Sheep by Weaver, Sue -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Dedication Introduction CHAPTER ONE - Sheep from the Beginning

SHEEP AT A GLANCE SHEEP IQ FLOCKING INSTINCT AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE STRESS AND FLIGHT ZONE BREEDING TRAITS SHEEP CLASSIFICATIONS WOOL SHAPE, SIZE, AND REGION DAIRY AND MEAT SCARCE AND ENDANGERED

CHAPTER TWO - Buying the Right Sheep for You

WHAT TO BUY CHOOSING THE BREEDS SELECTING THE SHEEP EWE HAUL . . . AND THEN?

CHAPTER THREE - Housing, Feeding, and Guarding Your New Flock

LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES (DO) FENCE ME IN SHELTERS PENS AND STALLS SHEEP FEEDING PRINCIPLES HAY THERE! ALL THE AMENITIES GUARDING YOUR SHEEP

CHAPTER FOUR - Sheepish Behavior and Safe Handling

WHY THEY DO THAT THING THEY DO FLOCKING FLEEING DO EWE READ ME? READER POSITIONS SHEEP SIGNS HANDLING SHEEP CATCH ME IF EWE CAN SAFETY

CHAPTER FIVE - Health, Maladies, and Hooves

MAINTAINING A HEALTHY FLOCK SHEEP AFFLICTIONS YOU’RE CALLING THE SHOTS PARASITES FLIES, LICE, AND TICKS WORMS HOOVES TRIMMING HOOVES FOOT ROT! SAFETY WITH NEW SHEEP

CHAPTER SIX - The Importance of Proper Breeding

CHOOSING BREEDING STOCK BREEDING THERE BE LAMBS! PREPARING FOR THE LAMBS’ ARRIVAL ARRIVAL NEW LAMBS TAILS

CHAPTER SEVEN - Fleece: Shearing, Selling, Spinning

THE FLEECE COMES OFF TIME IT RIGHT THE PROFESSIONAL SHEARER WHEN THE SHEARER IS YOU SHEEP CHIC SELLING THE FLEECE THE LINGO HANDSPINNING DROP-SPINDLE SPINNING

CHAPTER EIGHT - Mutton or Milk?

LAMB AND MUTTON PRODUCTION MARKETS THE RIGHT BREED MILK: THE NUTRITIOUS STUFF THE ADVANTAGES OF PRODUCING SHEEP’S MILK HOUSEHOLD DAIRY SHEEP DAIRY-SHEEP BREEDS

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