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[eBook] Free - A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens by Mel Jeffreys @ Amazon AU

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A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens - Breeds Guide, Chicken Tractors & Coops, Hatching & Raising Chicks Plus More… (Simple Living) by Mel Jeffreys

** Amazon No 1 Best Seller ** A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens covers all of the basics you need to get up and running with your very own flock of chickens. Discover the simple you of owning these delightfully funny birds while suppling your family with a cheap and healthy source of eggs or meat or even both.

Loaded with helpful tips and advice, this book cover topics from setting up your make yard and how to keep your chickens healthy and stress free. The book is also loaded with many chicken DIY projects including:

  • Food & Water Feeders
  • Egg Incubators
  • Spinning Compost Drum
  • Various Coops & Chicken Tractor Ideas
  • Chicken Runs

Don't miss out on the joy of owning chickens, get started now!

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  • Headless on 26/09/2024 - 12:57
    +3

    US link
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B95YK06

  • RockyRaccoon on 26/09/2024 - 13:00
    +2

    Easy Peasy - Just feed them.

  • King Tightarse on 26/09/2024 - 13:08
    +4

    Second title should be 'Do You Like Rats? Then Breed Chickens'

    • WatchNerd on 26/09/2024 - 17:11
      +1

      Maybe the book says to get a cat for the rats.

      • Quarn on 27/09/2024 - 10:38

        You want to see chickens turning into little velociraptors when they see baby rats, they go into a frenzy fighting over them to kill and eat them.

        • Jessman0a on 29/09/2024 - 09:36

          Can confirm this is legit. Which makes me think, T-Rex's arms should be backwards, like chicken wings rather than weird little arms…. man i'm hungry now…

  • Littlejoe on 26/09/2024 - 13:23
    +2

    I'll pass. Waiting for the balcony edition.

  • stuffandthat on 26/09/2024 - 13:27

    Awesome. Been wanting to get some chickens.

  • illogicalerror on 26/09/2024 - 13:32
    +2

    Yesss! I am literally building a chicken coop now and am lost as all fk.

    Thanks OP!

    • PainToad on 26/09/2024 - 13:38
      +3

      A map might be more useful for you then.

    • stuffandthat on 26/09/2024 - 13:48

      Pre-made coop or from scratch?

    • WatchNerd on 26/09/2024 - 17:13

      They generally have a frame to make 4 walls and a roof, then cover with chicken wire.

    • serpserpserp on 26/09/2024 - 22:03

      Just don't use wood

  • WasBargain on 26/09/2024 - 13:39
    +1

    Sweet, now I can rival Tim Pool's Chicken City!

    • ajr5k on 26/09/2024 - 17:21
      +1

      Thought you would have been more about ze bugs.

      • WasBargain on 26/09/2024 - 17:22

        I believe humans are on the same level as chickens so yes, you can ALL eat ze bugs.

        Meanwhile, I shall consume all chickens AND HOOMANS.

        Edit: Yes, I am a little racist in that I believe our owl-worshipping, lizard society is far superior to any other race.

        Double edit: Infact, replying to you is soo beneath me.

        Triple edit: Why do I keep editing/replying?

  • hambuger on 26/09/2024 - 13:54
    +1

    Any chapters on cocks?

  • dwbr on 26/09/2024 - 13:59
    +2

    I hope this guide includes a monorail, otherwise I wouldn't waste my time.

    • ajr5k on 26/09/2024 - 17:22

      That was so worth the watch haha, thank you. Wow.

  • justtoreply on 26/09/2024 - 14:16
    +1

    TLDR: Don't. Your neighbours will have to deal with many more rats. You will be "that" person to the rest of the street.

  • jonathan111 on 26/09/2024 - 14:21

    I have siciliana white

  • monky on 26/09/2024 - 14:54
    +2

    My neighbor needs this book, specifically the chapter "How to shut them up"

  • Gaz1 on 26/09/2024 - 15:03
    +1

    Very much different to frontyard chickens….

  • khrome on 26/09/2024 - 15:11
    +1

    Does it include bin chickens?

  • OzyBe on 26/09/2024 - 16:52

    I haven't purchased a Kindle book before. Do they permit you to download the book onto local storage?

    Also when viewing the book using the online viewer, I have found there are some dead links in the book 'sorry we can't find that page', also links to products that 'dont ship to your country'.

    I guess you can't complain about something that is free, but the shipping issue is unexpected considering the author is from Australia.

    Does appear to have some useful information.

    • aboabo on 26/09/2024 - 19:38

      Yes.

  • UFO on 27/09/2024 - 00:19

    Chickens = rats. Rats = snakes.

    Eastern Browns love rats.
    No thanks.

    • axyh on 27/09/2024 - 11:21
      +2

      I grew up on a semi-rural property with a very large chicken coop in the backyard.

      So many rats. So many snakes.

      Snakes in the chicken coop. Snakes in the backyard. Snakes under the back deck. Snakes in the garage. Snakes stuck in the chicken-wire after eating the eggs whole.

      In fact, I just thought it was normal to be constantly encountering rats, red-belly black snakes and eastern brown snakes. It was a daily occurrence. We got pretty good at wielding a shovel.

      Then, at some point, my parents got rid of the chicken coop. Within a few months, the rats disappeared almost altogether and we only saw snakes occasionally. The difference was astonishing.

  • Misgolas on 27/09/2024 - 02:40
    +4

    Chickien owner here. Basically because they are your pets and you'll grow attached to them, when they inevitably get bad health issues you will spend hundreds of dollars on vet bills that will grossly outweigh the cost of simply buying eggs. At which point you're keeping them as a hobby. Also, you will have to stop these pests (in the following order) pigeons, Rats, Turkeys, Full sized Goannas, Snakes and Bandicoots from invading your coop area. The most difficult to stop are pigeons, which involves creating a canopy system to prevent them flying in, which also attracts local cats that hunt pigeons which will spend all day trying to find holes in your anti bird canopy. When said pigeons cannot find a way to break into your coop area, they will poop on surrounding areas such as fences and clothes line (bad). Also, because chickens wake up and go to bed at very exact times, i found myself installing a solar paneled automatic door. Rats will then chew on the wires of your door system, causing me to rewire/soldering elements of the automatic door. Also, if you choose to let chickens eat and poo on your lawn, it will attract lawn grubs which will eat your entire lawn, combined with chickens scratching will desolate your lawn. Oh and yeah, snakes are bad.

    • wiltonson on 27/09/2024 - 06:50

      Thanks for sharing. But isn't the point of rearing your own organic free range chickens is to consume healthy organic eggs that helps you in the long-term?

      • Misgolas on 27/09/2024 - 07:23

        they only lay for a few years, then you are stuck with them until old age for many years if they are your friends. chickens of lesser stock (cheaper ones) are more prone to drastic health issues but are more frequent layers. The best chickens to keep at home imo are "Exhibition" chickens. They are much less prone to health problems. So you pay more for the chicken when you buy it from the breeder and less at the vet. Although you can get a bbq chicken from coles for almost nothing but then your chicken might be named Fred or something and he's your mate. So it's a difficult path.

    • jonathan111 on 27/09/2024 - 07:10

      I dont get those problems, not often mice, just remove food at night for a while
      , twice had blue tongues sitting in the nest eating the eggs

      I just kill them by hand if they get sick, quick and easy,
      , after about 10-20 kills you get used to it,

      • Misgolas on 27/09/2024 - 07:25

        yeah i've seen that kind of thing on my friends acreage, i understand the mentality - different world. This was a suburbs coop in a beach town, local council says a max of 6 here. edit: also lots of red belly black snakes

        • nosey on 27/09/2024 - 09:30

          Is THAT why i got grubs?! Yeah between grubs and the chooks my beautiful lawn got decimated (i let them free range).

          • Misgolas on 28/09/2024 - 00:34

            @nosey: yeah we had to spray poisons relocate the chickens completely to get our lawn back from the grubs. The grubs are very attracted to the grass once the chicken poop gets into it.

      • RockyRaccoon on 27/09/2024 - 10:37

        I assume you mean the Chickens not the Blue Tongues 🤣

        • jonathan111 on 29/09/2024 - 07:58

          Hey Rocky, Yes, not the Blue Tongues 🤣. Last time I used garden gloves and took it down the road to someone else's house, they eat bugs and insects and spiders and are supposed to be good for pest control.

  • deejaygrub on 27/09/2024 - 18:40

    Egg laying chickens are artificially breed to lay about 30 eggs a month. Unlike most egg laying birds who lay about 1 egg a month, this puts tremendous strain on their bodies and they basically live a life of suffering. You can get rescue chickens which are spared from slaughter houses before their production drops off. You can feed their eggs back to them so they can get some of the nutrients back.

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