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Get them while they’re hot – off the press that is. Last December, while most folks were dreaming about Christmas and all the days off they were going to enjoy with family and loved ones, the GRIT crew was busy putting together our <a href=”http://www.grit.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=4375″>
<em>Guide to Backyard Chickens</em>
</a>. This first special issue launches the magazine’s Country Skills Series, which will cover topics that you all help prioritize.</p>
<p>GRIT’s <a href=”http://www.grit.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=4375″>
</a> is a one-of-a-kind reference book that contains the latest and greatest information on how to get your backyard flock started and how to keep the eggs and meat coming. If you live in town, no worries, we have sections devoted to
 keeping smaller flocks inside the city limits and even included step by step instructions on how to approach your municipal government in towns where chicken keeping is not legal. So if you fancy yourself an urban farmer or city farmer, the <a href=”http://www.grit.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=4375″>
<em>Guide to Backyard Chickens</em>
</a> has you covered. Likewise, if you live out where the pavement ends, and don’t have any legal issues to contend with, our <a href=”http://www.grit.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=4375″>
<em>Guide to Backyard Chickens</em>
</a> takes you through the steps for incubating fertile eggs, receiving and brooding day old chicks, building chicken coops and so much more.</p>
<p>Worried about bird health and protection from predators? GRIT’s <a href=”http://www.grit.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=4375″>
<em>Guide to Backyard Chickens</em>
</a> offers expert advice on how to keep diseases out of your flock and provides detailed information on how to keep predators of all kinds from picking off your poultry. If you wonder about how chickens might help control ticks and other pests and help build rich garden soil, then you will definitely want to read GRIT’s <a href=”http://www.grit.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=4375″>
<em>Guide to Backyard Chickens</em>
</a>. This new book also includes 25 time-tested and delicious recipes covering everything from for using up excess eggs to creating mouthwatering chicken burgers.</p>
<p>GRIT’s <a href=”http://www.grit.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=4375″>
<em>Guide to Backyard Chickens</em>
</a> goes on sale tomorrow at Tractor Supply stores, Sam’s Club and select bookstores nationwide. If you can’t find the title at your local book seller or newsstand, you can purchase it directly from us –Â <a href=”http://www.grit.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=4375″>right here</a>.</p>
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<a href=”http://www.grit.com/biographies/oscar-h-will” target=_self>Hank Will</a>
<em> raises hair sheep, heritage cattle and many varieties of open-pollinated corn with his wife, Karen, on their rural Osage County, Kansas farm. His home life is a perfect complement to his professional life as editor in chief at GRIT and Capper’s Farmer magazines. Connect with him on </em>
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