Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats: Breeds, Care, Dairying

By Jerry Belanger and Sara Thomson Bredesen

Book Overview

For 17 years readers have turned to Storey Books for advice on raising animals. Our Modern Way series of six books has sold more than 1,000,000 copies. In an effort to provide readers with the best how-to animal books on the market we are completely updating all six Modern Way titles and reintroducing them as part of our Guide to Raising series. Written by experts, these guides give novice and experienced livestock farmers all they need to know to successfully keep and profit from animals. Each book includes information on selection, housing, space requirements, breeding and birthing techniques, feeding, behavior, and health concerns and remedies for illness. The books also address the business of raising animals -- processing meat, milk, eggs, and more. The authors were chosen not only for their expertise but also for their ability to explain the ins and outs of animal husbandry in an inviting and authoritative manner. Whether readers are ready to start an entire herd or flock or are considering purchasing their first animal, Storey's Guide to Raising series offers vital information; each book is an indispensable reference.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580172598
• ISBN13: 9781580172592
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Good all around introduction and reference book!

This is a good all around book for the new goat owner to read before getting goats and to refer back to again and again after getting goats. It covers all sorts of things from trimming hooves to feeding to disease to containment. I would highly recommend Storey's Guides. It's not a "read from cover to cover" type book - more a "what's the problem or need", find it in the index and go to that chapter type book. Undoubtedly I will wear this book out learning to care for the herd!