The Chicken Keeper’s Problem Solver

Find the solutions to all your chicken-keeping concerns, from egg production to health issues, in this comprehensive, photo-illustrated guide.

While keeping chickens certainly isn’t rocket science, doing it properly does involve decent levels of understanding, commitment, and attention to detail. Getting the basics right is essential, and this demands a solid appreciation of important areas such as housing, feeding, breed choice, and health.

Whether you’re a newcomer eager for a steady supply of free eggs or an old hand looking to keep your flock in top health, The Chicken Keeper’s Problem Solver provides the information you need to nip problems in the bud--and, better still, avoid them in the first place.

In this approachable and practical reference, long-time chicken keeper and poultry expert Chris Graham guides you through 100 common problems faced by chicken keepers. You’ll discover in clear and simple terms what the underlying cause is and how to solve it. Each issue is tackled in depth, with photographs and diagrams, as well as a wide range of practical tips and useful insights.

The problems are divided into ten chapters covering the main areas of chicken keeping, from health to housing and parasites to predators. Find the solutions to issues like:

• My chickens have watery eyes and runny noses.
• My chickens have become ill after new additions to the flock.
• My chicks have suddenly become ill.
• Eggs are being laid on the hen coop floor.
• One bird is not eating.
• I’m worried about my free-range hens eating poisonous plants.
• I’m not sure which type of brooder to get.
• I have a hen that has started crowing.

Don’t let a simple problem ruin your love for chicken keeping; The Chicken Keeper’s Problem Solver has the answers you need!

Chris Graham has been the editor of market-leading Practical Poultry magazine (www.practicalpoultry.com) since it launched in 2004. As a trained photographer and experienced editor, he worked for 20 years on motoring magazines, then made a welcomed switch to the rural sector. He now also edits Practical Pigs magazine, and is the author of Choosing and Keeping Chickens (Hamlyn, 2006) and Wisdom for Hen Keepers (Taunton Press, 2013). Married to Rachel, and with three children, Chris keeps chickens, quail, pigs, cats, a dog, and a number of elderly lawn mowers at his home in rural East Sussex.