The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals: Choose the Best Breeds for Small-Space Farming, Produce Your Own Grass-Fed Meat, Gather Fresh Eggs, (Backyard Homestead) (Spiral Bound)
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Brief Description:
Imagine the satisfaction of feeding your family wholesome eggs, milk, meat, and honey produced by animals raised organically and humanely in your backyard. On as little land as one-tenth of an acre, you can raise healthy, productive barnyard animals and take a big step toward food independence. Learn how to:
Table of Contents: Contents Preface Introducing Backyard Farm Animals How Many Animals Can You Keep? Chickens Turkeys Ducks & Geese Rabbits Honey Bees Goats Sheep Pigs Dairy Cows & Beef Cattle Glossary Resources Credits Index Brief Description: Companion to Storey's best-selling The Backyard Homestead, this book delves deeper into raising animals for meat, milk, eggs, cheese, and other dairy products. Biographical Note: Gail Damerow has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including What's Killing My Chickens? and the best-selling Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, and Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks. Damerow is a contributor to Chickens and Hobby Farms magazines and a regular blogger for Cackle Hatchery. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard. Visit her online at gaildamerow.com. Publisher Marketing: Enjoy a weekend breakfast featuring eggs, bacon, and honey--or a holiday meal--from your own farm animals, with the help of this homesteading guide. Gail Damerow covers everything you need to successfully raise your own farm animals. Even with just a small plot of land, you can become more self-sufficient, save money, and enjoy healthy, delicious animal products. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead, The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How, and The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food. Review Citations:
Contributor Bio:Damerow, Gail Gail Damerow has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including What's Killing My Chickens? and the best-selling Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, and Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks. She lives in Gainesboro, Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard. Find her online at gaildamerow.com. |
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