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Pig Manual Liz Shankland

Pig Manual von Liz Shankland

Pig Manual Liz Shankland


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Zusammenfassung

The idea of keeping a few pigs has undergone something of a renaissance and never before has it been so popular. This is a guide to getting started - whether your interest is filling your freezer, starting a new business, managing land the traditional way, or simply taking on some charismatic pets.

Pig Manual Zusammenfassung

Pig Manual: The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Keeping Pigs Liz Shankland

The idea of keeping a few pigs has undergone something of a renaissance and never before has it been so popular. The Pig Manual is a straightforward, no-nonsense guide to getting started - whether your interest is filling your freezer, starting a new business, managing land the traditional way, or simply taking on some charismatic new pets. Packed with colour photos and clear step-by-step text, this manual is ideal for beginners who need advice on buying and rearing their first pigs. It's also a handy resource for the more experienced pig-keeper who occasionally needs to dip into a quick-reference manual for help and reassurance.

Über Liz Shankland

Liz Shankland has a smallholding 800ft up a mountain in Wales, where she keeps pigs, sheep, chickens and turkeys, and is a respected breeder of Tamworth pigs, and a prize-winning exhibitor. She is a journalist and broadcaster, and is the resident pig expert for Country Smallholding magazine.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

History of the modern pig: how breeds have developed, guide to the popular breeds, choosing the right breed. Getting started: costs, rules and regulations, training, housing, vets and transport. Buying: when to buy and where to buy from, what to look for, pedigree or non-pedigree? Feeding: different feeds, blending, growing, amounts needed. Health and welfare: diseases, general health advice, behaviour and first aid. Eating your own: psychological preparation, planning, timings, abattoirs, transport, butchers and home butchery, selling. Breeding: choosing stock, breeding cycles, nutritional and medicinal care, mating process, farrowing, care of litter, weaning. Showing: why, how and where, classes, preparation.

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GOR004447972
9780857330260
0857330268
Pig Manual: The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Keeping Pigs Liz Shankland
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Haynes Publishing Group
20110317
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