| Author: | Catherine Austen, Nicola Jane Swinney |
| Category: |
Livestock |
| Series: | Handy Petcare Guides |
A comprehensive and accessible guide to choosing and caring for your horse. Discover the horse throughout history and culture, its uses, anatomy, appearance and behaviour, and take in a wealth of practical advice on how to choose and buy a horse, care, health, breed... read more
| Author: | Joyce White, Lee Harper |
| Category: |
Pets |
| Series: | Handy Petcare Guides |
The comprehensive, handy guide to choosing and caring for your cat. Discover the cat throughout history and culture, its anatomy, appearance and behaviour, and take in a wealth of practical advice on how to choose a cat, care, health, breeding, and showing your cat. Information on evolution and classification is also included.
| Author: | Robert Owen |
| Category: |
Livestock |
| Reading Level: | General Adult |
The book is aimed at both the novice and experienced beekeeper in Australia and explains in detail the steps required to manage colonies of bees. Supported by over 350 photographs and drawings, each action to be performed is explained in detail with photographs sh... read more
| Author: | Maggie Sayer |
| Category: |
Livestock |
Goat meat is believed to make up 80 per cent of the total meat consumed in the world, and production in the UK is far outweighed by demand. "Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats" is the essential reference on raising, caring for, and marketing meat goats. This up... read more
| Author: | Kelly Klober |
| Category: |
Livestock |
| Series: | Storey's Guide to Raising Ser. |
A guide to raising pigs for new and experienced pig farmers. It provides advice on breed selection, housing, humane handling and butchering, and disease prevention and treatment.
| Author: | Sue Weaver |
| Category: |
Livestock |
The Backyard Sheep is the go-to reference for anyone interested in keeping two to a dozen sheep on a small plot of land. Even those with no prior experience will learn how to select the right breed, keep sheep safe and healthy,... read more
| Author: | Jerome D. Belanger |
| Category: |
Livestock |
With minimal space and housing needs, dairy goats are a practical choice for the small or backyard dairy farmer. Dairy goats require a smaller investment than Cows and produce easily digested milk that is much in demand for making yogurt, cheese, and other dairy... read more
| Author: | Lee Harper |
| Category: |
Pets |
Part of a great new series of comprehensive and accessible encyclopedias on our favourite animals, this is your definitive guide to the cat. Discover the cat throughout history and culture, its anatomy, appearance and behaviour, and take in a wealth o... read more
| Author: | Cesar Millan; Melissa Jo Peltier |
| Category: |
Pets |
From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel's Dog Whisperer, the only resource you'll need for raising a happy, healthy dog. For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into their lives-as well as... read more
| Author: | Bob Bennett |
| Category: |
Livestock |
"Rabbit Housing" is the definitive guide for anyone seeking to raise rabbits in safe, sanitary, efficient facilities. Bob Bennett, best-selling author of "Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits", has a lifetime... read more
| Author: | Elana Rose |
| Category: |
Pets |
Books in the A Practical Guide for Owners and Breeders series explore in detail all aspects of owning and caring for individual breeds of dog. Written in an accessible style, this book focuses on providing practical information about caring for ... read more
| Author: | D Phillip Sponenberg, DVM |
| Category: |
Livestock |
Heritage breeds matter, and they are often a better choice than conventional breeds for small farms and backyards. Written by three experts from the Livestock Conservancy, this book includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, rabbits, pigs, sheep, goats, cattle, donk... read more
