Books in sync with nature.
Books in sync with nature.
Pittsburgh, Pa. (July 25, 2013) – Imagine: picking fresh basil, mint and oregano and feeding all of it to your chickens. And imagine them just loving it. Seems crazy, right? Maybe not. According to Lisa Steele, almost all of our favorite culinary herbs have wonderful health benefits for both humans and chickens. Even common flowers help chickens stay happy and healthy. Forget chemical medications, antibiotics and commercial wormers. In her new book, Fresh Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Chickens…Naturally (St. Lynn’s Press, October 2013), Steele encourages today’s backyard chicken keepers to “go natural” and shows them how she does it.
The L.A. Times calls urban farming “the hot new movement sweeping the country” (1/31/13). More than ever, people care about the quality and safety of the food they eat.
Steele treats her hens to a holistic diet and environment. The results speak for themselves: in five years, she has never lost a chicken to disease, worms, or parasites. She’s never had pecking problems or lost a hen to respiratory complications. And not a single unvaccinated baby chick has contracted coccidiosis or Marek’s disease, two scourges of the henhouse. Besides Steele’s phenomenal success, her herbal remedies and preventives are simple to grow and prepare, and they’re inexpensive. The more good nutrients the chickens get, the more extra nutrition they have for their eggs – leading to healthier eggs for us to scramble, poach or fry!
Steele’s Fresh Eggs Daily is a comprehensive guide for a new generation of chicken keepers, looking to improve chickens’ environment and quality of life via herbs and natural supplements. This book, with over 130 full-color photographs, offers insightful information on coops, nesting boxes, runs, feed, breeding and natural health care for chickens. Steele includes eight do-it-yourself projects for coops and runs, and also recipes.
“Lisa Steele knows first-hand that keeping a flock clean, comfortable and well fed is 90% of good preventive chicken medicine. Her common sense tips promote a fulfilling life for both the flock and the flock keeper.”
– Dr. Julie Gauthier, author of Chicken Health for Dummies
“Reading Fresh Eggs Daily is like going to the coop each morning to collect eggs:
You never know what you’re going to find, but there is always something good to pick up!”– Roger Sipe, editor of Chickens and Urban Farm magazines
Fresh Eggs Daily is a go-to how-to for everyone – new or experienced – committed to giving their chickens a happier, healthier life. Those dedicated to trying unique, healthy food and lifestyle options will also reap the benefits of this fun, informative book.
Lisa Steele is a fifth generation chicken keeper. She blogs at Fresh Eggs Daily, and Ducks Too. Steele is also a contributing writer for Grit magazine online, Community Chickens and Tractor Supply’s Out Here magazine. She writes book reviews for Mother Earth News, Storey Publishing and Timber Press and has been featured in Chickens magazine, UK-based Your Chickens magazine and Hobby Farm Home magazine. Steele resides on her Virginia farm with her husband, 22 laying hens, a rooster, eight ducks, two horses, a tuxedo-cat and a German shepherd puppy.
Fresh Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Chickens… Naturally
ISBN -13: 978-0-9855622-5-0
$17.95 US/$19.50 CAN
Hardcover, 160 pages