This bestselling guide is the perfect reference for caring for your flock of sheep.The fifth edition of
Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheepis 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
*Marketing
A respected authority on sheep raising for over three decades, author Paula Simmons has written many books and magazines articles on spinning wool, and is the coauthor ofStorey’s Guide to Raising Sheep. Simmons lecturers and conducts workshops in the United States and Canada on the subject of raising sheep and spinning wool for a living. Together with her husband, she has been raising and sheering sheep, and spinning and weaving wool for over 20 years on their farm in Washington.
Carol Ekarius is the coauthor ofThe Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook, The Field Guide to Fleece, and Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep, and the author of several books includingSmall-Scale Livestock Farming, Storey’s Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds, andStorey’s Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Pigs. She lives in the mountains of Colorado.
Preface
1: Starting with Sheep
Some Background on Sheep - Sheep Farming Today - Behavior - Breeds - Buying Sheep - Home at Last
2: Breeding and Breeds
Breeding and Genetics - Genetic Diversity and Sheep Breeds - Individual Breeds
3: Pasture, Fences, and Facilities
Pasture - FelóP
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