Chicken Fact or Chicken Poop: The Chicken Whisperer’s Guide to the Facts and Fictions you Need to Know to Keep your Flock Healthy and Happy by Andy Schneider
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a well written reference guide to how to take care of your backyard chickens.
And this is done in a series of “old wives’ tales” about chickens, that are passed around either by word of mouth or by the Internet. I agree with most of these. Each “myth” is explained and the book also notes who explains it, such as a veterinarian
The one fact that I agree with, which I have seen shot down in another chicken book I reviewed, was the use of diatomaceous earth, and how good it was for fighting mites, and that it doesn’t harm the chickens.
The only “Fact or Poop” that I disagree with is the one about keeping a rooster. I have had my rooster fight to protect my (his) flock, from raptors (although not always succeed). The book says they are not necessary, and perhaps the hens can protect themselves on their own, but I must say that my rooster did love his flock and did everything he could to protect them. (The final trick was to have a flock of crows that liked having fresh water, and so fought off the raptors to keep their water and food coming.)
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.