The complete first-year reference

It's 9pm. Something's wrong with one of your chickens.

And you've got 20 tabs open, none of them agreeing. This is the one thing nobody sold you: not more chicken info — the one answer you need, the second you need it.

The whole first year, in the exact order it happens
A Panic Index for every "is this normal?!" moment
Sourced from vet manuals, not random forums

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The Backyard Chicken Bible — the complete first-year reference

$117 $27

You didn't get chickens to feel this stressed.

You got them for the fresh eggs. The kids. A little self-sufficiency. Nobody warned you about the part where you'd check on them every 30 minutes just to make sure they're still alive.

A clogged little vent on a 3-day-old chick sends you into a spiral.

You spot a pile of feathers in the run and your stomach drops.

One hen sits puffed-up and still — and you have no idea if she's fine or dying.

"If something happens to one of them, I'm on my own. And it'll be because I didn't know what to do."

Here's the truth: that feeling is not your fault. You're not careless. You've just been handed the wrong tools.

The real reason you keep getting stuck

Your problems don't arrive by topic. They arrive on a clock.

Every chicken answer you have is filed by topic — a chapter on breeds, a chapter on feed, a chapter on health. Fine for a quiet Sunday. Useless at 9pm with a bird in your hands.

What you're handed

A 300-page book indexed for someone who already knows the word "coccidiosis."
40 forum threads, half contradicting the other half.
A YouTube rabbit hole that assumes you watched the other 11 videos.

What actually happens

Pasty butt in week one.
A hen going eggbound the week she starts laying.
The raccoon that tests the latch the one night you forget.

So you freeze. And in that frozen minute, the thing you feared happens. That's the Scatter Trap: drowning in free information, starving for the one answer you need right now.

The fix

Everything filed by when you need it — so the answer finds you.

The First-90-Days Map

Your whole first year, in the order it happens: before you buy, the brooder weeks, moving to the coop, point-of-lay, first molt, first winter, first predator season. You never study ahead — the book meets you on the calendar, so the right answer shows up exactly when you need it.

You go from "checking every 30 minutes" to "I knew exactly what to do."

Everything packed inside

Five reference systems in one book — each built for the exact moment you'll actually need it.

The Panic Index: Every emergency beginners face, each with a 10-minute action plan and a clear "call the vet now" line.
The 27-Breed Selector: Every popular breed scored on eggs, cold- and heat-hardiness, temperament, noise, and broodiness — plus "best flock for cold climates, hot climates, kids, small yards, quiet neighborhoods, and guaranteed hens."
The Coop & Predator-Proofing System: The sizing calculator, the ventilation rule that prevents winter frostbite, and the predator matrix that names which animal attacked by what it left behind — plus the hardware-cloth truth that saves whole flocks.
Brooder Weeks, Feed-by-Age & the Seasonal Calendar: The temperature-by-week schedule, the #1 feed mistake that damages pullets for life, the fall molt, and the "why did my hens stop laying?" diagnostic.
Printable coop-wall cards: The checklists and Panic cards, formatted to print and hang right by the coop — so the answer is on the wall in front of you, not buried on your phone.

Here's everything you get today

The Backyard Chicken Bible (full reference): $37
The Panic Index emergency system: $27
The 27-Breed Selector & quick-picks: $17
Coop Sizing + Predator-Proofing System: $17
Printable coop-wall cards: $19
Total value: $117

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day promise

Read it risk-free for 14 days.

Open the guide tonight and put it to work on your real flock. If you don't feel noticeably calmer and more sure of yourself within 14 days, send one email and we'll refund every cent — no forms, no questions. Keep the printables either way. The only thing you're risking is another night of 2am panic-searching.

Questions people ask

Can't I just Google all this for free?

You can — and that's the problem. Free info is scattered across a hundred sources that don't agree, and none of it is organized for the moment you're panicking. You're paying to never have to find it again.

$27 for a PDF?

One panicked vet visit runs $50–150 a bird. One chick lost to pasty butt you didn't catch. One flock lost to a coop that wasn't really predator-proof. $27 is the cheapest insurance in this hobby.

I already bought a chicken book.

Keep it. Those are encyclopedias you dip into on a calm afternoon. This is the opposite — the thing you grab during the emergency, when you need the answer in ten seconds, not ten pages.

Will it apply to my situation?

It branches — cold vs. hot climate care, ordinance and rooster-law variance by city, flock sizes from 4 to 12. Built for the specifics, not one-size-fits-all.

Start calm. Stay calm. Get through your first year without losing a bird.