The Ultimate Guide to Raising Farm Animals: A Complete Guide to Raising Chickens, Pigs, Cows, and More
The Ultimate Guide to Raising Farm Animals: A Complete Guide to Raising Chickens, Pigs, Cows, and More book cover

The Ultimate Guide to Raising Farm Animals: A Complete Guide to Raising Chickens, Pigs, Cows, and More

Paperback – August 16, 2016

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Price
$19.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
Skyhorse
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1634503297
Dimensions
7 x 0.8 x 10 inches
Weight
1.92 pounds

Description

About the Author 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 . Jennifer Megyesi lives with her son, five cats, and a goofy Labrador retriever on Fat Rooster Farm in Royalton, Vermont. Geoff Hansen is a photographer and editor at the Valley News in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He has published in Newsweek, USA Today, and The New York Times. He lives in Tunbridge, Vermont, with his wife, daughter, and two beagles. Kate Rowinski is the author of a number of books, including The Wilderness Guide to Dutch Oven Cooking , The Ultimate Guide to Making Chili , and The Quotable Cook . She co-owns the Horse and Hound Gastropub in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband Jim, her daughter Brooke, and her son-in-law Luther Fedora.

Features & Highlights

  • Learn how to take care of chickens, pigs, sheep, cows, and other livestock. Each chapter of this fully illustrated book is dedicated to a different animal, and you will learn not only how to take care of them but also what sorts of things you can get from them.
  • Imagine putting together a big breakfast using eggs straight from your own chickens and bacon from the pig. This is an ideal that many dream of but few ever get to experience. Now, with
  • The Ultimate Guide to Raising Farm Animals
  • , that dream can become a reality, and so much more.With tips on farm safety, tips for first-time animal hobby farmers, information on shelters and food and water, and much more, this is advice that you will turn to again and again. If you want to save money, become more self-sufficient, and enjoy healthier, locally sourced food,
  • The Ultimate Guide to Raising Farm Animals
  • is the book you need.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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The cover shows sheep - NO SHEEP inside

Found this book very helpful as an introduction ... BUT .... It shows a sheep on the cover, seriously?!
one of the reasons I bought it

This book does not address sheep. Find a different book for sheep. like The New Livestock Farmer.
3 people found this helpful
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Ultimate guide not exactly ultimate

It's an engaging book with nice photos and formatting. I started reading with the introduction and the last bullet point on buying tips states that chickens can live 20 years or more. The world record for oldest chicken is 15. This small tidbit of misinformation set the tone of what to expect from this book. I realized the book was author opinion/experience, more than actual facts.
1 people found this helpful
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I sent this to a friend that runs an orphanage ...

I sent this to a friend that runs an orphanage in Uganda and he said it taught him a Lot.
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Good gift for a young girl

My daughter loves animals and her dream was to work on a farm lol. This book is fun to read if you are an animal lover and informative.
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Great book!

Very helpful, for someone starting out. Thank you for informative book
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Sheep on the cover, no sheep in the book

Bought this looking for more tips for our future farm. No information about sheep in the book although there is a picture of one on the cover. However there is a songbird section… in a book titled Raising Farm Animals…
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Amazing amount of information!

Can tell the author is very knowledgeable and informed. Highly recommend!
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Good book.

Good book. Very informative. I like how it is in order according to complexity. The not so difficult and small, chickens, goats, pigs, birds?, donkeys, lamas and alpacas, cattle, then horses. The bird section in the middle is a little out of place, but still nice.
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Great book!

Very informative and practical. I feel ready to get some new farm animals!
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Full of Information and Pictures

Working on an Art project aboutFarm Animals. All I need was this Wonderful Book.

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