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Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Gardening and Chickens 7Chapter 1: Joining Forces: Companion Gardening with Chickens9Chapter 2: Preparing Your Garden for Chickens 33Chapter 3: Preparing Yourself and Your Family for Chickens63Chapter 4: Creating Your Space for Free-Range Chickens 83Part II: Designing a Chicken-Friendly Garden101Chapter 5: Creating a Safe and Smart Garden Space: LandscapeMaterial Ideas 103Chapter 6: From Garden to Pasture: Perfect Plantings for AllYour Needs 125Chapter 7: Growing Good Eats for Chickens and People 147Chapter 8: From Lawns to Poisonous Plants: Other LandscapeConsiderations 165Part III: Chicken Care: Tending to Your Flock 181Chapter 9: Know Thy Flock: Understanding Chicken Behaviors183Chapter 10: Caring for Chickens: Predators, Sickness, Injury,and Death 199Part IV: The Part of Tens 221Chapter 11: Ten Common Chicken Problems Solved 223Chapter 12: Ten Benefi cial Tools and Aids to Have 229Chapter 13: Ten Ways to Get Really Fancy 237Index 245