101 Chicken Keeping Hacks from Fresh Eggs Daily: Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for You and your Hens
Join Lisa Steele, chicken-keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, on a behind-the-coop tour like you've never seen. Lisa has spent years figuring out the best ways to keep chickens healthy, the natural way, and she's collected more than just your average tips.
101 Chicken Keeping Hacks from Fresh Eggs Daily includes simple ideas for re-using and upcycling old items, as well as detailed information on using natural ingredients to enhance and improve your chickens' lives without breaking the bank.
This guide includes these handy ideas and much more:
- Feeding: Try homemade scratch, growing fodder, or frozen treats
- The Run: Make a chicken swing or DIY scarecrow
- Chicken Health: Find ideas for boredom busters, homemade salves, and herbal teas
- The Coop: Keep it clean with a natural coop cleaner and make your own coop curtains
- The Garden: Build an herb drying rack or brew a batch of chicken poop “tea”
Reviews (227)
A Delight for All Backyard Hen Keepers, Both Urban and Rural!
I love reading Lisa Steele's "Fresh Eggs Daily" for tips on chicken keeping as well as photos of Maine, which is so very different from my own environment in Oakland CA! "101 Chicken Keeping Hacks" follows the same spirit with gorgeous photos and print layout along with pages of tips on topics like: repelling mice , homemade electrolytes for heat exhaustion (yes, that is a very real danger to CA chickens), and recipes for things like natural easter egg dyes (the book would make a great easter basket gift!) , and making herbal mite spray. The author is a many generation chicken keeper with an old fashioned American DIY spirit. I am a 15 year urban keeper with little DIY capability but we are united by our love of puttering around with the hens outside (well, on my end, that means watching the hens dig up the garden). Lovely book. Ten stars!
Invaluable book
As of this past spring, I was a complete novice to raising and keeping chickens. Lisa Steele’s blog on Pinterest has been super helpful for me. As soon as her book was available, I ordered it! This is my chicken keeping “bible”. My favorites so far are the sections on how to keep the coop clean and healthy; what herbs are great for chicken health.
get this book - you won't regret it!
There are SO MANY good little tips in this book. I've only made it through the first few chapters and I'm already implementing several of the hacks; like the home made layer feed recipe (instead of purchasing in large quantities, I made a smaller amount in parts instead of by pound). I'm already noticing a difference in my chicken's yokes. I made the window/glass cleaner and I'm using it in my house too because it really works amazingly - works on my bathroom mirror too! I have a fly spray brewing as we speak and my chickens have enjoyed several herbal teas already. I can't recommend this book enough. It is worth it, even if you have 10 other chicken books. this book is gold.
Easy to learn from Lisa!
I LOVE this book! My husband & I just bought a hobby farm which came with a 2 year young chicken coop with a huge fenced in chicken run, so naturally I'd like to raise my very own chickens. I've never done that before so Lisa Steele is my "go to girl" for learning all I need to know in order to raise happy & healthy chickens. I appreciate how easy to follow her techniques & recipes are. I'm a "thrifty/repurpose" kind of girl & so is Lisa. She gives great gardening tips as well. I rate this book 5++ stars as it's an easy/fun read & makes me happy. :) Thank you Lisa for passing along all your knowledge as you have a faithful follower & promoter here in north-central Wisconsin.
A Must Read!
I am preparing to keep chickens and in my search for knowledge learned about Lisa Steele. A well respected and knowledgeable resource for all things chicken, this book and her first book Fresh Eggs Daily as well as her book Gardening for Chickens are must haves! I have learned so much from Lisa about chickens and their care. She is resourceful and doesn't ask you to go out and buy the latest and greatest. Rather, she provides practical and economical suggestions for keeping chickens happy and healthy. Not only that, her books are fun!
Great Information and Ideas
I’ve been reading books on raising chickens. I’m in the process of setting up a coop and then getting some chicks. I want to know as much as I can before I even purchase my first chick. This book is great!! I can’t say enough good things about it. It’s written in a way that’s fun, easy and informative. The pictures are delightful. I have a feeling this is going to be one of my favorite “go to” books!!
Simply Awesome
I really love the ideas in this book. We have already used some of the recipes on multiple occasions and have lots of new ideas to use with our flock. I like some of the additional ideas not related to chickens, but would rather have more chicken ideas.
Eggcellent!!
As a fellow chicken keeper and homesteader I love all the great "hacks" Lisa's covered in her book! I've implemented quite a few already and the girls, rooster and duck are all very happy. Hey happy hens, happy eggs right? I really like how many things can be done with just yard sale or thrift/antique store finds or even what you have laying around.
Wow! Just WOW!
My younger brother introduced me to LIsa Steele just this year, and I have already become a die-hard fan of hers. So I just had to get this book as a Christmas present for him! He loved it as well and it was his favorite present! The pictures are amazing! The ideas are timeless! This book has already been so helpful with the DIY egg wash and coop disinfectant! An amazing book from an amazing woman!
A must have for any chicken keeper
Great book from the chicken and duck expert! Lisa is crafty, smart, and truly cares about raising chickens and ducks in the most humane, spoiled way possible.
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