Chicken mania & chicken variety

Everything a chicken lover needs to know about chickens.

Starting with purchase, care, housing, feed, breeds, diseases, show and preparation, euthanasia, slaughter (providing your own meat), backgrounds of ancient cockfights, Asian cultures and breeds, etc. etc.

The authors have combined more than 200 years of practical experience!

296 pages with more than 1100 photos.
CHICKEN MANIA & CHICKEN VARIA was written by Hans Ringnalda in collaboration with Willem van Ballekom, Klaas van der Hoek, Andy Verelst with the collaboration of Irene Borgman, Saskia Helder, Berta van der Meer, Wim Meijer and Lieke Willems.

Chicken mania?
“Yes, because keeping some chickens or bantams is so much fun that it can become a mania or even addictive...!
Once you start chickens, you won't let go of it..." is stated in the foreword.
This book also radiates that!
It is particularly interesting, especially for people who have just purchased chickens or are planning to do so.
But seasoned breeders will certainly also find a lot of up-to-date, new information in it!
The authors have approached chicken keeping in a way that is appropriate for today.
Housing and building your own coop, caring for it, brooding, rearing chicks, crowing
of a rooster in the city, the most common diseases, popular and special breeds, showing, euthanasia and also the usefulness aspect, all topics are discussed in detail and extensively.
Keeping chickens becomes easier if you know many practical facts.
These are throughout the book! No fewer than 28 chapters packed with information!

Do you want to buy chickens for fun?
You can do that relatively cheaply at a market. But... What should you pay attention to?
Because... cheap is often expensive!
If you buy purebred animals from a breeder and breed chicks with them, they are much easier to house than if you let eggs from non-breeded animals hatch.
In addition to all other topics, the most popular and special breeds are described and what they look like now after hundreds of years of breeding skills! Even the problem of the violet, so hated by breeders, is discussed (with illustrative photos!)!
Each breed has its own characteristic features, from very tame to flighty, breeds that lay many eggs or fewer.
Breeds whose roosters crow a lot, and breeds that crow less.
What do you do with a crowing rooster in a city garden to prevent complaints from neighbors?
And... how much space does a chicken need during the day?
How big should a night cage be? Or a laying nest?
What food should you feed? What can chickens eat and what can't they eat?
What should you pay attention to to prevent diseases?
“Chickenmania & chicken variety” provides all the answers!
Ringnalda's hand is again clearly recognizable in the design of this very complete edition.
His inimitable humor 'with a wink' often makes you think.
In short: highly recommended!!!