The Complete Guide to Small Scale Farming Everything You Need to Know About Raising Beef and Dairy Cattle, Rabbits, Ducks, and Other Small Animals Revised 2nd Edition

by Melissa Nelson

This totally revised and updated book covers every aspect of raising farm animals. You will learn how to care for chickens, from choosing the right breed to raising them for egg production. You will learn how to handle geese and ducks, choosing the correct breeds, feeding, housing, breeding, and selecting the right ones for egg production. You will also learn about egg incubation, maintain poultry health, and how to raise them for meat. Other animals you will learn how to care for include rabbits, goats, sheep, dairy cows, and beef cattle. Learn about how to purchase, house, feed, breed, record, and butcher animals of all types as well as how to gather milk, use goats and cows for maintaining your fields, and keep records of births and selling babies.

Genres: Nonfiction, Animals

288 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2010

Reviews

[Ami · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a nice brief look into raising livestock. It had a good foundation, without becoming too technical. If it had included color photographs and diagrams, I probably would have rated it 4 stars. I would recommend this book to people who are newly exploring the idea of raising animals, not to those who have already done some preliminary research.

[Jonathan Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

great, easy read with a lot of pertinent information including facilities, common diseases, conformation, breeding, butchering, etc. I would recommend additional reading on any specific animal you choose to raise, but this is a great first book to read when considering raising livestock.