Concerns over commercial poultry farming as well as a trend toward the organic, local and home-produced has led many people in recent years to keep a handful of hens for their own supply of eggs, and sometimes meat. This introduction to chicken-keeping reviews the principal egg-laying breeds and how to house, feed and care for them, as well as providing notes on the origins of the bird and the biology of egg production.
This is a beautifully crafted book. The illustrations are first rate. I wouldn't ever consider it the one and only book you need to learn to raise chickens but it's a very nice start.