Hentopia
Create a Hassle-free Habitat for Happy Chickens
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2018]
Format: Book
Description: 206 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Keep chickens with less work and more joy. Free yourself from the burden of daily hen-tending tasks, and go on vacation without worrying about your flock. How? Turn your backyard into a hentopia: a chicken habitat that keeps your flock safe, clean, fed, and entertained, with less work left over for you. Frank Hyman's ingenious designs and DIY instructions guide even those with minimal carpentry skills in building inexpensive, low-maintenance structures and accessories to create a sustainable paradise for your hens.--COVER.
Contents:
Feed the masses without any messes -- Drink up (or down) -- The hen pen and a chicken corral -- Enrich and accessorize -- Doorways four ways -- The no-burnout cleanout and ventilation -- Building the best nest box -- Tips on tools for non-carpenters -- High-quality, low-cost materials -- Coop design.
ISBN:
9781612129945
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SCIENCE Agriculture Hym | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
SCIENCE Agriculture Hym | Eastover | Nonfiction | In |