Chad's Chickens

Chad's Chickens
Author: Rafael Moya
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1508130558

Colorful Illustrations support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the /ch/ sound. Featuring high-frequency words, this authentic fictional narrative also gives emerging readers the opportunity to read with purpose and for meaning while reinforcing basic phonemic sounds. Readers follow a relatable character named Chad as he cares for his pet chickens. This fiction phonics title is paired with the nonfiction phonics title Let's Do Chores: Practicing the CH Sound. The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: * Word List with carefully selected grade-appropriate words featuring the /ch/ sound found in the text * Teacher Talk that assists instructors in introducing the /ch/ sound * Group Activity that guides students to identify the /ch/ sound, decode the words that contain it, and use the words * Extended Activity that provides students with additional opportunities to think about, list, and use words containing the /ch/ sound * Writing Activity that guides students to write the letters that make the /ch/ sound

The Field Guide to Chickens

The Field Guide to Chickens
Author: Pam Percy
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2006-02-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1610600789

DIVThe story of the chicken traces the interactions of cultures around the globe. From Southeast Asia 8,000 years ago, chickens spread to ancient China and Japan, the Middle East, Europe during the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, and, from there, the world. Today, chickens fuel our poultry meat and egg industry. They also inspire the time-honored tradition of poultry exhibition and, increasingly, can be found in the backyards of folks who yearn for a simpler time. The Field Guide to Chickens provides a wealth of information on the sixty-one chicken breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association. From utilitarian egg layers to exotic show birds, from tiny bantams to large fowl, Pam Percy enlightens readers on the wonderful world of poultry. Essential for tyro fowl fans as well as longtime chicken breeders, this handy pocket-sized field guide includes a glossary, resources, and chapters describing the chicken’s history, behavior, eggs and chicks, and ""everything but the cluck."" Indispensable and easy-to-use, this guide gives readers an ""egg up"" on the wonderful world of chickens./div

The Path to Piney Meadows

The Path to Piney Meadows
Author: Gail Sattler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2013-08-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1682998207

Running from his frustrating life, Chad loses his way on Christmas Eve and soon stumbles on the remote town of Piney Meadows. Before long, he falls in love with the people of the Old Order Mennonite community, accepts a job, and settles into the area. He is touched by the good people and their strong faith, even though he still has a lingering dispute with God. Most of all, he is fond of Anna. The more he gets to know her, the more he falls in love with her. But Anna is not happy in Piney Meadows. The Mennonite community is changing, but it's not changing fast enough for her. She longs to move to Minneapolis to get a job, make her way in the world, and find herself. Chad doesn't want her to go, but Anna can only see the freedom she imagines she will get in the big city. When she's ready to leave he contemplates leaving with her, but a personal crisis shakes Chad to his core. Feeling let down by everyone—including God—Chad wonders if Anna will now desert him too.

A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens

A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens
Author: Melissa Caughey
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1612124194

Chickens make wonderful pets, and Melissa Caughey provides all the information kids need to raise healthy chickens and have lots of fun doing it. Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey’s engaging advice helps children understand the best ways to care for their chickens. Spark enthusiasm with creative activities like chicken forts and a veggie piñata for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza.

The Illustrated Guide to Chickens

The Illustrated Guide to Chickens
Author: Celia Lewis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 585
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1628731028

Chickens are fun, useful, and easy to keep. If you have ever considered raising your own backyard flock, The Illustrated Guide to Chickens is the book for you! It offers practical advice and contains all the information you need to choose from one of the 100 most familiar breeds of chicken in North America and Europe to raise. Each breed’s profile is written in engaging text that covers its history and main characteristics. You’ll also find practical advice about poultry rearing and husbandry and the pros and cons of pure breeds, hybrids, bantams, game foul, and the like.

Raising Backyard Chickens

Raising Backyard Chickens
Author: Chad Mills
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2020-09-21
Genre:
ISBN:

Are you thinking about becoming a chicken owner? Raising backyard chickens can be a fun and rewarding experience for you and your family! Are you excited about raising chickens for eggs? Do you want your children to learn responsibility caring for your flock? Are you starting a homestead for food security or just getting in touch with your inner farmer? Chickens are wonderful pets to help you accomplish all of these goals! This "chickens 101" guide offers simple and practical advise that will help beginners learn the ropes and help you go from newbie chicken parent to experienced chicken whisperer in no time! Learn what it takes to keep your flock happy and healthy in this backyard chickens book. Our step-by-step guide will answer questions like: ◆ Which breeds are right for you? ◆ How many chickens should you get? ◆ Where should you be buying chickens? ◆ What do you need to get started? ◆ What do baby chicks need at each stage of development? ◆ When do pullets start laying eggs? ◆ How many eggs will you get from your flock? ◆ What should you feed your chickens? ◆ How do you deal with aggressive bully chickens? ◆ What essential features does every coop need? ◆ How do you keep predators from hurting your chickens? ◆ What is my chicken saying when she makes that noise? ◆ How long do chickens live? ◆ And so much more! From setting up a brooder and raising baby chicks to caring for elderly hens, this guide will help you raise the best backyard chickens and become conscientious and caring chicken owners. Let us show you how to get your flock started with Raising Backyard Chickens: A beginner's guide to starting and maintaining a happy, healthy flock.

Chicken Coop for Beginners: Useful Tips on How to Raise Chickens for Personal Use and Sale

Chicken Coop for Beginners: Useful Tips on How to Raise Chickens for Personal Use and Sale
Author: Chad Bing
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2017-02-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781543203714

Chicken Coop for Beginners: Useful Tips On How to Raise Chickens for Personal Use and Sale Raising chickens has become more popular than ever, and whether it is a backyard hen house or a fully furbished farm sized chicken coop, having a successful chicken operation is just a matter of patience, perseverance and proper instruction. This book provides that instruction, and is for anyone that wanted to just get out there and do something, but needed a little bit of direction along the way. Let this book serve as that guide. Whether you are buying a chicken coop or you are getting ready to build your own, this book has all the details you need to be able to do it right. From choosing the right chicken for the kind of product you wish to specialize, in all the way to putting that little birdie up for market, we leave no stone unturned as we teach you how to raise and sell one of the most productive animals ever known to man; the chicken! In this book we will cover: Rules and Regulations Basic Construction Basic Maintenance Chicken Breeds Chicken Feed Marketing Download your E book "Chicken Coop for Beginners: Useful Tips On How to Raise Chickens for Personal Use and Sale" by scrolling up and clicking "Buy Now with 1-Click" button!

Collin's Chicken Adventures on the Farm: A Guide to Raising Chickens

Collin's Chicken Adventures on the Farm: A Guide to Raising Chickens
Author: Collin Reese Ball
Publisher: JanCarol Publishing, Inc
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-11-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1950895874

A youngster named Collin Ball loves living on a farm. He finds that there is so much to do and learn. In his book, Collin's Chicken Adventures on the Farm, he shares his farm adventures with the readers with factual information, educational insights and detailed photos. From the first experience of his parents agreeing to let him raise a few chickens in the backyard, Collin wanted to teach others about raising chickens. The book is written for a child's comprehensive and is presented as a learning guide with questions in the back for teaching purposes for classroom assignments. Collin's Chicken Adventures on the Farm is packed full of interesting and fun facts about Collin's feathered friends. Descriptive, educational, factual, and a delightful read for both children and adults.

How the Chicken Hawk Won the West

How the Chicken Hawk Won the West
Author: Gifford W. Wingate
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1974
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573650475

A chicken hawk tries to improve his image by various methods but finds that presenting himself as he really is works best.

In Praise of Chickens

In Praise of Chickens
Author: Jane Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2011-12-06
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0762776080

What follows is a compact miscellany of chicken wisdom—a lively and amusing collection of quotations from past authorities on all things chicken, interspersed with brief editorial comments and complemented by wonderful illustrations. Whether a single sentence or several paragraphs, selections are all little known and long on charm. In Praise of Chickens can be savored in small pieces or enjoyably devoured all at once. It includes a demonstration of how to hypnotize a chicken; an account of a chicken rodeo; Mark Twain’s sly tips on raising chickens; and a dictionary of the twenty-three-word vocabulary of the domestic chicken.