Grit Guide to Backyard Chickens, 10th Edition

The Grit Guide to Backyard Chickens, 10th Edition is a 96-page special issue answering the most common questions about keeping a healthy backyard flock.

Whether you have kept chickens for years or are only thinking about it, this issue helps you keep your birds healthy, safe, and laying.

At a glance

• Format: Print special issue
• Edition: 10th Edition
• Page count: 96 pages
• Publisher: Mother Earth News (Grit)
• Topics: Backyard chickens, breeds, feeding, egg production

Best for

• First-time backyard chicken keepers
• Suburban and country flock owners
• Families choosing gentle breeds
• Readers focused on egg production
• A gift for a chicken keeper

What's inside

Learn how to choose the right chickens, feed a nutritional diet, and improve egg production, plus articles on five gentle chicken breeds, why to raise heritage livestock, the molting process, and ironclad coop defense against predators.

About Mother Earth News

Mother Earth News is a long-running publisher covering homesteading, organic gardening, and sustainable living, offering practical self-reliance guidance for modern readers.