Chickens, Ducks, and Bees is a guide for the first-time livestock owner, detailing the beginning steps to self-sufficient living in a changing world. Peacock offers his personal experience raising chickens, ducks, and bees, developing a wealth of knowledge that he has used as an advisor to a major city council on public beekeeping, writer for the Daily Mirror, as well as appearances on BBC Radio 4′s Gardener’s Question Time, and author of Patio Produce and The Urban Hen.
He highlights the importance of self-sufficiency in a society that can no longer sustain the provision of food to the world’s largest cities, using the fall of the Incas to starvation to illuminate the severity of the growing problem. As a “growing number of people” have “become intent on living a simple lifestyle” and self-sufficiency has become more “mainstream,” Peacock addresses the need for sound advice on raising livestock and how to do so in small, urban spaces.
His advice is sound and practical, advising that you will not save money, but that you will garner the benefits of great food, self-sufficiency, and personal enjoyment. Peacock poses the question you may be asking yourself: “Why chickens, ducks, and bees?” These are the breeds best suited for a small garden, town garden, or allotment. Worth considering, too, are the animals that one is allowed to keep without a holding number from the government.
Chickens, Ducks, and Bees is a comprehensive guide to keeping these animals in your garden, outlining breed selection, feeding, care, diet, and health with considerations specific to each animal. Peacock offers incredibly detailed care that is broken down into manageable subtopics, making the foray into raising livestock approachable. He addresses every question the beginning livestock owner may pose, from how to hold your hens to how to cook with duck eggs.
Peacock’s all-encompassing guide with walk you through each step, from beginning to raise chickens, ducks, and bees, to instructing you in how to keep each animal happy and productive. Chickens, Ducks, and Bees is the go-to resource and handbook for your venture, addressing the increasingly important and appealing call in modern society for self-sufficiency.
Chickens, Ducks, and Bees
ISBN 9781905862573
How To Books - distributed in the US and Canada by Parkwest Publications
Paperback
166 Pages
6.75 X 8.25
$20
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