{"product_id":"the-chicken-health-handbook-a-complete-guide-to-maximizing-flock-health-and-dealing-with-disease","title":"The Chicken Health Handbook: A Complete Guide to Maximizing Flock Health and Dealing with Disease","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eHealthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You'll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome. Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures will help your beloved flock stay happy, healthy, and safe.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\"Twenty years ago, I got my first hen and turned to The Chicken Health Handbook for answers. Today, Damerow's work continues to provide sound counsel. This new edition -- based in solid science, detailed and comprehensive -- is an accessible and practical guide for anyone who has chickens.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Terry Golson, founder, HenCam.com\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful reference book filled with practical advice that any new or experienced flock owner will find beneficial.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Dr. Susan Watkins, Professor of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-have book for all chicken lovers.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Jeff Smith, Cackle Hatchery\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"An outstanding book that needs to be in every poultry raiser's library. Accurate, valuable information that can be read with ease.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Glenn Drowns, author of Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"When it comes to questions on chicken health, this is the book I turn to for quick reference. We have one on every desk at Stromberg's and recommend it to everyone from beginners to longtime fanciers. The extensive pictures, illustrations, and explanations in the new edition should make it required reading for anyone interested in keeping a strong flock.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Eric Stromberg, Stromberg's Chicks and Game Birds Unlimited\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Widely regarded as the Patron Saint of Poultry since her 1994 edition became the chicken keeper's bible, Gail Damerow has kept her finger on the pulse of chicken management innovations, advances, and trends, bringing us this completely recalibrated, modernized Chicken Health Handbook. More than a guide to chicken health, this book is a call to deliberate thought and informed decision-making, concisely providing the tools necessary in chapters that read like a novel.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\"Packed with pragmatic information that embraces a holistic model of wellness, this book offers trouble-shooting tools and a panoply of real-world solutions based in solid science. It should be standard issue with every chick purchased.\"\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n-- Kathy Shea Mormino, The Chicken Chick(R)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Keeping Chickens Healthy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Good Nutrition Means Healthy Chickens\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: The Inner Chicken\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Mysteries of Metabolism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: What's Bugging Your Birds\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: When Chickens Get Wormy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Diseases Caused by Protozoa\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Conditions Caused by Bacteria\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: The Fungus Among Us\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Diseases Caused by Viruses\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Management Issues\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Diagnostic Guides\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: What's Going on Inside\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Treatments and Therapies\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Your Chickens and Your Health\u003cbr\u003eQuick Guide to Diseases and Disorders\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGail Damerow\u003c\/strong\u003e has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat's Killing My Chickens?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the best-selling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStorey's Guide to Raising Chickens\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicken Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicken Health Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHatching \u0026amp; Brooding Your Own Chicks\u003c\/i\u003e. Damerow is a contributor to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChickens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHobby Farms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazines and a regular blogger for Cackle Hatchery. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard. 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