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. She brings her expertise to the page in her book Chicken Keeping Pure and Simple. Find her online as @purelychickens or at her website: purelychickens.com.

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• Foreword by Dr. Blayne Mozisek, The Poultry DocIntroductionChapter 1: Setting Up for SuccessChapter 2: Preparing for Injuries and IllnessChapter 3: Nutrition for a Healthy FlockChapter 4: Protecting Your FlockChapter 5: Common External AilmentsChapter 6: Common Internal AilmentsChapter 7: Egg-Laying AilmentsChapter 8: The Smallest Members of the FlockChapter 9: Flock Dynamics: Social Structures, Integration, and CareFlock Tracker LogsChicken Profile PagesResourcesAbout the AuthorIndex

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. She brings her expertise to the page in her book Chicken Keeping Pure and Simple. Find her online as @purelychickens or at her website: purelychickens.com.

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• Foreword by Dr. Blayne Mozisek, The Poultry DocIntroductionChapter 1: Setting Up for SuccessChapter 2: Preparing for Injuries and IllnessChapter 3: Nutrition for a Healthy FlockChapter 4: Protecting Your FlockChapter 5: Common External AilmentsChapter 6: Common Internal AilmentsChapter 7: Egg-Laying AilmentsChapter 8: The Smallest Members of the FlockChapter 9: Flock Dynamics: Social Structures, Integration, and CareFlock Tracker LogsChicken Profile PagesResourcesAbout the AuthorIndex

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. She brings her expertise to the page in her book Chicken Keeping Pure and Simple. Find her online as @purelychickens or at her website: purelychickens.com.

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• Foreword by Dr. Blayne Mozisek, The Poultry DocIntroductionChapter 1: Setting Up for SuccessChapter 2: Preparing for Injuries and IllnessChapter 3: Nutrition for a Healthy FlockChapter 4: Protecting Your FlockChapter 5: Common External AilmentsChapter 6: Common Internal AilmentsChapter 7: Egg-Laying AilmentsChapter 8: The Smallest Members of the FlockChapter 9: Flock Dynamics: Social Structures, Integration, and CareFlock Tracker LogsChicken Profile PagesResourcesAbout the AuthorIndex