Storey's guide to raising sheep : breeding, care, facilities / Paula Simmons & Carol Ekarius.
- Title
- Storey's guide to raising sheep : breeding, care, facilities / Paula Simmons & Carol Ekarius.
- Author
- Simmons, Paula.
- Publication
- North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2009.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ekarius, Carol.
- Description
- viii, 438 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Presents tips on choosing breeds, feeding, housing, breeding, lambing, and health care for raising sheep.
- Uniform Title
- Environmental Information Services Collection.
- Alternative Title
- Guide to raising sheep
- Raising sheep
- Subject
- Note
- Previous ed. published 2001.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- Contents
- 1 Starting with Sheep 1 -- 2 Breeeding and Breeds 30 -- 3 Pasture, Fences, Facilities 99 -- 4 Herding Dogs 135 -- 5 Predators and Protection 148 -- 6 Feeds and Feeding 167 -- 7 General Health Considerations 191 -- 8 Problems of Rams, Ewes, and Lambs 237 -- 9 Flock Management 261 -- 10 Lambing 278 -- 11 Products and Marketing 310 -- 12 Showing Sheep 377 -- 13 Records and Animal Identification 391.
- ISBN
- 9781603424592 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1603424598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781603424844 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1603424849 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2009023860