A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens

A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens

Chicken's make wonderful pets, and Melissa Caughey ( author of the award-winning blog Tilly's Nest) provides all the information kids need to raise healthy chickens and have tons of fun doing it! Caughey shares her advice in an engaging way so that kids understand in a way to keep chickens and what kind of housing, food, equipment, and care the chickens need to thrive. She also includes ideas for lots of creative activities sure to spark enthusiasm and imagination, such as speaking chicken, making a veggie pinata for the flock, and building a chicken fort for the backyard. She even offers 10 egg-centric recipes that kids will love to make and eat, including egg drop soup and Mexican egg pizza.