The Complete Guide to Small Scale Farming Everything You Need to Know About Raising Beef and Dairy Cattle, Rabbits, Ducks, and Other Small Animals ... Ducks & Other Small Animals (Back to Basics) - Softcover

Nelson, Melissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620230097 ISBN 13: 9781620230091

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc., 2015

Synopsis

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, maintaining 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.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Melissa Nelson is a graduate of the University Of Minnesota College Of Veterinary Medicine. She currently resides on a beef cattle farm near Ortonville, Minn."

Edition details

• Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1620230097
• ISBN 13: 9781620230091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288