Hello,
I have been following your blog for a few years and enjoyed it very much.
I am now getting close to keeping chicken myself, it's the phase of planning and reading but with a realistic approach because I have the space and land for it.
I obviously would like healthy happy chicken and I obviously want to avoid mistakes in coop design and husbandry. I always learned bits and pieces from your blog but now that chicken are realistic during the next 1-2 years I wanted to ask you if you could recommend books and/or other resources for me to learn from?
Thank you very much for your time
Hello, thanks for reaching out! Very exciting that you'll finally be getting your own chickens in the near future, and I love that you're being thorough in preparing yourself!
The first book that comes to mind to me is "Raising Amazing Chicks" by Dr. Scott Gillingham. He's a commercial poultry veterinarian but he wholly supports urban/backyard chicken-keeping (and obviously has his own flock at home) - all around very knowledgeable and happy to educate folks about responsibly raising your own chickens. Here's the link to the book, there are also a ton of other great resources on his website like online courses and podcasts which I would also recommend checking out: https://www.ichicken.ca/raising-urban-chickens/
Poultrydvm.com is also a fantastic resource used by veterinarians but it's also very much geared towards bird owners as well, they post regularly on Facebook and Instagram with useful tips on keeping your flock safe and healthy, general husbandry, and lots of other good stuff.
Lastly there are lots of other blogs out there that post about keeping chickens (and probably do a better job of staying on top of asks I'm so sorry)! I'd feel bad if I posted a list here and forgot someone, so I encourage people reading this to leave their recommendations in the replies!
Thanks again and good luck!
