Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep is the best-selling, most trusted reference for farmers and backyard homesteaders with any size flock. The fifth edition is now updated with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, including a gallery of the best breed choices for both meat and fiber. With their small size and gentle dispositions, sheep are one of the easier livestock species to raise and offer varied marketing opportunities, including meat, wool, and milk. Detailed instructions and graphics lead readers through every essential procedure, including shearing, building a lambing shed, breeding and lambing, butchering, and marketing.
Author: Paula Simmons, Carol Ekarius
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Published: 06/25/2019
Series: Storey’s Guide to Raising
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781612129808
Language: English
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