Raise goats and reap the rewards. Raising Goats For Dummies provides you with an introduction to all aspects of owning, caring for, and the daytoday benefits of raising goats.

Raising Goats For Dummies is your Howto guide for

Breaking down the complicated process of choosing and purchasing the right goat breed to meet your needs and getting facilities for your goat set up.
Providing indepth information on proper grooming, handling, feeding, and milking
Covering the basics of goat health and nutrition
Offering tips and advice for using your goat to produce milk, meat, fiber, and more
Understand what makes these useful and delightful creatures so popular and gain the knowledge and skills to properly care for and utilize their many offerings.

Realize the joy and benefits of raising and caring for goats

Interest in raising goats is on the increase as people become more concerned about where their food comes from, what is in it, and how it is produced. Goats have become more than just a source for food they make great companions and helpers, too. This helpful and friendly guide introduces you to all aspects of owning and caring for goats so that you, too, can benefit from raising these popular animals.

Goats 101 get the basics on goat breeds, goat terminology, goat behavior, and choosing the best type of goat to suit your needs

Bring your goats home learn how to purchase goats, prepare to transport them home, and get the gear you need to care for them

Goat health and breeding get the lowdown on what you need to keep your goats healthy, from testing and immunizations to common goat health problems

Live selfsufficiently and make money from your goats learn about working in partnership with your goats to provide sustenance for your family and to make money from milk or meat

Open the book and find

The benefits of owning goats as companions or helpers

What to expect from your goats

Tips for keeping your goats safe and healthy

A rundown of goat breeding, pregnancy, and kidding

How to get your property ready for a goat

An explanation of diseases to watch for

Tips for constructing a simple shelter

What and how to feed your goat

Training techniques to keep your herd in order

Note CDROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

System Requirements Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 with Microsoft Media Player or other AVIcapable media player, Adobe Acrobat Reader

Practical howto advice for raising chickens in virtually any backyard
Raising chickens on a small scale is a popularand growingpastime. And Raising Chickens For Dummies provides an uptodate, thorough introduction to all aspects of caring for chickens, including choosing and purchasing chickens, constructing housing, and proper feeding. Raising Chickens For Dummies provides authoritative, detailed information to make raising chickens for eggs, meat, or backyard entertainment that much easier.

Raising Chickens for Dummies

Learn to

Raise chickens in virtually any backyard

Choose and purchase chickens

Construct the right housing

Feed and care for your chickens

Kimberly Willis

Poultry breeder and enthusiast

with Rob Ludlow

Owner, BackYardChickens.com

Your handson guide to modern chickenraising methods

Thinking about raising chickens This comprehensive, practical guide gives you expert advice on all aspects of keeping chickens in your backyard. Whether you're interested in chickens as pets or as a source for eggs or meat, you'll find all the latest information on housing, feeding, healthcare, breeding, and much more.

Do you speak chicken learn about basic chicken biology, breeds, and behavior

Select your chickens from eggs to chicks to adults, decide which to buy, how many you need, and find the healthy ones

Take care of a small flock choose a type of housing, construct a chicken coop, feed your birds, and do housekeeping

Make more chickens discover how to mate your chickens, incubate eggs, and hatch and nurture chicks

Reap the harvest manage laying hens, collect and store eggs, butcher meat birds, and package and store meat

Open the book and find

Basic chickenkeeping requirements

Misconceptions about chickens explained

Top tips for healthy chickens

Doityourself housing ideas

The best feed for your birds

Advice on controlling pests and predators

Hints for optimal egg production

Information on raising meat birds

Answers to combat laying issues

Note CDROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

System Requirements Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 with Microsoft Media Player or other AVIcapable media player, Adobe Acrobat Reader