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Index
Dedication and Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Down on the Farm
Outside Help
The Pitfalls and Benefits of Raising Livestock
Tips for New Livestock Owners
Chapter 2: Starting Small with Chickens
Chicken Breeds
Preparing For Your Baby Chicks
Incubating Eggs
Feeding and Equipment
Health Concerns
Putting Your Investment to Work
Chapter 3: The World of Waterfowl
Duck Breeds
Geese Breeds
Starting Out on the Right Foot
Feeding
Health Concerns
Breeding
Using Waterfowl for Weed Control, Insect Control, and as Alarms
Chapter 4: Keeping Turkeys and Game Birds
The Modern Turkey
Guineas
Turkey Breeds
Guinea Breeds
Housing
Partridge, Pheasants, and Quail
Turkey Health
Guinea Fowl Health
Game Bird Health
Chapter 5: Rearing Rabbits
Breeds
Housing
Handling
Sexing
Feeding
Reproduction
Health
Chapter 6: The Curious Goat
Breeds
Housing
Feeding
Using Goats for Weed Control
Reproduction
Health
Chapter 7: The Serene Sheep
Breeds
Husbandry
Reproduction
Health
Chapter 8: Pigs: The Mortgage Lifters
Breeds
Housing and Equipment
Feeding
Reproduction
Health
Chapter 9: Your Beef Cattle Operation
Breeds
Housing
Handling
Pasturing
Feeding
Reproduction
Health
Chapter 10: Caring for Dairy Cattle
Breeds
Housing
Handling and Feeding
Reproduction
Health
Mastitis
Chapter 11: Medicating Your Livestock
Administrating the Medication
Chapter 12: Butchering Livestock
Harvesting Chickens
Harvesting Rabbits
How to Butcher a Sheep, Goat, Pig, or Steer
A Final Word
Appendix A
How to Make Butter
How to Make Cheese
Resources
General
Supplies
Pen Design
Poultry
Rabbits
Goats
Sheep
Pigs
Cattle
Small Farm Marketing and Finance
Cheese Making and Butchering Supplies
Bibliography
Author Biography
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