists.
Healthy hens. Fresh eggs. A simpler, better way to live.
