Joy of Keeping Farm Animals (eBook)

Raising Chickens, Goats, Pigs, Sheep, and Cows

Laura Childs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015 | Second Edition
256 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-63450-125-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A second edition of the beloved guide to farm animals.When the going gets tough, the tough . . . start raising their own food. In the first full-color guide of its kind, author and small farm owner Laura Childs reveals exactly what it takes to start raising your own animals, including chickens, geese, goats, sheep, pigs, and cows. Childs discusses what you can expect to harvest from your animalsfrom eggs to milk to meat to woolbased on her own real-life experiences. Whether you want to raise a few chickens for eggs alone, try your hand at a few goats with the intention of making your own cheese, or sustain your family and make some extra money from raising cows and selling beef, this is the book for you.Childs explains how to get started and everything you need to know about successfully raising each animal, including: Comparison of breeds Designing your farm strategy Preparing a home for your livestock What to feed your animals Animal health Breeding Milking, laying eggs, and butcheringThis invaluable guide is the perfect first book for anyone interested in starting a backyard barnyard or a small farmor simply dreaming about the idea.

Autor

Laura Childs was a self-proclaimed city girl who broke away from the hectic urban life. Now living on a small, self-sustained farm in Ontario, Canada, she chronicles everyday adventures of raising goats, chickens, horses, and other animals on her Web site, goodbyecitylife.com. She is the author of The Joy of Keeping Farm Animals and The Joy of Keeping Goats.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.4.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: 75 pounds • acreage • acre lot • animal care • animal husbandry • animal trainer • baby chicks • backyard chickens • backyard flock • Barf • BEE • Beekeeping • Beginners • chicken coop • chicken farmer • chicken flock • chicken owners • chicken raising • container gardening • Cookbook • coops • Cream • Crochet • crop rotation raised chickens • dairy cows • dairy goats • Designs • egg laying • Egg Production • Ethology • food production • Foods • fresh eggs • Fruit Trees • hobby farm • home grown • homemade • homeowner • homesteaders • honey • keeping bees • Keeping chickens • kits • Laying hens • local library • Maple Syrup • organic • Packaging • Practical information • processed • Profit • pullets • quarter acre • raise animals • raise chickens • raised beds • raising animals • Raising chickens • raising farm • raising goats • raising livestock • Rat • reference guide • self reliant • self sufficiency • self-sufficiency madigan • self sufficient • Sheep • slatter • Southwest • space requirements • Spaces • storey • Surgery • Tractors • turkeys • urban homesteading • vegetable garden • vegetable gardening • vinegars • whisperers • wide variety
• ISBN-10: 1-63450-125-X / 163450125X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63450-125-5 / 9781634501255