Product Description

This book is about keeping hens for pleasure in your garden, about their suitability as pets and the joy of having fresh free-range eggs. The author has kept bantams in her garden for many years and this book is based on personal experiences. The book includes chapters on housing, feeding, egg laying, hatching chicks plus information on breeds and common ailments. The second half of the book contains egg recipes with helpful ideas for surplus eggs and left over yolks or whites. Savoury and sweet recipes include tarts, souffles, mousses, cakes, Swiss rolls, Ice creams, roulades and meringues. The book is illustrated with black and white drawings and with an 8 page colour section.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4993 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Hens in the Garden Eggs in the Kitchen
I decided to buy this book after keeping hens for 7 or so years and still learnt a few things. There is plenty of details about the history of chickens, how to keep them without being too in depth and over the top that it puts you off. There are tips on how to keep hens healthy and use the stock of eggs you will get.

A short, friendly book
The first half of the book gives a introduction to chicken keeping, with a strong emphasis on bantams. The emphasis is more on keeping hens as pets than as livestock. The author pays special attention to bantams. Areas such as medical treatment and raising chicks are covered as well as the basics of housing & feeding.

The second half of the book is dedicated to recipes for using eggs; my hens haven't started laying just yet so I've yet to test this bit.

A must-have for hen keepers!
A concise, informative book with plenty of advice on chicken health, breeding, housing etc along with some really good egg recipes in part 2 of the book. An excellent buy for anyone starting out in small scale chicken keeping. The little stories at the end of the book are fun too.