Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock

Informationen zum Autor Sue Weaver has written hundreds of magazine articles and many books about livestock, horses, and chickens, including The Backyard Cow, The Backyard Goat, The Backyard Sheep, Storey and The Donkey Companion. Weaver and her husband share their ridgetop farmette in the southern Ozarks with an array of animal friends. Klappentext Whether you want to the make most of a small plot of land or add diversity to a large farm, raising miniature livestock can be a fun and profitable experience. With expert advice on choosing a breed that suits your needs, Sue Weaver shows you how to house, feed, and care for miniature goats, sheep, donkeys, pigs, horses, cattle, and llamas. You’ll be inspired by profiles of successful breeders as you learn everything you need to know to keep your miniature livestock healthy and productive. Vorwort Whatever your interest in minis, this reliable resource guides you through choosing, caring for, training, and breeding mini horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, and llamas. Zusammenfassung Whatever your interest in minis, this reliable resource guides you through choosing, caring for, training, and breeding mini horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, and llamas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Why Raise Miniature Livestock? Section 1: Raising Miniature Livestock1 Before You Begin2 Which Species?3 Getting Started: Education, Vets, and Where to Buy4 Selecting Miniature Livestock5 Livestock Guardians6 Facilities and Fences7 Feeding8 Health9 Identification10 Transportation11 Breeding12 Got Milk?13 The Business End Section 2: The Species14 Miniature Cattle15 Miniature Equines16 Miniature Goats17 Miniature Llamas18 Miniature Pigs19 Miniature Sheep Appendix: Emergency EuthanasiaResourcesGlossaryIndex

Product details

• Authors: Sue Weaver, Weaver Sue
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2010
• EAN: 9781603424813
• ISBN: 978-1-60342-481-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Storey's Guide to Raising (Pap; Storey's Guide to Raising; Storey's Guide to Raising (Pap; Storey’s Guide to Raising
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Food Animal, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, Veterinary medicine: large animals (domestic / farm), Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Veterinary medicine: large animals