Ultimate guide to hobby farm animals raising beef cattle, chickens, ducks, goats, pigs, rabbits, and sheep

A single, information-packed volume with everything a hobby farmer needs to know about farm animals, this newly updated and comprehensive manual to selecting, caring for, and breeding livestock brings forth the expertise of five hobby farmers. With exhaustive detail, the authors offer complete cover...

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Main Authors: Weaver, Sue (Author), Hansen, Ann Larkin (Author), Langlois, Cherie (Author), McFarlen, Arie B. (Author), McLaughlin, Chris, 1964- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Mount Joy, PA : Companion House Books/Fox Chapel Publishing, 2023.
Edition:Revised & updated.
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Summary:A single, information-packed volume with everything a hobby farmer needs to know about farm animals, this newly updated and comprehensive manual to selecting, caring for, and breeding livestock brings forth the expertise of five hobby farmers. With exhaustive detail, the authors offer complete coverage of chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, and rabbits, including the housing, healthcare, special needs, advantages, and challenges of each. Also provided are strategies for marketing and selling your animals' meat, milk, eggs, fleece, or feathers, plus overviews on the animals' history, their behavioral traits, personal anecdotes, and more. New to this edition is updated information across all topics for the most complete and up-to-date insight in hobby farming, from shelter, care, health, and medicine to nutrition, behavior, marketing, and profit.
Item Description:Cover title.
Includes index.
Physical Description:383 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:9781620084243