Eggs, meat, milk, wool, fur, feathers, and some priceless bucolic bliss. No hobby farm is complete without critters…possibly a small herd peppering the field or a microflock flapping around the hen house or pond. A single information-packed volume with everything a hobby farmer needs to know about farm animals, this new comprehensive manual to selecting, caring for, and breeding livestock brings forth the expertise of five hobby farmers, each of whom has real-life on-the-farm experience with the animals she discusses. Whether you're contemplating adding a small herd of sheep or goats to your existing hobby farm or you've always wondered about the benefits of raising angora rabbits or Muscovy ducks, Livestock for Your Hobby Farm provides the kind of guidance you need to begin a herd or flock and expand your pens and fencing. With exhaustive detail, the authors offer complete coverage of chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, and rabbits, including the housing, health-care, special needs, advantages and challenges of each.
-Extensive sections devoted to the seven major farm animals, including profiles of the most popular breeds and varieties
-Detailed how-to chapters on the care, handling, feeding, health, and safety of each animal
-Special chapters devoted to the breeding and raising of young animals
-Recommendations for ways of capitalizing on your livestock's output, from selling eggs, milk, fiber, and so forth
-Tips for troubleshooting potential problems and warding off diseases, parasites, and predators
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Hobby Farm Animals
A Comprehensive Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits, Goats, Pigs, Sheep, and Cattle
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Hobby Farm Animals
A Comprehensive Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits, Goats, Pigs, Sheep, and Cattle
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Selecting and Bringing Home Beef Cattle
- Fences and Feed for Beef Cattle
- Beef Cattle Behavior and Handling
- Keeping Beef Cattle Healthy
- Breeding Beef Cattle
- Marketing and Processing Beef Cattle
- Selecting Your Chickens
- Housing and Feeding Your Chickens
- Chicken Behavior and Handling
- Chicken Healthcare
- Raising Chicks
- Farm Fresh Eggs and Meat Chickens
- Choosing the Right Ducks
- Duck Accommodations and Diet
- Duck Traits and Behavior
- Healthcare for Your Ducks
- Breeding and Duckling Care
- Duck Eggs, Meat, and Down
- Goats: A Primer
- Keeping and Feeding Goats
- Goat Behavior and You
- Goat Health, Maladies, and Hooves
- Bringing Goats into the World
- Goats for Meat, Milk, and Fiber
- Pigs Getting Started
- Shelter and Food for Your Pigs
- Understanding Pig Behavior
- Pig Health Issues
- Pig Breeding and Farrowing
- Pig Processing and Butchering
- Meet the Domestic Rabbit
- Proper Housing and Nutrition for Rabbits
- A Relationship With Your Rabbits
- Happy and Healthy Rabbits
- Breeding Like Rabbits
- Making Money with Rabbits
- Sheep from the Beginning
- Sheep Feeding and Housing Advice
- Sheep Handling and Safety
- Keeping Sheep in Good Health
- Principles of Proper Sheep Breeding
- Your Sheep Business
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