A-class chickens, 26
American Class of breeds, 26
American Poultry Association, 24, 27, 105
American Sebright, 32
American Standard of Perfection, 24, 26, 42
Amphotercin B, 150
Ancona, 36
Andalusian, 37
animal proteins, 125
animal-sourced byproduct meal, 124
ants, 15
arachidonic acid, 126
Araucana, 40
artemisia, 61
artistry, egg, 160
aspen shavings, 86
Aspergillosis, 150
automatic coop door, 115
avian influenza (AI), 49, 154, 168, 173
aviary netting, 64, 102, 108, 114, 121
back cape, 23
backyard chicken eggs, cage-raised eggs vs., 13
backyard chicken movement, 8
bacterial infections, 147, 169
bagpod, 62
barbecue smoke, 65
Barnevelder, 42
Barred Plymouth Rock, 26
bay laurel, 61
beak, 23
beetles, 15
birds of prey, 121
Black Cooper Marans, 11
black locust, 62
Black Wyandotte, 32
Bladder pod, 62
Blue Andalusian, 37
blue-green shelled eggs, 39
Brahma, 42
breast (chicken), 23
breast feathers, losing, 133
breed selection. See chicken breeds
breed terminology, 26
brooders
access to, 89
chicks flying out of, 87
cleaning, 87
container, 81
cost of, 89
heat source for, 82
ICU (Intensive Care Unit), 91
introducing chicks to, 90
kiddie pool used for, 80
maintenance of, 92
number of chicks in, 87
parts of, 78
placement of, 89
selecting, 80
storing/reusing, 89
temperature, 83
types of, 81
waterers and feeders for, 85
brooder space, 54
brooding, in groups, 71
Buff Orpington, 33
Buff Wyandotte, 32
bumble foot, 156
cage-raised poultry, eggs from, 13
carbohydrates, 126
carved eggs, 165
castor bean, 62
CDC Healthy Pets, Healthy People website, 173
cedar shavings, 86
certified organic feed, 133
chain-link fences, 108
Chicken body lice, 152
chicken breeds
with other eggshell colors and accoutrements, 39
producing brown-shelled eggs, 26
producing white-shelled eggs, 35
selecting, 24
terminology, 26
automatic doors, 115
chicken run outside of, 102
heat source for, 105
legal considerations, 48
location for, 55
maintenance of, 110
parts of, 98
planning, 64
plants and trees to place around, 61
predator-proofing, 108, 109, 112, 114
preventing wild birds from entering, 136
rock border for, 64
selecting, 94
temperature of, 105
zoning requirements for, 55
chicken manure, as fertilizer, 15
chicken mites, 151
cleaning, 103
designing, 102
maintaining multiple, 64
rock border for, 64
throwing leftover food in, 13
chickens
advantages to owning, 12
anatomy of, 23
breeds of (See chicken breeds)
diet and nutrition for, 122
history of keeping, 8
illnesses and disease in (See disease(s))
mating and reproductive behavior, 18, 20
chicken tractors, 96
chicken wire, 98, 108, 109, 114
chicks, 77
brooding, 78
health issues in new, 91
chick starters, 130
children, 16, 65, 88, 169, 171
chyrsanthemums, 61
cleaning
biosecurity and, 167
chicken coops, 110
chicken runs, 103
disease prevention and, 140
food and water bowls, Salmonella and, 172
clothing, 139
clover, 64
Columbian Wyandotte, 32
comb, 23
comfrey, 61
commercial brooders, 80, 81, 85
cooking eggs, 147
coops. See chicken coops
corn cockle, 62
Cornish hens, 27
cowbane, 63
coyotes, 116
crown vetch, 62
curled toes, 157
Czechoslavakian drop-pull eggs, 164
decoupaged eggs, 164
deer netting, 108
Delaware Blue hen, 33
Delawares, 32
diagnosing diseases, 141
diet, 122
disease(s)
body preservation and, 145
from chickens eating insects, 15
common, 146
cost of veterinary care and, 134
diagnosing, 141
methods of spreading, 166
noninfectious ailments, 156
safeguarding from, 49
wild birds carrying, 60
doghouses, used as coops, 97
door, automatic chicken coop, 115
drop-pull eggs, 164
dry-bulb temperature, 68
Dutch breed, 105
eagles, 121
earlobe, brown-shelled eggs and, 25
education, as benefit of owning chickens, 16
egg artistry, 160
egg-bound hens, 158
egg cartons, 168
eggs
benefits of having fresh, 12
cage-raised vs. backyard, 13
encouraging chickens to lay, 100
fully cooking, 147
obtaining fertile hatching, 71
washing, for incubation, 71, 72
eggshells
blowing out, 160
brown, 25
rinsing, 151
washing, for incubation, 71
Egyptian Fayoumi, 25
electricity, for chicken coops, 106
entertainment, as benefit of owning chickens, 17
extension poultry veterinarians, 143
external parasites, 151
external pipping process, 74
Fabergé eggs, 162
farm animals, 50
fats, in chicken’s diet, 126
fat-soluble vitamins, 128
fatty acids, 126
Faverolles, 41
feather-pecking, 131
feathers, bird, 142
feces
green, 142
rodent, 138
wild bird, 136
feed
for chicks, 130
expired pre-mix, 129
formulas, 122
medicated/nonmedicated, 130
for mixed flock, 131
nutrition in, 124
organic, 133
prices, 129
feeders, 85, 93, 98, 99, 106, 111, 136
fencing, 64, 98, 99, 102, 108, 136, 139
fertilizer, chicken manure as, 15
fishers, 119
fleas, 15
flooring
chicken run, 102
fluff, 23
food scraps for chickens, 13, 129
footprints, 116
4-H competitions, 16
foxes, 117
foxglove, 62
free range eggs, 12
frostbite, 158
garden equipment, 168
garden plants, 60
Golden Laced Wyandottes, 32
gonads, 18
grains, 126
grass, chickens eating, 126
gray wolf, 116
green movement, 10
grower diet, 130
hackle feathers, 23
Hamburg, 38
hatcheries
meeting demands for growing interest in backyard chickens, 11
NPIP certification from, 148
hatching. see also incubation
automatic egg turner for, 70
process, 74
using hen power vs. incubators, 76
heat source
for brooders, 82
for coops, 105
hens
mating behavior, 20
high-energy, white-shelled egg layers, 35
highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), 166
Holland breed, 105
homemade feeders/waterers, 85
human activity, 65
human shoes and clothing, 139, 167
ICU brooders, 91
illnesses, in chicks, 91. see also disease(s)
incubation, 66
area for, 54
caring for chicks following, 75
location for, 66
loss of breast feathers and, 133
obtaining fertile eggs, 71
preparing incubator, 72
two-part pipping process, 74
using hens, 76
washing eggshells and, 71
infections. See disease(s)
insecticides, natural, 61
insulation, chicken coop, 106
internal layer, 159
internal parasites, 154
internal pipping process, 74
Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management, 112
Japanese beetles, 15
Japanese breed, 105
Japanese washi eggs, 162
Jimsonweed, 63
lactose, 126
Lamona, 105
lavender, 61
lawn equipment, 168
lawnmowing, 64
Leghorns, 36, 77, 77, 159. see also White Leghorn
Light Brahma breed, 42
light bulbs, for heat lamps, 82, 84
lime, powdered/pulverized, 103
linoleic acid, 126
living incubator, 76
low-protein, high-energy diet, 131
males. See roosters
manure, 15
marbles, put in waterers, 85
Marek’s disease, 146
martens, 119
mating, 18
milkweed, 63
minerals, 127
minks, 119
monosaccharides, 126
mother hens, 76
mowing, lawn, 64
mustelids, 119
Mycoplasma, 148
Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG), 148
Mycoplasma Meleagridis (MM), 148
Mycoplasma Synoviae (MS), 148
National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), 147, 171
natural insecticides, 61
Neem tree, 61
nesting boxes, 98, 99, 100, 100
netting, 64, 88, 98, 102, 108, 114, 121
Newcastle Disease (ND), 154, 168
newspaper, for bedding, 86, 157
nightshade, 62
noninfectious ailments, 156
nonmedicated feed, 130
Northern fowl mites, 152
NPIP certification, 148
nutrition, 122
Nystatin, 150
oleander, 62
opossums, 118
organic eggs, 12
organic feed, 133
ovulation, 21
parasites, 102, 128, 130, 136, 148, 151
pasture rotation, 64
pasty butt, 91
pecking, 84
pest control, 15
phosphorous, 127
pine shavings, 86
pipping process, 74
plant proteins, 125
plants, 60
plant-sourced byproduct meal, 124
points, 23
Poison hemlock, 63
Pokeberry, 63
Possums, 118
poster board, for brooders, 93
poultry netting, 108
predators
protection against, 64, 98, 101, 102, 108, 112, 121
types of, 116
probiotics, 147
prolapsed vent, 159
property values, 50
pumpkins, 13
Pysanky eggs, 162
rabies, 138
raccoons, 118
rare breeds, 11
rattlebox, 63
red earlobes, 25
red foxes, 117
red lamp bulb, 84
red mites, 151
regulations. See laws
respiratory distress, 143
roaches, 15
Romanian eggs, 163
roofs, chicken coop, 114
Rose Comb Rhode White Cokerel, 28
Rottweiler, 116
roundworms, 154
runs. See chicken runs
Salmonella Enteritidis (SE), 138, 147
Salmon Faverolles, 41
salt, 127
scaly-leg mite, 153
scratch, 131
scratched eggs, 165
Sebright, 105
Sebright Cochin, 32
shade, 55
shaft lice, 153
shank, 23
shavings, wood, 86
shiny materials, deterring predators with, 115
sick birds. see also disease(s)
examining, 142
sickles, 23
Silver Laced Wyandotte, 32
Silver Sebright, 25
Single Comb White Leghorn, 24
skunks, 120
slugs, 15
snow, 108
Speckled Sussex, 35
spiders, 15
sprinklers, 64
stinkbugs, 15
store-bought eggs, 12
straw, 101
styrofoam coolers, 81
tail (chicken), 23
tansy, 61
tapeworms, 154
temperature
brooder, 83
chicken coop, 105
of fertile eggs, 71
thigh (chicken), 23
thorn apple, 63
ticks, 15
tidbitting, 20
tomatoes, 13
traffic patterns, disease prevention and, 140
trypsin inhibitor, 125
turquoise shelled eggs, 39, 40
United States Department of Agriculture, 169
USDA-APHIS, 49
USDA-NPIP, 171
vaccinations, 76, 137, 144, 145, 146, 148
varieties (breed), 26
ventilation, chicken coop, 106
veterinarian, 143
veterinary care, 115, 134, 143, 145, 148, 154, 169
Veterinary Feed Directive, 145
Vitamin C, 133
Vitamin D, 128
Vitamin K, 128
vultures, 121
waltzing, 20
washi eggs, 162
waterers, 49, 56, 85, 85, 92, 93, 98, 106, 111
water hemlock, 63
water, in chicken’s diet, 124
watermelon, 13
water-soluble vitamins, 128
water sources, 56, 98, 99. see also waterers
wattage, heat lamp bulb, 84
wattles, 23
weak chicks, 91
Welsummer, 43
wet-bulb temperature, 69
White Plymouth Rocks, 26
white-shelled egg layers, 35
White Wyandotte, 32
wings, 23
winter, egg-producing behavior in, 18, 20
wire. See chicken wire
woodchips, 103
wood shavings, 86
wormwood, 61
wound care, 115
Wyandottes, 32
yard hazards, 60
yew, 63
yogurt, 126
zoning requirements, 55
zoonotic organisms, 139