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A Chicken in Every Yard
by Robert Litt, Hannah Litt
Got a little space and a hankering for fresh eggs?
Robert and Hannah Litt have dispensed advice to hundreds of urban and suburban chicken-keepers from behind their perch at Portland’s Urban Farm Store, and now they’re ready to help you go local and sustainable with your own backyard birds. In this handy guide to breeds, feed, coops, and care, the Litts take you under their experienced wings and share the secrets to:
Picking the breeds that are right for you
• Building a sturdy coop in one weekend for $100
• Raising happy and hearty chicks
• Feeding your flock for optimal health and egg nutrition
• Preventing and treating common chicken diseases
• Planning ahead for family, neighborhood, and legal considerations
• Whipping up tasty egg recipes from flan to frittata
With everything that first-timers will need to get started—along with expert tips for more seasoned keepers—this colorful, nuts-and-bolts manual proves that keeping chickens is all it’s cracked up to be.
Pub. Date: March 2011
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover , 208pp
158008582
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Beef Cattle: Keeping a Small-Scale Herd
by Ann Larkin Hansen
Few things are as satisfying as raising livestock for food or to graze your pastures as "nature's lawnmowers." Seasoned handlers and beginners alike will benefit from Beef Cattle, 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. From meadow to market! 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 sites.
Publisher: Bowtie
Pub. Date: May 2006
ISBN-13: 9781931993685
160pp
Series: Hobby Farm Series
193199368
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Choosing and Keeping Pigs
by Linda McDonald-Brown
Everything you need to know about small-scale pig keeping, either for food or as a pet.
Backyard pig keeping is growing in popularity, both as a food source, as demonstrated by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, and as pets. Pigs are easy to rear, breed and feed, and they are hardy and adaptable animals that help clear ground, recycle waste and fertilize soils.
This practical and accessible guide is the ideal beginner's handbook and includes expert advice on:
How to choose and purchase a quality animal and how to help preserve rare breeds
Equipment, housing and fencing
Moving and handling
Feeding, nutrition and pasture
Pig health care and common diseases
Selecting a boar or sow for breeding, hogging, farrowing, taking care of piglets and pedigree breeding
Preparing for slaughter, butchering and subsequent storage
Showing pigs in competitions.
Choosing and Keeping Pigs also includes a history of pig keeping and a comprehensive directory of 30 traditional and rare breeds. This unique reference provides all the information a pig keeper requires.
Pub. Date: August 2009
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Format: Paperback, 208pp
155407469
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Diseases of the Goat
by John G. Matthews
Diseases of the Goat has become well established as a truly invaluable tool for veterinarians. It is a highly practical, concise handbook for frequent reference. The book covers all aspects of goat medicine, from assessment and examination, to diagnosis, treatment and control of conditions. This new edition has been updated and extended, in particular to incorporate the impact of recent developments, such as the geographical spread of diseases into new regions.
There are new chapters on the Geriatric Goat; Inadequate Growth Rate; Biosecurity and Herd Health in order to reflect changes in current concerns and practice and there is also extended and updated material included on surgical techniques and anaesthesia. This edition now includes a section with colour photographs in order to assist diagnosis.
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Pub. Date: February 2009
ISBN-13: 9781405161367
448pp
Edition Number: 3
140516136
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