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1) Chickens
Author
Publisher
Jump!
Publication Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
In Chickens, emergent readers will learn about the behaviors of chickens that live on a farm. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover the differences between male and female chickens. A labeled diagram helps readers identify body parts of a chicken, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about chickens online using our safe search engine that provides relevant,...
2) How to raise chickens for meat: the backyard guide to caring for, feeding, and butchering your birds
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xii, 145 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
“If self-sufficiency and raising your own food is important to you, this book will help you pull together a complete farm-to-table experience. Gone are the days when grandma headed to the chicken coop in search of dinner. In this day and age, when fewer and fewer people know where their food comes from, How to Raise Chickens for Meat helps families take control of their food supply once again. Divided into four easy-to-navigate sections, How to...
5) Chicks!
Author
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A family learns about raising chickens when they buy baby chicks from a local farm.
Author
Publisher
Surrey Books, an imprint of Agate Publishing
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to chickens on poultry farms, featuring full-page color photos. Describes how chickens are raised and how chicken products are used.
9) Chickens
Author
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and different breeds of chickens.
10) Chicken Big
Author
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.
11) Sonya's chickens
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Publication Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colored illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and loves them. Everywhere Sonya goes, her chicks are peeping at her heels. Under her care, the chicks grow into hens and even give Sonya a wonderful gift: an egg! One night, Sonya hears noises coming from the chicken coop and discovers that one of her hens has disappeared. Where did the hen go? What happened to her? When Sonya discovers the answers,...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When the squirrel Tail comes barreling into the chicken coop ranting about a round, shiny, green, big, scary thing in the yard, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar investigate this strange object.
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In Chickens on the Farm, beginning readers will learn about roosters, hens, and newly-hatched chicks. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to chickens' appearance, diet, behaviors, and home on the farm. A picture diagram labels the farm animal's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about chickens online using our safe search engine...
Author
Publisher
Storey Pub
Publication Date
c2006
Physical Desc
ix, 166 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the basic requirements of chicken coops, and features plans and construction notes for forty-five chicken coops, including designs for cities and small farms.
18) Poppy's chicks
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Publication Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Poppy realizes her pet hen's eggs are not going to hatch, she decides to hatch some eggs herself, and place the chicks in the nest.
Author
Publisher
Storey Pub
Publication Date
2010
Physical Desc
viii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens" includes all the information farmers need--from choosing breeds and hatching chicks to building coops and keeping the birds healthy and safe from predators--to keep chickens or run an egg business. This 3rd edition also features: a new chapter on training chickens and understanding their intelligence, expanded coverage of hobby farming, and information on avian influenza and fowl first aid.