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136 of 136 found the following review helpful:
 A complete guide to Raising Chickens Jun 30, 2002
By Anthony Dean
Finally, a complete reference that covers all the major areas of raising chickens. As a poultry farm and hatchery owner, I always suggest this book first to anyone interested in raising chickens. This is an indepth yet easy to read guide that is sure to educate even the most experienced chicken fancier. This book will help you choose the right breed of chicken, how to care for them, maintain their health, and meet your individual goals for your flock. This is currently the premier guide to raising chickens available.
76 of 76 found the following review helpful:
A must for the chicken owner Dec 25, 2002
Best investment I made to help me raise my chickens! Information is right on, helped diagnosing "broody's" to viruses. Phenomenal information on hatching, breed types, feeding & behaviour. Other books I had purchased before were difficult to understand or just to generalized. I now have a flock of 16 free range chickens, (7 of them hatched by my hens), and my 8 mature hens are producing from 25 - 60 eggs a week. In comparison to my friend who has a flock of 35, my chickens are healthier (free range hers are caged), have little or no cannibalistic habits (her chickens are 1/2 bald for the fighting), and produce substantially more eggs than hers. Now I am buying her a copy for Christmas!Most of the book is well organized and thought out. There are a few places where better cross referencing would help, but overall, you can find what you are looking for. Definite cover to cover read and keeper for future reference.
60 of 60 found the following review helpful:
A "One-Size Fits All" Complete Guide Jul 22, 2001
This book is a complete guide to everything you need to know about raising chickens. I started as an ignorant amatuer and, after having read this book, know just about everything I need to know. It covers all the bases- health, showing, adult care, grower care, chick care, breeding, incubation and hatching, blueprints for housing, a helpful glossary, ect. I have raised a sucessful, healthy flock on this book alone! Good for an expert or beginner, expert exhibitor or amatuer, easy to understand, informative, and fun to read!
78 of 80 found the following review helpful:
 Great information, Great for insomnia Oct 14, 2007
By " Anti Microchip "
"Jesus Christ can save your life."
Let me start off by saying that the information in this book is very solid. Gail Damerow has probably forgotten more about chickens than I will ever learn. This book is an excellent resource, and is more informative than any other chicken book I own (I own 8 or 9).
So your probably asking me why I gave it three stars. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BORING BOOKS I'VE EVER READ. I expected a text book feel from Ms. Damerow because I'm familiar with her style (I own 3 books by her). Plus I'm used to books that have a text book approach. However, this one gets the boring (aka text book) prize of the year. I have honestly used this book for insomnia!!! Not a joke.
My final conclusion is that this book is worth having. I use it as a reference because the information packed in it's pages has no rival. But, If your looking for a beginner chicken book look at, "Choosing and keeping Chickens" By Chris Graham. It is informative, has a breed section (which this book really doesn't have), and is easily comprehended and applied. If your looking to learn about chickens and save money on prescription sleeping medication look no further. Who needs Ambien with this Gail Damerow boring you into a much needed state of somnolence.
WARNING!!!! If you read nothing else read this. This book comes up with a pamphlet on chicken coups on AMAZON searches. The pamphlet is written by Gail Damerow, and is a section from this book (word for word). You do not need to buy both. Again, the pamphlet about building chicken coups written by the same author is a word for word copy out of a chapter in this book. Please don't buy both.
52 of 54 found the following review helpful:
Great book for chicken folks Sep 08, 2001
By Michelle Repecka
"Mickie"
We got this book becuase one of my 4 chickens stopped laying and was just sitting in her box, looking ill. We were panicked until the book arrived and I read about "brooding". We followed the book's instructions and she started laying again in 4 days! Great help! The only thing missing is an anatomy section on chickens...for us truly clueless.
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