How To Speak Chicken

Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet — fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. Her hours among the flock have resulted in this quirky, irresistible guide packed with firsthand insights into how chickens communicate and interact, use their senses to understand the world around them, and establish pecking order and roles within the flock. Combining her up-close observations with scientific findings and interviews with other chicken enthusiasts, Caughey answers unexpected questions such as Do chickens have names for each other? How do their eyes work? and How do chickens learn? Foreword INDIES Silver Award Winner

Chickens make wonderful pets, and Melissa Caughey provides all the information kids need to raise healthy chickens and have lots of fun doing it. Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey’s engaging advice helps children understand the best ways to care for their chickens. Spark enthusiasm with creative activities like chicken forts and a veggie piñata for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza.

Kathy Shea Mormino, aka The Chicken Chick, shares her wealth of experience as a chicken keeper in a fun and abundantly illustrated format in The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens.

Everything you need to care for and keep happy, healthy chickens With directives on diagnosing and treating sick or ailing chickens, as well as general information on how to keep chickens in peak condition, Chicken Health For Dummies is your go-to guide on how to best care for and keep chickens. Inside, you'll get everything you need to know about chicken health and wellness: an encyclopedia full of common and not-so-common diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures that chicken owners may encounter. Chicken Health For Dummies provides chicken owners with one handy, all-encompassing resource. Helps you identify potential hazards and signs of ill health in your chicken Shows you how to properly examine chickens to identify and isolate potential health issues before they spread to the rest of the flock An encyclopedia full of common and uncommon diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures for chickens Chicken Health For Dummies joins Raising Chickens For Dummies and Building Chickens Coops For Dummies to round out the For Dummies reference library as a must-have resource for both rural and urban chicken owners.

Jenna Woginrich chronicles the life journey of three chickens (Amelia, Honey, and Tilda) from fluffy, newly hatched bundles to grown hens laying eggs of their own. As you watch these chickens grow, you’ll learn everything you need to know about chicken behavior, feeding, housing, and health care. This playfully informative guide will inspire you to confidently raise your own feathered flock.

Chickens, with their natural beauty and big personalities, have a wide — and growing — audience appreciative of the humor and wisdom they bring to daily life. Few are better acquainted with chickens’ charm than Melissa Caughey, who has introduced the appeal of owning a flock and chronicled the lives and personalities of her own backyard birds in the best-selling books How to Speak Chicken and A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens. In Chicken Wisdom Frame-Ups, pairs sage sentiments with delightful chicken photography on 50 individual cards. The clever Frame-Ups format includes a pull-out table-top frame, so you can display your favorite card for visual inspiration or easily swap it out for one that fits the mood or suits the moment. It’s an all-in-one package that delivers the joy of keeping chickens — without having to clean the coop!

Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet — fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. Her hours among the flock have resulted in this quirky, irresistible guide packed with firsthand insights into how chickens communicate and interact, use their senses to understand the world around them, and establish pecking order and roles within the flock. Combining her up-close observations with scientific findings and interviews with other chicken enthusiasts, Caughey answers unexpected questions such as Do chickens have names for each other? How do their eyes work? and How do chickens learn? Foreword INDIES Silver Award Winner

Uncover all that is interesting about chickens from facts about breeds, to poetry, jokes, and sayings with this comprehensive guide! Did you know that chickens are the closest living relative of the Tyrannosaurus-Rex? Did you know that Alektrophobia is the name given to "the fear of chickens" or, that there are more chickens in the world than any other domesticated bird? For centuries chickens have been bred into many different varieties, some of which were developed for practical purposes, while others for ornamental and showing reasons. Chickens come in a multitude of patterns, colors, sizes, and shapes. With this comprehensive guide, you will become well versed on chicken life spans and how to raise chickens on your own land as you partake in a celebration of the most interesting chicken breeds from around the world. The guide's informative text is complemented with stunning photography and illustrations to help you learn about the patterns of behavior and discover the intriguing inner workings of this beloved barnyard animal. You will also learn to follow habits of chicks, chickens, roosters, and discover happy chicken's motivation to do what it does. Gain the invaluable knowledge to raising happy, healthy and productive chickens!

Chickens Are Smarter Than You Think Your chicken can do anything a dog can do if you train it right! Hens and roosters can be ordered go to the coop, perch on your arm, come when called, and generally respond and behave as you wish. This book presents an effective training program to get domesticated chickens to follow a variety of commands. Animal behavior specialist Giene Keyes shows how to use the positive reinforcement of clicker training to effectively manage your flock. Giene explains how a chicken thinks and socializes, expanding the range of what you may know about communicating with animals. Dog owners especially will find that working with chickens helps sharpen observation and timing skills that keep your animal engaged. Training chickens is fun too! Amaze your friends as your birds perform tricks like circling a cone, turning around, sitting down, and recognizing colors and patterns. Inside Click with Your Chick · Understand and connect with your chickens to effectively manage your flock · Clicker-train your chickens to follow fun and practical commands · Discover how a chicken thinks and socializes, and how to make that knowledge work in your favor · Learn how to use operant conditioning, luring, and positive training methods on hens and roosters · Gain insight for training any animal by improving observation skills and timing

The chickens on the farm have a message for their farm owners! They’re tired of arugula salad, how about putting a fan in their hot coop, and HEY—watch out for that snake in your tent. As the children walk around their beloved farm, they discover more and more chicken talk scratched into the dirt. The family can hardly believe it. What will the chickens possibly say next!? With beautiful watercolor illustrations from New York Times bestseller Jarrett J. Krosoczka and heartwarming text by Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan, Chicken Talk is the perfect book to chuckle over, whether you live in the city or the country. Gather your family around for a delightful tale of surprise, chaos, and barnyard fun in Chicken Talk!