Backyard Livestock: Raising Good, Natural Food for Your Family, Third Edition | 
| Authors: Steven Thomas, George P. Looby
Publisher: Countryman
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 177783
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0881507601
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9780881507607
ASIN: 0881507601
Publication Date: January 2, 2007
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Product Description
This popular and widely praised book describes everything you need to know about selecting and raising small livestock.
Long the primary reference for anyone who keeps animals as a sustainable food source, this latest edition includes up-to-date information on breeds and breeding, feed, disease prevention, housing, and management. The book also includes a chapter on growing feed; appendices covering disease identification and treatment, manure, tanning, incubators, and injections; and a catalog of supplemental resources. Country Journal calls it "a handbook in the true sense of the word. You can pick it up and turn to any section to find quickly the information needed." 55 black & white line illustrations, index.
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 Lack of info January 1, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Unfortunate to write a negative review but necessary for would be buyers.
I found this book to be worthless.. It totally lacked the basic info a true beginner would need. I simply wanted more info on how to raise chickens for meat or eggs.. Thankfully, much more useful info can be found on the internet. I don't know of any books that are more informative at this time.
Not what I was looking for October 29, 2007
21 out of 25 found this review helpful
In my opinion, this book is not for someone who wishes to homestead either organically or "naturally". Right off the bat, the authors mention GMOs and defend their existence by claiming that man is always going to be looking for better ideas, so there's no point in arguing their merits! They admit that GMOs are not strictly 'cross-breeding', but restructuring DNA at the cellular level (and NO ONE knows what will come of that), but again, simply shrug that off as progress. There are other unfortunate misconceptions in it as well, and not a lot of detailed information regarding the various breeds of animals, nor why you should husband one type over another depending upon your needs. All-in-all, this isn't about sustainable homesteading, more like how to create a smaller home version of modern factory farming techniques. Not what I was looking for, at any rate...
 Everything you needed to know about raising your own animals March 30, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is by far the best book I have ever read on the subject of raising your own livestock. The author not only put great information into the book, he also wrote it by telling stories that helped me to better understand and retain the information. I bought the book to learn more about raising a few cattle for both milk and beef, but after reading about other livestock, my wife and I are looking forward to raising a few other types. It even tought us how to save money on feed by giving recipes and directions for getting your animals feed from nature. A must have book if you want to raise your own poultry, or livestock.
Everything to get started! November 17, 2005
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
#1 goes into breeds, #2 goes into needs, #3 goes into purchasing AND how to CHOOSE healthy animals, #4 how to house and care for them!! Everything! I am sure there is more to each animal, but this is THE best intro book! I am so happy with my nrew load of reading materials!! I cant wait to get this all started!!
This is the best of the best June 28, 2003
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
Anyone who would like to put a few animals in the backyard for eggs or meat or milk or everything altogether, will save hundreds of headaches, and probably hundreds of dollars, by buying this book and taking Steven Thomas's suggestions seriously. There are now dozens of these kinds of books out there, and I own a number of them (including "Barnyard In Your Backyard" which is nowhere near as good as this) but none of them comes close to "Backyard Livestock" for practicality of advice, conciseness of expression, and comprehensiveness. I have sheep, chicken, etc., and this has been far more reliable than any competing manuals that I own or know of. You can't not get it! It's indispensable.
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