Best Livestock To Raise - April 2024

Secret Livestock of Survival: How to Raise The Very Best Choices For Retreat And Homestead Livestock (Secret Garden of Survival Book 3)

When most people think of raising homestead livestock, they invariably think that they must have chickens and a cow. But truth be told, when it comes to raising livestock, there are a lot of reasons to avoid raising chickens altogether, and almost every reason not to own a cow.Just like in my previous two books in this series, the Secret Livestock of Survival- How to Raise the Very Best Choices for Retreat and Homestead Livestock, will show you how to grow your own sources of food (in this case- protein), with a much better return on your investment of time, money, feed, housing and real est... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M0X0E2Y
• ASIN: B01M0X0E2Y

The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!

This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you’ll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long.

• ASIN: 1603421386
• UPC: 037038421385
• ASIN: 1603421386
• ISBN: 1603421386
• Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

The Goat Slayer

• ASIN: B01CKFDBOY
• ASIN: B01CKFDBOY

The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals: Choose the Best Breeds for Small-Space Farming, Produce Your Own Grass-Fed Meat, Gather Fresh Eggs, ... Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Cattle, & Bees

Enjoy a weekend breakfast featuring eggs, bacon, and honey from your own chickens, pigs, and bees, or a holiday meal with your own heritage-breed turkey as the main attraction. Gail Damerow covers everything you need to successfully raise your own farm animals, from selecting the right breeds to producing delicious fresh milk, cheese, honey, eggs, and meat. Even with just a small plot of land, you can become more self-sufficient, save money, and enjoy healthy, delicious animal products.

• ASIN: B004ZEN0D6
• ASIN: B004ZEN0D6
• Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

How to Raise Goats

As pets or livestock, goats are increasingly popular animals on farms large and small. Easier and cheaper to keep than many larger animals, they will keep a pony company, pull a cart, and produce the perfect milk for many artisan cheeses or meat for some of the most up-and-coming ethnic cuisines. For anyone thinking of acquiring a goat or starting a herd--for whatever reason--this book is an essential resource. Written by an authority on goat breeding and behavior, this approachable guide covers every component of raising goats for fun or profit, meat or milk. Beginning with the basics--histor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 076033157X
• ASIN: 076033157X
• ISBN: 076033157X
• Manufacturer: Voyageur Press

Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, 5th Edition: Breeds, Care, Housing

The fifth edition of this best-selling handbook features the same detailed approach that has made it the trusted source for raising healthy, productive rabbits — plus a total redesign with color photos and graphics. Whether you’re interested in raising rabbits for show, meat, fur, or as pets, this comprehensive guide offers expert advice on breed selection, housing, feeding, humane handling, and more. In addition, author Bob Bennett includes the most up-to-date information on preventive health care, treating diseases, marketing, and showing.

• ASIN: 1612129765
• ASIN: 1612129765
• ISBN: 1612129765
• Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

Fresh Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Chickens...Naturally

More than ever, Americans care about the quality and safety of the food they eat. They're bringing back an American tradition: raising their own backyard chickens for eggs and companionship. And they care about the quality of life of their chickens. Fresh Eggs Daily is an authoritative, accessible guide to coops, nesting boxes, runs, feed, and natural health care with time-tested remedies.  The author promotes the benefits of keeping chickens happy and well-occupied, and in optimal health, free of chemicals and antibiotics. She emphasizes the therapeutic value of herbs and natural supplement... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0985562250
• ASIN: 0985562250
• ISBN: 0985562250
• Brand: St Lynn s Press
• Manufacturer: St. Lynn's Press

Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, 4th Edition: Health, Handling, Breeding (Storey's Guide to Raising)

Whether a farmer is raising one cow or a herd, Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle is the most reliable reference for ensuring a successful, healthy cattle operation. In this fully updated, full-color fourth edition, long-time cattle rancher and author Heather Smith Thomas explains every aspect of bovine behavior and provides expert guidance on breed selection, calving, feeding, housing, pasture, and health care. Along with in-depth information on raising grass-fed animals, there is also advice on creating a viable business plan and identifying niche markets for selling beef. This publicat... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079VY8XDC
• ASIN: B079VY8XDC
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

Livestock Scale Kit Build Your Own Scale at a Fraction of The Price

A and A Scales brand FSK scale kit. Build your own scale at a fraction of the cost. Includes: (4) 5000 lb capacity load cells with cables, (4) Threaded mounting blocks, (4) Swivel feet, (1) Waterproof Junction box, (1) Digital Weight Indicator with 15 ft quick disconnect cable. Powered by AA batteries or AC adapter (included). Load cells are environmentally sealed for outdoor installation. There are no moving parts to wear out, and no costly maintenance. A safe overload range of 150% of capacity. The indicator features large easy to read digital readout in either pounds (lbs) or kilograms (kgs... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06Y4DK172
• ASIN: B06Y4DK172
• Brand: A and A Scales
• Manufacturer: A and A Scales

Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats, 4th Edition: Breeds, Care, Dairying, Marketing

A great choice for the small or backyard farmer, dairy goats require a smaller investment than cows and produce milk that makes delicious yogurt and cheese. This fourth edition includes more on pygmy goats, health care, breeding, and making dairy products. You’ll have everything you need to you need to know to successfully raise your own dairy goats.

• ASIN: 1603425802
• ASIN: 1603425802
• ISBN: 1603425802
• Brand: Storey Publishing
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

Grass-Fed Cattle: How to Produce and Market Natural Beef

Successfully raise grass-fed cattle and enjoy the benefits of great-tasting beef and a financially stable enterprise. In this comprehensive guide, Julius Ruechel covers every aspect of raising healthy and thriving grass-fed cattle, offering advice on herd selection, pasture management, medical care, necessary equipment, winter grazing, slaughtering procedures, and more. With tips on creating a viable business plan and identifying niche markets for your beef, Ruechel provides everything you need to know to develop a profitable and environmentally sustainable grass-fed cattle operation.

• ASIN: 1580176054
• UPC: 037038176056
• ASIN: 1580176054
• ISBN: 1580176054
• Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing

Funny Goat Farmer Shirt Farming Gift For Men T-Shirt

• ASIN: B07TZXBN12
• ASIN: B07TZXBN12
• Brand: Funny Goat Farmer Shirts
• Size: Male Small
• Manufacturer: Funny Goat Farmer Shirts

Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, 4th Edition

Whether you’re interested in raising rabbits for show, meat, fur, or as pets, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to keep your animals healthy and productive. Offering expert advice on breed selection, housing, feeding, humane handling, routine medical care, and dealing with diseases, Bob Bennett also provides tips on how to make raising rabbits a financial lucrative endeavor. Storey’s Guide to Raising Rabbits will help both the commercial producer and the backyard fancier achieve their rabbit-raising goals.

• ASIN: 1603424563
• ASIN: 1603424563
• ISBN: 1603424563
• Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

Aquaponics: Simple Guide to Growing Vegetables Using Aquaponics (Aquaponics, aquaponic gardening, aquaponic systems, organic vegetables, vegetable gardening, hydroponics)

2ND EDITION!! ALL NEW BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS AND SUPPLY LIST AND PHOTOS!! Use this book is a simple guide that will let you know how to build and run a profitable aquaponics systemLearning about aquaponics and growing your own food is a wise investment that will yield many benefits. For starters, you will stop relying on other people's produce. Aside from that, you have an assurance that what you eat is free from chemicals unlike those that are commercially distributed in the market. This gives an empowering sense of being in control of what you eat.As an investment, aquaponics will cost someth... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01B6ZKIGS
• ASIN: B01B6ZKIGS

Coolaroo The Original Elevated Pet Bed, Large, Brunswick Green

Keep your pet healthy, safe, comfortable and cool with a deluxe Coolaroo Pet Bed. Perfect for dogs and cats of all sizes, breeds and weights, Coolaroo elevated Pet Beds help keep your animal cool by increasing air flow to its fur coat and comfortable by reducing pressure on its knees, hips, elbows and shoulders. Unlike low-quality imitations Coolaroo Pet Beds are available in five designer colors and feature high-quality, breathable, 100% recyclable lead- and phthalate-free fabric, which is GREENGAURD certified. This not only helps create a healthier environment for your four-legged friend, bu... [Read More]

• ASIN: B000P7JKD6
• UPC: 799457477076
• ASIN: B000P7JKD6
• Brand: Coolaroo
• Size: Large
• Manufacturer: Gale Pacific, USA

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living : Beekeeping, Canning and Preserving, Cheese Making, Disaster Preparedness, Fermenting, Growing Vegetables, Keeping Chickens, Raising Livestock, Soap Making, and more!

From growing vegetables to crafting furniture to raising goats, this lavishly illustrated volume has everything readers need to know to live off the land. Packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, time-honored wisdom, and both illustrations

• UPC: 16436027
• Rating: 5.0

Raise Your Game : High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best

9781546082866

• UPC: 130389520
• Rating: 5.0

The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making : How to Harvest Your Livestock and Wild Game - Revised and Expanded Edition

Trust The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making to ensure you get the most out of your beef, venison, pork, lamb, poultry, and

• UPC: 56106051
• Rating: 5.0

Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game - Paperback

Describes useful tools, equipment, and techniques, demonstrates how to butcher beef, pork, veal, lamb, venison, poultry, and small game, and discusses meat inspection, processing, and

• UPC: 236444
• Rating: 4.667

Fifty Acres and a Poodle : A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm

When Laskas and her boyfriend Alex, owner of Marley the poodle, stumble on a picture-perfect farm, they take a chance and plunge into a new life. With her trademark wit and wisdom, Laskas chronicles the

• UPC: 25242602
• Rating: 4.0

OSHA Notice Sign - Livestock Guardian Dog On Duty Do Not Enter | Choose from: Aluminum, Rigid Plastic or Vinyl Label Decal | Protect Your Business, Work Site, Warehouse & Shop Area |  Made in the USA

Make Sure You & Your Business are OSHA & ANSI Compliant.Is your business or work space 100% covered and up to code with current signage and labels? Never leave yourself exposed to lawsuits, fines, or

• UPC: 539958364
• Color: LandscapeOther
• Size: 14\" x 10\"14" X 10" Rigid Plastic

The Back to Basics Handbook : A Guide to Buying and Working Land, Raising Livestock, Enjoying Your Harvest, Household Skills and Crafts, and More

Rediscover the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more

• UPC: 15180291
• Rating: 5.0

The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making : How to Harvest Your Livestock & Wild Game

Here's the ideal hands-on guidebook for self-sufficient farmers, ranchers, and hunters with step-by-step instructions on butchering beef, venison, pork, lamb, poultry, and

• UPC: 12552879
• Rating: 5.0

Superpuppy : How to Choose, Raise, and Train the Best Possible Dog for You

First published more than 20 years ago, Superpuppy was instantly celebrated for its unique approach to dog training, which emphasizes the importance of understanding a dog’s personality. Clarion is proud to announce the publication of

• UPC: 25242399
• Rating: 5.0

Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock - Paperback

Whatever your interest in minis, this reliable resource guides you through choosing, caring for, training, and breeding mini horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, and

• UPC: 11544759