{"product_id":"2940153767093","title":"Chicken Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eCritter Tales Series is the electronic version of Critter Tales: What my homestead critters have taught me about themselves, their world, and how to be a part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile some books lend themselves well to the electronic format, others are a bit of a challenge to convert to the digital format. Images, charts, and diagrams are either too small to see on an eReader screen or don't render well in the conversion process. Photographs require many kilobytes of space which creates a book, not of physical bulk, but of digital bulk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer for Critter Tales was to publish it electronically as a series. With the exception of the introduction and postscript, each set of tales is self-contained and presentable as a stand-alone volume. Minor changes had to be made to accommodate eBook formatting, acceptable fonts, placement of photos, and font size for captions. The reader of the electronic edition gets the benefit of color photos, which would have made the print version very expensive. With a series, readers can pick and choose the critters in which they are most interested and, I hope, benefit from my research and experience while enjoying the tales at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 2, Chicken Tales, begins at the beginning by discussing appropriate housing, types and numbers of chickens, and includes a cost analysis of owning chickens versus buying eggs, plus how and why chickens stop laying eggs. You'll learn what makes a good rooster (and what doesn't), the realities of the chicken pecking order, how to introduce hatchery chicks to a broody hen, what causes broodiness and what to do about it, the best way to introduce new chicks to the flock, a good coop design, and how to convince chickens to move from old housing to new. Also covers spraddle leg in chicks, chick killers and how to catch them, the nutritional benefits of free-range versus store-bought eggs, a simple homemade feed recipe, how to scare away hawks, how to store extra eggs for when the chickens aren't laying, how to calculate storage space for a year's worth of feed, and an easier way to make compost by partnering with chickens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Tate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179848941808,"sku":"2940153767093","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153767093_p0.jpg?v=1764055786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153767093","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}