Raising Chickens in Your Backyard: Toronto Public Library Saves You from Having Egg on Your Face
The City of Toronto's Urban Hens pilot program begins today. Residents in four wards in Toronto can now keep hens in their backyards as part of the new Urban HensTO pilot program. This program, which allows Torontonians to keep up to four hens for the purposes of enjoyment and egg production, runs until March 2, 2021.
So we're here to help you with your backyard chicken raising. Toronto Public Library appreciates both a good chicken and a good egg. We've even pondered the question "What came first the chicken or the egg".
Chicken & Egg: Raising Chickens to Get the Eggs You Want. The age-old question of which comes first is finally answered in Chicken and Egg! For the purposes of egg-centric chicken keepers, it's the egg! A new approach to chicken keeping, Chicken and Egg is specifically geared toward hobby farmers and casual chicken keepers who wish to produce eggs of a particular colour, flavour, and type. Whether the reader desires the delectable turquoise eggs of the Araucana or the chocolate brown eggs of the Blue Copper Maran, learn how it's possible to put the egg before the chicken."
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Breed Selection, Facilities, Feeding, Health Care, Managing Layers & Meat Birds. Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of Gail Damerow's comprehensive handbook is now completely revised and redesigned, making it more accessible and informative than ever. You'll get the most up-to-date details on shelter, food, health care, eggs, chicks, and meat, and recent research into chicken behaviour and communication makes the sections on flock management truly authoritative.
Raising Chickens for Dummies. Your hands-on guide to modern chicken-raising methods. Raising Chickens For Dummies gives you plain-English explanations of everything you need to know to care for chickens. You'll learn about basic chicken biology, breeds and behaviour, which chicken breed is best for you, how many you need, ways to spot healthy chickens, how to build a chicken coop, best practices for mating your chickens, how to incubate eggs, how to hatch and nurture chicks, how to manage laying hens, how to collect and store eggs, and how to butcher meat birds.
The Complete Guide to Poultry Breeds: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply. There are more poultry breeds than most individuals realize and for anyone considering or preparing to get involved in the raising and breeding of poultry, it is vital to understand as much as possible about as many of them as possible. With more than 500 breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association, there are different feed necessities, housing requirements, incubation times, egg information, and costs of raising just about any of these various breeds.
The Joy of Keeping Chickens: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun or Profit. Finally, a bible for backyard farmers that's attractive enough to leave out on the coffee table and inexpensive enough to purchase on a whim. This comprehensive guide, written in charming prose from the perspective of an organic farmer, will appeal to readers who want to learn more about chickens. With a growing interest in self-sustainability and organic living, readers will appreciate the comprehensive nature of this readable, informative guide.
We even have some children's material for you.
Poultry: From the Farm to Your Table. The process of poultry making its way from the farm to the table is not something regularly investigated by those who enjoy chicken, turkey and other types of poultry. If investigated, it's possible poultry would not be quite so popular. It's been said that if you love hot dogs, you don't want to see them being made. The same is true of poultry products, including chicken nuggets, spicy wings and Thanksgiving turkeys. This perceptive book will look at how poultry is grown, processed, and marketed, from hatchling to tabletop fare. It also considers environmental issues, cruelty concerns, the locavore movement, and tips for teens on reading food labels and making healthy choices.
4-H Guide to Raising Chickens. Raising chickens teaches more than animal husbandry. It's a hands-on chance to learn the character- and community-building principles and practices that 4-H is all about. And, of course, it's fun. This easy-to-follow, illustrated guide introduces beginners to the basics of how to raise chickens.
Henny Penny. Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny and a band of gullible friends march off to tell the king, only to meet their end at the hands of a wily fox.
Barnyard Kids: A Family Guide for Raising Animals. Would you like to start your child on a journey of self-reliance and love of the outdoors? A sustainable source of ideas to help your children learn the ins and outs of animal husbandry, Barnyard Kids encourages children to get outside, enjoy nature, and reap the benefits of their hard work. This fun and creative book by Dina Rudick will guide your family through fun opportunities learning about keeping chickens, milking cows and rearing sheep. It's time to get your little farmhands dirty. Help them grow to be fruitful, self-sufficient, happy and healthy!
A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens. Covering everything from feeding, housing and collecting eggs, to quirky behaviours 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 pie for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza.
The Little Red Hen. The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.
As this Toronto Star photo from 1983 shows though – keeping backyard chickens is not new.
See here for some other external links:
- BlogTO You can now keep hens in your backyard in Toronto
- City of Toronto workshops info on Urban Hens
- Toronto Star The many benefits of backyard chickens
And, in case you don't know what to do with your bounty, TPL also has you covered on the other end.
The Perfect Egg: A Fresh Take on Recipes for Morning, Noon, and Night. Eggs are one of the world's super-star foods: inexpensive, protein-rich, versatile and easily renewable. Every culture has its own take on eggs – for breakfast, lunch, and dinner – and The Perfect Egg features a dazzling, delicious variety of globally influenced dishes.
How to Boil an Egg: Poach One, Scramble One, Fry One, Bake One, Steam One. 84 simple ways to turn nature's humble hero into breakfast, lunch, or tea.
Scrambled Eggs Super. An eggs-cellent way to start the day! Breakfast will never be the same, thanks to Dr. Seuss's classic rhyming picture book Scrambled Eggs Super! When Peter T. Hooper tires of traditional scrambled eggs, he sets out on a quest to find the rarest and most exciting eggs so he can make the amazing breakfast he craves. Featuring zany egg-layers such as the Sala-ma-goox, the Tizzle-Topped Grouse, and the Bombastic Aghast, Scrambled Eggs Super! will hit the spot and leave readers wanting seconds.
Lucky peach all about eggs: everything we know about the world's most important food. Eggs – star of the most important meal of the day, and to hear billions of cooks and chefs tell it, quite possibly the world's most important food. Does that make Lucky Peach's All About Eggs the world's most important book? Probably yes. In essays, anecdotes, how-tos, and foolproof recipes, this egg-centric volume celebrates everything an egg can be and do. Whether illuminating the progress of an egg through a chicken, or teaching you how to poach the perfect egg, All About Eggs bursts with facts to deploy at your next cocktail party – then serves up a killer deviled egg recipe to serve while you're doing it.
Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs: Keeping Chickens in the Kitchen Garden with 100 Recipes. Today's renaissance of the backyard flock is driven by a growing desire for healthy organic ingredients, food security and animal welfare – and while hunger might be "the best sauce," a dash of self-sufficiency is remarkably satisfying too. As communities across the country amend urban bylaws to allow backyard flocks, more and more of us are enjoying the pleasures and rewards of keeping hens in the garden. In addition to tending her family's flock as a child, Signe Langford has kept chickens in her urban yard for almost a decade. Her book is stuffed full of practical advice on keeping the garden both gorgeous and productive and hens happy and healthy. In addition to answering questions about coop construction, year-round egg production and whether or not a rooster is really needed, she covers the best breeds for backyards. Langford includes dozens of simple and elegant recipes from her own kitchen, as well as contributions from celebrated chefs.
Eggs on Top: Recipes Elevated by an Egg. This cooking primer covers the classic techniques for preparing the humble egg. From perfectly poached to softly scrambled, each method is clearly conveyed to ensure egg-cellent results. Using her skills as a cooking teacher, Slonecker suggests simple variations such as basting an egg with bacon drippings to add flavor or poaching eggs in wine.
Green Eggs and Ham. Do you like green eggs and ham? asks Sam-I-am in this beginner book by Dr. Seuss. In a house or with a mouse? In a boat or with a goat? On a train or in a tree? Sam keeps asking persistently. With unmistakable characters and signature rhymes, Dr. Seuss's beloved favourite has cemented its place as a children's classic. In this most famous of cumulative tales, the list of places to enjoy green eggs and ham, and friends to enjoy them with, gets longer and longer. Follow Sam-I-am as he insists that this unusual treat is indeed a delectable snack to be savoured everywhere and in every way.
The Fresh Egg Cookbook. Fresh eggs offer great nutrition and unbeatable flavour. Whether you're collecting eggs from a backyard coop or buying them from local farms, Jennifer Trainer Thompson has 101 delicious recipes to help you make the most of them. With unique twists on breakfast classics like French toast, eggs Florentine, and huevos rancheros, as well as tips for using your eggs in smoothies, mayonnaise and carbonara sauce, you'll be enjoying the healthy and delicious joys of fresh eggs in an amazingly versatile range of dishes.
D'lish Deviled Eggs: A Collection of Recipes from Creative to Classic. Deviled eggs are always a party favourite, and Kathy Casey dishes up creative modern takes on the tradition, as well as paying homage to classic recipes. She includes tips on how to make a peelable hard boiled egg every time, and how to fill and garnish picture-perfect stuffed eggs.
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