Dalia Monterroso brings a fresh, inclusive voice to the community of backyard chicken keeping with this entry-level guide focused on empowering beginners with the confidence and just the right amount of know-how needed to be successful, with a special emphasis on urban and suburban chicken raisers, low-cost options, and long-time, natural practices from chicken-keeping communities around the world. Dalia Monterroso, founder of the popular website Chickenlandia, brings a fresh, inclusive voice to the community of backyard chicken keeping with this entry-level guide designed to empower anyone who's always wanted to keep chickens but may have thought it required special knowledge and a large investment in equipment. Monterroso's enthusiasm is contagious as she conveys the basics of chicken keeping, with an emphasis on low-cost, natural practices and shares her belief that humans have an innate ability to care for chickens. Asserting that the backyard chicken community welcomes everyone, she addresses a broad audience, including those in urban and suburban locations. Readers will learn how to plan their flock, how to raise baby chicks, what to look for in a chicken coop, how to keep chickens healthy naturally, and more. Drawing from her own experience as the child of Guatemalan immigrants, Monterroso celebrates how chicken-keeping has been practiced around the world and offers an opportunity to connect with previous generations and transcend cultural, racial, economic, and political divides. AUTHOR: Dalia Monterroso is a chicken keeper and a popular teacher on the basics of backyard chicken keeping. She speaks and teaches classes on the joys of chicken keeping and is passionate about broadening the community of chicken keepers to be more diverse and inclusive. She is the creator of the popular website Chickenlandia, YouTube Channel Welcome to Chickenlandia, podcast Bawk Tawk, and an online course Chickenlandia's Backyard Chickens 101: A Chicken Course for Everyone. She lives in Bellingham, Washington with her husband and children. SELLING POINTS: . Inclusive guide to chicken keeping. Drawing from own experiences with urban chicken-keeping and as the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, Dalia Monterroso teaches all the basics of successful chicken raising, with special attention given to the challenges of urban and suburban chicken keepers, including small spaces, neighbour relations, regulations, and more. She also incorporates traditional practices gleaned from cultures around the world . Chicken keeping as an affordable, sustainable practice. Chickens are an unsung part of how communities survive when they are living on the edge. The pandemic has brought this into sharp focus: in these unstable times, a communal shift toward sustainability is more necessary than ever. "Self-sufficient practices must not be limited to those that reside on big plots of land or enjoy a certain income level," writes author Dalia Monterroso
