Whether you are a first time chicken owner or you’ve been raising chickens for a few years and want to increase your knowledge, there are some great chicken books for you. I have reviewed all of these books previously on … Read More
Episode 4Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Having backyard chickens, like having your own garden, is a small but significant way to take control of your food and decrease its carbon footprint. While backyard … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Gail Damerow’s newest book, What’s Killing My Chickens: the Poultry Predator Detective Manual, should be on the shelf of every poultry owner. Whether you are dealing with common predators like raccoons … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Gail Damerow’s second edition of The Chicken Health Handbook has been sitting on my shelf for a few months. I was really excited when the publisher sent me a review copy, … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Did you know that the top five causes of mortality in chickens can be mostly prevented by management? That’s good news for those of us with chickens. At the Livestock Conservancy … Read More
I’ve been intrigued by the idea of gardening with chickens for a while so was excited to attend a presentation about this at The Livestock Conservancy conference by Jim Edrington. Though Jim has worked at The Seed Savers Exchange for … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Did you know that chickens are not really bird brains? They have a complex system of communication that uses both body language and vocalizations. It’s all described in Melissa Caughey’s new book … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. To continue “Chicken Week” on the blog, I wanted to write about Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks by Gail Damerow. I read this book last spring as part of a … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Whether you are just getting started with chickens or have had them for awhile, Harvey Ussery’s The Small-Scale Poultry Flock provides an informative and entertaining read. I originally purchased the book … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Today we’re chatting with Victoria Redhed Miller, the author of Pure Poultry: Living Well with Heritage Chickens, Turkeys and Ducks. And if you think that looks like a banty hen with … Read More
Thrifty Homesteader was created in 2012 after the publication of my second book, Ecothrifty. The name was coined by one of my followers because I said that I didn’t want anyone to think that they had to be rich to homestead or live a greener life....
