Keep Chickens

Description

Chickens are hot! There's a chicken-farming boomlet going on out there, with upscale urban and suburban homeowners from every part of the country ordering fancy breeds of chickens, hiring archltects to build elegant chicken coops in their gardens and signing up for classes on how to raise a happy, healthy flock in small spaces. In every chapter Kilarski alternates between spotlighting the joys of raising chickens with the nitty-gritty details of how to be a successful chicken keeper.

A paralegal who is passionate about poultry, Barbara Kilarski has published articles in a variety of print and web venues, mainly in the Pacific Northwest. She lives with The Girls--Lucy (a New Hampshire Red), Whoopee (an AustraLorp), and ZsaZsa (a Barred Plymouth Rock) in Portland, Oregon.

..".the pet of choice...could well be the lowly chicken. From Washington State to Martha's Vineyard, upscale homeowners are placing orders for fancy chickens, hatching their own chicks, and signing up for classes on raising the birds."