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Hobby Farm Series - Goat Book
By Sue Weaver.
This book is an in-depth guide to small-scale goat keeping--for pleasure and profit! The author delivers essential information on choosing, breeding and tending goats while offering fascinating and fun facts. Comprehensive discussions, full-color photos, and easy-to-use charts will ensure your success.
- Select the right breed for your farm
- Learn common goat herd behavior
- Keep goats healthy with a nutritious diet
- Spot symptoms of common goat diseases
- Breed, deliver, and care for does and bucks
- Market and sell fresh goat milk
- Explore goat resources and Web sites
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Softcover, 160 pp.
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Wonderful illustrations with excellent content for the small hobby farm enthusiast.
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By Ann Larkin Hansen. Few things are as satisfying as raising livestock for food or to graze your pastures as "nature's lawn mowers." Seasoned handlers and beginners alike will benefit from this book, a hands-on guide to feeding, handling, and raising a small herd. With helpful tips, full-color photos, and a comprehensive glossary, this book offers everything a small-scale farmer needs to succeed.
- Choose the breed that's best for your farm
- Construct practical fencing and shelter
- Keep your herd healthy with a nutritious diet
- Nurture purchased calves or breed your own
- Spot symptoms of common cattle diseases
- Produce hormone-free beef for your family and friends
- Explore cattle resources and Web site
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By Sue Weaver. This book offers both neophyte and seasoned sheep keepers a wealth of information for healthy, thriving flocks. Readers get advice straight from the farm--together with detailed charts, a comprehensive glossary, tips from hobby shepherds, and fun sheep trivia. Whether they are being kept as pets or a business venture, sheep are wining additions to any small-scale farm!
- Choose the right breed for your needs
- Construct housing and predator-proof fencing
- Keep flocks healthy with a nutritious diet
- Spot symptoms of common sheep diseases
- Shear fleeces, trim hooves and vaccinate sheep
- Breed, deliver, and care for newborn lambs
- Explore sheep resources and Web sites
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By Sue Weaver.
This book puts the essential tips of chicken keeping at the fingertips of the hobby farmer. This must-have guide directs both new and experienced farmers through the nuances of tending a small-scale flock--for pleasure and profit! Become more knowledgeable about your poultry and better appreciate the bountiful gifts they bestow.
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By Carol Ekarius.
From the publisher of Hobby Farms magazine--the premier source of news and developments in the lifestyle farm industry--comes Hobby Farm, the perfect book for anyone who dreams of life in the country. This beautifully illustrated book offers an intimate look at life on a hobby farm, providing sound guidance to those who want to get started.
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