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Sheep for Meat, Milk, and Wool: Breeds, Fencing, Feed, Lambing, and Products (The Homestead Starter) - Couverture souple

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9798182819442: Sheep for Meat, Milk, and Wool: Breeds, Fencing, Feed, Lambing, and Products (The Homestead Starter)
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ISBN 13 : 9798182819442
Editeur : Jessy Spruell, 2026

Synopsis

Sheep for Meat, Milk, and Wool is a practical beginner's guide to building a healthy, productive flock on a small homestead. It explains how to choose between hair and wool sheep, compare useful breeds, buy sound ewes, and build fencing, shelter, handling facilities, and predator protection that fit real land and budgets.

Readers learn how to manage pasture, hay, grain, sheep-specific minerals, breeding, gestation, lambing, newborn care, weaning, parasites, feet, and flystrike. The book also covers freezer-lamb yield, processing choices, fleece handling, shearing, direct-market considerations, and the practical realities of milking dairy ewes.

With straightforward planning figures and clear safety boundaries, this guide helps new shepherds avoid copper mistakes, prepare for lambing, understand flock records, and decide whether meat, milk, wool, or a combination makes sense for their homestead.

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Éditeur
Jessy Spruell
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798182819442
Reliure
Paperback
Nombre de pages
66
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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