Nikki Husted is a former public school teacher who “dropped out of school” to live the homesteader life with her family. While she enjoys gardening, composting, and canning, her primary focus is on chicken keeping. After she started sharing her adventures online, she quickly found a community of like-minded chicken keepers and homesteaders on TikTok, where she posts as Purely Chickens. Find her online as [...] or at her website: [...]

Introduction
Chapter 1
Getting Started
Good for the Environment
Regulations
What Kind and How Many
How and When to Get Started
Chapter 2
Giving Your Chickens What They Need
Consider the Costs
Let’s Talk Coops
Coop Upgrades
Coop Gallery
Chapter 3
Bringing Chickens Home
Incubating Eggs
Buying Chicks
Brooder Setup
Faster Eggs
Bonding
Integration
Roosters
Chapter 4
Happy Chickens, Happy Homestead
Happy Chickens
Bonding with Your Chickens
Children and Chickens
Activities for Kids and Chickens
Chapter 5
All About Eggs
How Many Eggs Are in Your Basket?
Nutrition for Chickens
Styles of Feeding
Let’s Talk Eggs!
What to Do with All the Eggs
Chapter 6
Troubleshooting the Coop
Cleaning the Coop
The Winter Coop
The Summer Coop
The Life Cycle
Chapter 7
Common Health Concerns
Biosecurity
Healthy Living Conditions
Common Injuries
Common Illnesses
Egg-Laying Troubles
Common Pests and Parasites
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index