This presentation of Edgar Warren’s turn-of-the-century text on raising healthy and productive chickens breathes new life into an old classic. The 2011 Clary Books edition contains the complete text of the original and includes illustrations, with a hyperlinked Table of Contents and Index. Whether you are raising chickens yourself or simply interested in the history of farming in America, you’ll find 200 Eggs Per Hen both practical and entertaining.
Warren covers basic and advanced methods of raising poultry, including housing, nutrition, diseases, life stages, and reproduction. Earlier chapters contain a sprinkling of stories from people raising poultry back in the day which give the material a personal charm, while the final section Salad and Dressings includes random notes and a dash of humor.
Some methods for handling diseases and parasites may have been superseded by modern methods but many are still usable, and Warren’s basic methods and theories of raising chickens are humane and sound.
The original text has been carefully edited to be easy to read and free of typographical errors. While most archaic spellings were retained, some grammar and wording has been updated for a modern audience.
