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Chris McLaughlin. Hobby Farm Animals
Selecting and Bringing Home Beef Cattle
Beef Breeds
Hooves and Hide
How Cattle Sense the World
Choosing, Buying, and Bringing Home Cattle
Bringing Cattle Home
The Cattle Production Cycle
Fences and Feed for Beef Cattle
Fences
Feeding Beef Cattle
Beef Cattle Behavior and Handling
Shelter
Handling Facilities
Handling Beef Cattle
Keeping Beef Cattle Healthy
Prevention
Internal Parasites
External Pests
Record Keeping and Animal Identification
How to Tell When an Animal Is Sick
What to Do When an Animal Is Sick
A Glance at Beef Cattle Afflictions
Breeding Beef Cattle
Choosing Cows and Heifers
Breeding Cows and Heifers
Care and Feeding of Pregnant Cows
Calving
Taking Care of Newborn Calves
Weaning Calves
Rebreeding Cows
Marketing and Processing Beef Cattle
Selling at Auction
Grade and Yield
Getting Your Beef Processed
Selling Beef from the Farm
Transport and Shrink
Selecting Your Chickens
Chicken Classifications
Which Chickens Are Best for You?
Chicken Little orBig Bird?
How Many Chickens?
City Chickens
Heritage Breeds
Housing and Feeding Your Chickens
Your Coop: Basic Requirements
Your Coop: Basic Furnishings
Outdoor Runs: Sunshine and Fresh Air
Location
Building a Cheaper Chicken Coop
Chicken Tractors
Owls and Weasels and ’Possums, Oh My!
Chow for Your Hobby-Farm Fowl
Chicken Behavior and Handling
Physiology
Behavior
Chicken IQ
House Chickens
Chicken Stories
Chicken Healthcare
Maladies: Parasites and Diseases
Raising Chicks
Hatchery Chicks
Incubator Chicks
Chicks the Old-Fashioned Way
Hatching Eggs 101
When You Don’t Want Chicks
Brooding Peeps
Farm Fresh Eggs and Meat Chickens
Egg-Laying Hens for the Job
Raising Chickens for Meat
Bucks for Clucks
Bang Your Own Gong
Choosing the Right Ducks
Meet the Breeds
Selecting Your First Ducks
When You’re Ready to Buy
Duck Accommodations and Diet
Housing Basics
Protecting Your Flock with Fencing
Cleaning and Maintenance
Water Features
The Duck Diet
Duck Traits and Behavior
How Birds Are Built
Duck Behavior
Duck Ancestry
Are Ducks Right for You?
Healthcare for Your Ducks
Disease-Prevention Basics
Recognizing Symptoms and Warning Signs
What to Do When a Bird Is Ill
Other Health Threats
Handling Ducks
Duck Diseases at a Glance
Breeding and Duckling Care
Breeding-Flock Basics
Hatching Options
Caring for Mother-Reared Ducklings
Caring for Brooder-Reared Ducklings
Duck Eggs, Meat, and Down
Duck Eggs for Consumption
Ducks for Meat
Selling Organic Meat and Eggs
Down and Feathers
Duck Businesses
Goats: A Primer
From the Beginning
Goats at a Glance
A Buyer’s Guide to Goats
Selecting the Goats
The Sale
After the Sale
Keeping and Feeding Goats
The Right Housing
Troughs and Feeders
Fences
Goats Don’t Eat Tin Cans
Pure, Clear Water
Goat Behavior and You
Follow the Leaders
Get a Handle
Can You Read Me Now?
The Birds and the Bees and Behavior Keys
Train Them Right
Goat Health, Maladies, and Hooves
Recognizing Illnesses
Parasites
Hooves
Goat Diseases at a Glance
Bringing Goats into the World
Choosing Breeding Stock
Sex in the Goat Herd
The Waiting Game
Delivery Day
Caring for the New Kids
Goats for Meat, Milk, and Fiber
Meat Goats: The Mortgage Lifter
Dairy Goats: Got Milk—or Cheese?
Fiber Goats: The Chosen Ones
Pigs Getting Started
The Pig’s Place in History
Pigs: The Breeds
How to Buy
Where to Buy
The Selection
The Sale
Getting Your Pigs Home
Welcoming Your Pigs
Shelter and Food for Your Pigs
Selecting a Site
Fencing
Pigs and Mud
Barns, Huts, and Pens
Bedding and Ventilation
Water
Feeding
Understanding Pig Behavior
Safe Handling
Routine Care
Pig Health Issues
Sudden Illnesses and Emergencies
Vaccinations
Worming and Internal Parasites
Swine Diseases at a Glance
Pig Breeding and Farrowing
Selection
The Breeding
Gestation and Birth
The Newborn Piglets
Nutrients for Sows and Piglets
Identification
Optional Procedures
Food, Water, and Amenities for Piglets
Weaning
Pig Processing and Butchering
Scheduling the Butchering
Marketing Pigs as Meat
Selling Breeding Stock
Other Options for Selling Pigs
Meet the Domestic Rabbit
Rabbit History 101
The Rabbit Today
The Right Rabbit
First Things First
Rabbits as Pets
Proper Housing and Nutrition for Rabbits
The Rabbit Residence
Keeping Rabbits Indoors
Necessities and Accessories
Running the Rabbitry
The Importance of Record Keeping
Controlling Flies in the Rabbitry
Be a Good Rabbit Ambassador
Feeding Your Rabbits
A Relationship With Your Rabbits
How Rabbits Behave and Why
Instinctive Ability
Excavation Expertise
Domestic Rabbits in the Wild
What Rabbits Like and Dislike
Aggressive Behavior
Handling Rabbits
Transporting Rabbits
Happy and Healthy Rabbits
An Ounce of Prevention
Health Problems and Solutions
Parasites
Breeding Like Rabbits
Rabbit Reproduction
Choosing Rabbits to Breed
The Best Time to Breed
How to Breed Rabbits
Keep Good Records
Is She Pregnant?
Preparing for Kindling
Kindling
Does and Kits
Pedigrees, Tattooing, and Culling
Making Money with Rabbits
Show Rabbits
Rabbit Fiber (Wool)
Rabbit Meat
About the Pet Rabbit Market
Rabbit Manure
Sheep from the Beginning
Sheep at a Glance
Buying the Right Sheep for You
Talking to Breeders
Selecting the Sheep
The Sale
Transporting Your Sheep
Sheep Feeding and Housing Advice
Fencing, Shelter, and Stalls
Principles of Feeding Sheep
Guarding Your Sheep
Sheep Handling and Safety
Why Sheep Do What They Do
Handling Sheep
Safety
Stress and Flight Zone
Keeping Sheep in Good Health
Maintaining a Healthy Flock
Vaccinations
Parasite Control
Hooves
Caution with New Sheep
A Glance at Sheep Afflictions
Principles of Proper Sheep Breeding
Choosing Breeding Stock
Breeding
Here Come the Lambs
Caring for New Lambs
Your Sheep Business
Fleece: Shearing, Selling, Spinning
Sheep Chic
Selling the Fleece
Mutton or Milk?
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