How to Raise Chickens for Eggs and Meat: A Quick Guide for the Beginning Homesteader by Rebekah White (Paperback)

A concise beginner's guide to raising backyard chickens for both eggs and meat. Covers the full lifecycle from incubating eggs and brooding chicks through to managing laying hens, processing meat birds, and overwintering your flock. Written by a small-farm homesteader and high school English teacher from upstate New York.

• Selecting the right breed for eggs, meat, or dual-purpose
• Incubating eggs, brooding chicks, and troubleshooting early health issues
• Building and equipping coops with feed, water, nesting, and roosting systems
• Free-ranging, predator prevention, and coop construction options
• Raising laying hens and maintaining egg production through winter
• Raising, slaughtering, and processing meat birds
• Improving meat quality and overwintering your flock

• Subject: Poultry Keeping / Homesteading / Animal Husbandry
• Grade Level: High School–Adult (Beginner)
• Format: Paperback, 66 pages, 8" × 5"
• Authors: Rebekah White & HowExpert Press
• Publisher: HowExpert Press (2017)
• ISBN: 9781974619559