Get Started In Pig Keeping - How to raise happy pigs in your outdoor space

Informationen zum Autor Tony York was a leading convener of courses for amateur pig-keepers for decades, seeing the number of attendees triple in that time. He has made several television programmes on pigkeeping and is known in the community for his passionate commitment to furthering the cause of organic farming and smallholding as well as for his expert communication skills. Klappentext Advice on daily maintenance of pigs, covering feeding, cleaning and producing your own meat carefully and successfully. Zusammenfassung A user-friendly guide to keeping happy and healthy pigs in your outdoor space, whether for produce, profit or pleasure. Inhaltsverzeichnis : 1. Why keep a pig? : 2. Can anyone keep a pig? : 3. What breed should you have? . : 4. What you need before your pig arrives : 5. Feeding : 6. Pig ailments : 7. How much will it cost to keep a pig? : 8. Pig Breeding : 9. Rearing for Meat : 10. Selling and Marketing : 11. The World of Pigkeepers : 12. Pig Behaviour

Product details

• Authors: Tony York, Tony W. York
• Publisher: Teach Yourself
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781473684218
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-8421-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Teach Yourself General; Teach Yourself General
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; NATURE / Animals / General, PETS / General, Animal behaviour, Domestic animals & pets, Domestic animals and pets, Animal Husbandry