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'One Man and His Dog' meets James Herriot meets the Dog Listener

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The essential guide to raising a small flock of backyard turkeys, from a trusted homesteading expert.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

A practical book for new beekeepers and those interested in keeping their own bees, explaining everything they need to know to get started. It also covers how to make your garden attractive for bees. Published to coincide with the biggest beginners' day for beekeeping which takes place in February each year.

(Paperback)

Explains the main differences between the various breeds and the qualities of their appearance, temperament, meat and wool, and also outlines the history of sheep farming and the way the industry works. This book is an introduction to the main breeds and their classification into upland, hill and lowland varieties.

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Beekeepers keep bees for three reasons: bees are pollinators and their presence increases a garden's productivity; there is a fascination with how they live, collect food and colonise; and they produce honey. This book offers 35 building projects for everything from hive components to frames to swarm catchers.

(Hardback)

The most comprehensive beekeeping resource ever published.

(Paperback)

Healthy pregnancies, safe births, and thriving calves are critical to every cattle operation, and in remote farm locations, the veterinarian is not always readily available. The author covers various routine situations likely to arise before, during, and after calving.

(Paperback)

A readable, practical and illustrated guide to the ancient craft of beekeeping, an increasingly more popular leisure pursuit.

(Paperback)

A user-friendly guide to keeping happy and healthy pigs in your outdoor space, whether for produce, profit or pleasure.

(Paperback)

A straightforward, step-by-step, guide to keeping bees in an urban environment from two of the UK's most experienced and respected beekeepers and writers on the subject.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Talks about how to raise, manage, and market grass-fed cattle. This book covers various aspects of raising and care, including herd selection, breeding, yearly cycles, cultivating and maintaining healthy soil and grass, fencing and pasture rotation, winter grazing, pests and diseases, and necessary equipment.

(Hardback)

Chickens are back in style with a vengeance: poultry breeders are struggling to cope with the increase in demand and gardens resound to the contented cluck of chickens.

(Paperback)

Take more pleasure in owning a backyard flock with low-cost, imaginative projects that reduce chores, solve common problems, and benefit chickens and chicken-keepers alike, from a predator-proof chicken run to self-filling waterer, automatic coop doors, and more.

(Paperback)

Now in paperback and just in time for the start of bee season, Marina Marchese's much-loved, inspirational, and practical memoir of learning to raise honeybees and launching her own successful honey business.

(Paperback)

Helps you evaluate the housing needs of your animals and provides dozens of adaptable plans for sheds, coops, hutches, multi-purpose barns, windbreaks, and shade structures as well as plans for essential equipment.

(Paperback)

Reviews the natural behaviour and temperament of cattle. This book describes low-stress methods for moving cattle on pastures, paddocks, and feedlot pens. It features plans for various things from gate latches to chutes, corrals, and sorting pens for full-scale facilities.

(Paperback)

Sensible advice and savvy answers for raising backyard chickens.

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Expert Glenn Drowns offers all the information and guidance you need to successfully exhibit your poultry at fairs and expositions. Learn how to select the best breeds and birds for exhibition and how to raise them with the proper diet, health care, and handling so that they are at their best by showtime.

(Paperback, Main)

Whether you hope to produce eggs and poultry meat for local sale, or simply relish the joy of eating your own freshly collected free-range eggs, this new edition gives invaluable advice on the type of poultry to choose, housing, feeding, breeding and general management.

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

Covers a wide range of breeds, humane raising practices, pastured feeding methods, organic certification standards, and on-farm processing guidelines.

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Covers 194 of the most significant breeds of cattle, goats, sheep, and swine. This guide includes colour photographs, a brief history, and details about livestock breed's unique qualities and quirks. It is suitable for small-scale farmers, conservationists, agricultural historians, gourmets, biodiversity champions, and animal lovers.