Home: DIY Recipes for a Toxin-Free, Low-Waste Life (Hardcover)

Cottagecore Gardens: A New Take on Living Landscapes (Hardcover)

The Homestead Herbal Remedies Guide: Nurture Wellness with Safe and Natural Solutions (Paperback)

Raising Chickens for Dummies (Paperback, 3)

INTRODUCTION 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3

PART 1: GETTING STARTED WITH RAISING CHICKENS 5

CHAPTER 1: The Joy of Chickens 7
CHAPTER 2: A Chicken Isn't Just a Chicken: Your Guide to Breeds 17
CHAPTER 3: Buying Chickens 35

PART 2: CARING FOR YOUR FLOCK: GENERAL MANAGEMENT 53

CHAPTER 4: Coop, Sweet Coop: Choosing Your Chickens' Home 55
CHAPTER 5: Feeding Your Flock 83
CHAPTER 6: Controlling Pests and Predators 109

PART 3: SPECIAL MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS 125
CHAPTER 7: Managing Layers and Collecting Eggs 127
CHAPTER 8: Raising Meat Birds 153
CHAPTER 9: Keeping Chickens with Other Poultry 183

PART 4: KEEPING YOUR CHICKENS HAPPY AND HEALTHY 199

CHAPTER 10: Basic Chicken Biology and Behavior 201
CHAPTER 11: Preventing Problems 219
CHAPTER 12: Performing Chicken First Aid 245

PART 5: THE CYCLE OF LIFE: FROM EGG TO CHICK 273

CHAPTER 13: Making More Chickens 275
CHAPTER 14: Incubating Eggs and Hatching Chicks 293
CHAPTER 15: Raising Chicks 319

PART 6: THE PART OF TENS 343

CHAPTER 16: Ten Tips for Healthy, Stress-Free Chickens 345
CHAPTER 17: Ten Reasons Why Raising Chickens Is Awesome 351

INDEX 357

Solar Power For Dummies (Paperback)

Introduction 1

Part 1: Here Comes the Sun 5

Chapter 1: Solar Power in Today’s Energy Transition 7

Chapter 2: Understanding Your Energy Use 19

Chapter 3: Pondering How the Sun Powers Our World 35

Part 2: Investing in Residential Solar: Powering Your Home 49

Chapter 4: Deciding Whether Solar Power Is Right for Your Home 51

Chapter 5: Making Your Home More Energy Efficient 67

Chapter 6: Getting the Gist of How Installation Works 81

Chapter 7: Paying for Solar at Home 95

Chapter 8: Living with Solar 107

Chapter 9: Going off the Grid 117

Part 3: Examining Commercial and Industrial Solar Projects 133

Chapter 10: Seeing Why Businesses Go Solar 135

Chapter 11: Enhancing the Power System You Have 145

Chapter 12: Choosing Financing and Ownership Options. 157

Part 4: Utility-Scale Solar: Powering the Grid 171

Chapter 13: Describing Solar Power at Utility-Scale 173

Chapter 14: Following the Journey of a Project 183

Chapter 15: Finding Out Who Buys the Power 199

Part 5: Seeing What’s Next for Solar: The Future Is Bright. 209

Chapter 16: Establishing Space-Based Solar Power 211

Chapter 17: Charging Batteries and Beyond: Storing the Sun 221

Chapter 18: The Future of Solar Cells 235

Chapter 19: Making Solar Smart with Software 247

Part 6: The Part of Tens 253

Chapter 20: Ten Smart Moves before Adopting Solar 255

Chapter 21: Ten of the Best Benefits of Going Solar 263

Chapter 22: Ten Misconceptions about Solar Power 271

Glossary 279

Index 285