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Fresh-Air Poultry Houses: The Classic Guide to Open-Front Chicken Coops for Healthier Poultry | 
 enlarge | Author: Prince T. Woods
Publisher: Norton Creek Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 81444
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 190
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 097217706X
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9780972177061
ASIN: 097217706X
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Fresh Air or Bust! To stay healthy, your chickens need plenty of ventilation—probably more than they’re getting today. This was discovered over 100 years ago, but has been largely forgotten. Today’s small-flock housing tends to be dank, dark, and smelly. Chickens, like miners’ canaries, are easily harmed by poor air quality. Wet litter breeds disease. Darkness forces chickens, like parrots, to be artificially inactive. “Dank, dark, and smelly” is a deadly combination! Closed chicken houses are so harmful that knocking out a wall can cause an immediate improvement, even in winter. Chickens, after all, have a thick coat of feathers to keep them warm, but are vulnerable to poor air quality and pathogens in the litter; and their unwillingness to eat in the dark means they can starve in the midst of plenty. Fresh-Air Poultry Houses was written by Dr. Prince T. Woods, a noted poultry health expert. Dr. Woods describes not only his own poultry houses, but those of many of his clients, giving the book a breadth of experience that makes it a unique resource. This 1924 book is old-fashioned and a little eccentric, but in a good way. Fresh-Air Poultry Houses is a good example of the Norton Creek Press motto: “Most of the best books are out of print and forgotten, but we can fix that!” See our Web site at http://www.nortoncreekpress.com
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| Customer Reviews:
Great resocuce of older knowledge January 7, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The reprint books from Norton Creek Press are all gems of early poultry keeping. They predate mega farms, and have great insights into how it was done. As topical now, as in the day.
A big thanks to Robert for making these available.
Mark
Sebastopol, CA
Re-"freshing"! November 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Thanks to Norton Creek Press for re-printing another wise, but out-of-print book!
What an eye opener, especially when it comes to winter flock management in cold, snowy, harsh climates like ours!
This book will change our winter management style--and make it a lot simpler. Our chickens will be more comfortable and healthy, and we'll have a lot less work to do!
Highly recommended for those who keep chickens for pleasure, as well as profit.
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