Animal breeding

Are you a pet owner and would you like to reliably identify and assess illness situations? Are you an animal health officer or veterinarian and are you looking for a reference work? The systematics of this book is based on the affected body regions of the sick animals. Recognize the pathological changes that you notice first. The authors describe all clinical pictures in detail and provide you with a basis for making the first diagnosis. 192 pages.

Complete package: You can find out everything you need to know about keeping chickens as a hobby in your own garden in this XXL standard work by hobby breeder Herv Husson. His entire wealth of knowledge over the years can be found in this large book with over 370 illustrations: In many step-by-step instructions you will learn everything about a safe chicken coop and run, about feeding, maintaining health, hygiene, about pedigree and hybrid chickens and about chickens -Behave. As a practical extra, he also introduces you to the 32 breed portraits, overviews of chicken diseases and the useful chicken medicine cabinet and answers the most frequently asked questions about keeping chickens appropriately. 256 pages.

Processing beeswax is a completely healthy and sustainable hobby. The use of such an original natural product has a demonstrably lower impact on the environment than the consumption of industrially manufactured products. For this book, the beekeeper Falco and his wife Anne Tietjen have put together over 50 carefully selected recipes and show what you can make yourself from beeswax. No matter whether you want to make your own insect repellent, shoe polish, wood care, oilcloths, decoration, natural cosmetics or water candles with children - there is something suitable for everyone when choosing recipes. Be inspired by the diverse DIY ideas!

Successfully implementing pasture managementStandard work on pasture managementThe current results from pasture research, advice and practice in cattle farming are combined in this standard work. Whether dairy cattle or beef cattle, anyone who wants to fully utilize the potential of their pastures must use this book. For efficient pasture farming, a site-adapted pasture plant population is the most important basis. The book shows why this differs from conventional ones Differentiates between cut meadow stocks and provides instructions on the important measures of stock management such as overseeding, fertilization and pasture care. Valuable and desirable pasture plants are presented in the picture, the advantages and disadvantages of traditional and new pasture systems and strategies are presented and the different location requirements for them are described. Fence construction, driveway construction, pasture milking systems, etc. are also covered. Based on economic results, ecology of pasture farming, nutrient requirements of the animals, genetics and performance requirements for cattle, practical recommendations are made for all forms and types of pasture farming of dairy cows , young cattle, calves, fattening oxen and suckler cows. The health aspects of pasture farming round off the comprehensive practical book.

​Whether you are a beginner or an experienced goat farmer - this book offers you compact and understandable knowledge about breeding processes. It covers practical aspects such as selecting the right breeding animals and offers helpful checklists to support you. It also explains the theoretical principles of goat breeding. You will learn how a breeding program works, what breeding value estimation means and how you can apply these values on your farm. Various questions and challenges are explained in a practical way using five fictitious goat farms. 48 color photos, 24 drawings, 15 tables. 136 pages.

Whether you are a professional farmer, a hobby farmer or simply a fan of a more unconventional pet - you will all have fun with goats. With the updated new edition of Gerhard Maurer's guide Goat Keeping Today and its expertly described tips and tricks, nothing can go wrong. You will learn to appreciate the intelligence of the animals, enjoy them and their nature and enjoy the fresh products from goats that you keep yourself: the goat's milk, the curd and cheese made from it, the yoghurt or the meat.Contents:Origin and developmentDairy, meat and mountain goat breeds in Austria, Germany and Switzerland with a focus on organic farmingTips for buying goats< li>Reproduction and rearingDehorning and castrationCoat and hoof careHurt management in stables and pastures, herd protectionFeeding with feed scienceEconomic calculationsAround milk - composition, correct milking, cheesemakingGoat products: milk, meat including further processing and marketingIllnesses - prevent, detect, treatAuthor biography: From a city dweller to a full-time goat breeder on an organic farm Detailed literature and source references

Farm animal with many talents Everything about selection, feeding and careBreeding and products With 19 breed portraits This book offers you detailed information about choosing a breed, its characteristics and needs. Detailed chapters provide you with everything you need to know about housing in stables and free-range systems. Continue to learn what and how much goats eat and how to prevent, detect and treat disease. Breeding, birth and rearing as well as the extraction and utilization of products such as meat, wool and fur are explained.

All the raw materials that the sheep offers.No other farm animal is as versatile as the sheep. In addition to its qualities as a grazing animal and landscape steward, it provides the raw material for essential products for almost all areas of life.This book offers a complete overview of all the raw materials that sheep offer us as a farm animal. With its renewable products milk and wool, it supplies the raw materials for milk and cheese products as well as for warming and insulating textiles in clothing and home furnishings. Its meat is low-allergenic and healthy. The most delicious dishes can be prepared from it. Fur and skin and everything that can be made from them - clothing, shoes, bags and bed linens - have natural properties and advantages that no plastic or synthetic fiber can replace.Numerous photos, instructions and recipes make you want to, to process the raw products from the sheep themselves.

​Healthy chickens in your own garden - it's that easy!Chickens in your own garden are trendy! But what to do if a chicken gets sick? In her guide, vet Dr. Katrin Sewerin presents the most common chicken diseases that you as the owner can recognize and treat. Whether it's crop blockage, diarrhea, colds, problems laying eggs, parasites or stress caused by heat and cold - Dr. Sewerin offers practical solutions for every situation.Each disease is clearly presented: General, recognition, causes, prevention, treatment. Individual chicken treatment is particularly emphasized, as often not all animals are affected. The egg diagnosis also explains why some eggs look unusual.With helpful tips for the stall pharmacy and precise dosage information, you are well equipped. 61 color photos, 128 pages.

With step-by-step photos, detailed instructions and chapters on the necessary tools and equipment, the main food safety measures, the preparation for slaughter and the rapid and humane processing of the animals, the cutting of the carcasses into cuts and packaging and Freezing to ensure freshness, this comprehensive guide provides poultry farmers with the information they need to respectfully make the most of their meat. 176 pages.

Would you like to treat your sheep and goats homeopathically? This book offers you the basics and the knowledge you need to successfully use homeopathic remedies on your small ruminants. You will find out which homeopathic remedies are suitable for the most common diseases of sheep and goats. But you can also help animals with homeopathic remedies during convalescence, parasite infestation, injuries, poisoning, shock and fright. This book shows you how. With tips for a homeopathic pharmacy and for quick orientation: clear lists of homeopathic remedies and common potencies.

Do you keep chickens and dream of a custom-made chicken coop? The twelve models presented here are easy to build, look beautiful and are perfect for family chickens in the garden. All coops offer the chickens comfort and safety. Whether it's a small, mobile chicken coop, a coop with an aviary, a chicken house on stilts or an enclosure specifically for laying hens: the illustrated step-by-step instructions show you exactly how you can easily build your dream coop yourself. You can also find the right building instructions here for the interior design of the chicken house with seating, laying nests and feeding troughs as well as ramps and chicken ladders. 144 pages.

It is always important to take new contexts and changing environmental factors into account. Measures such as those to combat the Varroa mite are constantly being developed. Here you will learn how to manage your colonies well, avert dangers at an early stage and combat diseases efficiently. Dr. Wolfgang Ritter explains when biological and when conventional measures make sense. Proper prevention is just as important to him in order to maintain healthy colonies and residue-free honey.

Pig happinessThe ultimate book tip for hobby pig farmersThe right book for species-appropriate pig husbandry Everything about the pig, stable, exercise, feeding and breedingPig farming with a difference. This is what the authors show in this book. They describe clearly and in an endearing way what a good pig's life is. Based on the species-typical behavior and living needs of the pigs, they describe forms of stable and pasture husbandry that make ecological and economic sense, especially for smaller herds. With information on the most interesting breeds, stable construction, pasture care, feeding, reproduction and slaughter.

Whether Merino, East Frisian dairy sheep or Heidschnucke: sheep are uncomplicated, useful and rightly popular with hobby farmers and self-sufficient people. This guide presents 14 suitable breeds in detailed portraits and provides comprehensive information about species-appropriate husbandry. Breeding and rearing are described as well as milking and shearing. From his many years of experience, the author reveals numerous tips and tricks that make it easy for beginners to get started.

This is how you become a successful beekeeper The most important basic knowledge Producing and marketing your own products Current findings in beekeeping This compact guide is available to help you successfully keep bees with valuable information about the breed, biology and needs of the bee. In addition, the bee year is clearly presented and you will receive tips on keeping bees healthy and the legal basis for keeping bees. The book is specially tailored to beginners to ensure the best possible introduction to this fascinating area.192 pages

An egg every day from your own chickens - not only self-sufficient people dream of this. Your children will also love the daily search for the breakfast egg. Bring a piece of country life into your garden!Competent: Everything you need to know about keeping chickens - from species-appropriate living space to healthy nutrition and proper care.Practical: Whether big or small: in detail Portrait section, you are guaranteed to find the breed of chicken that suits you.Emotional: Chickens also have their own language. If you can interpret these correctly, you will understand your poultry even better.What do I do if: Expert tips so that nothing goes wrong. 64 pages

Everything about the correct keeping of cowsThe book conveys the theoretical basics of cattle keeping in a clear and easy-to-read manner. Many practical tips make the book an ideal guide for aspiring cattle farmers and anyone thinking about keeping cows. The following areas on the topic of cattle are comprehensively addressed: animal psychology, anatomy and physiology, breeding, nutrition, husbandry requirements, raising young cattle, milk processing and legal regulations.

The llama or alpaca walks quietly, gently and inaudibly next to you when you are out in nature with it.This is pure balance and relaxation. Whether for a hike, an adventure children's afternoon, trekking in the mountains or for animal-assisted support, these little Andean camels are a real insider tip as animal companions.In this book you will find out more about the hobby of keeping and caring for them in a species-appropriate manner New World camelids.You get to know their nature and characteristics and the many ways to spend your free time with them.

Rhaetian gray cattle, Carinthian spectacled sheep, Old Styrian chicken, German land pinscher and Meissen ram - everything about old domestic animal breeds. More than 200 old domestic and farm animal breeds from Central Europe, i.e. from the former German-speaking area and the countries of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, asks author Martin Haller to step in front of the curtain. Many of them are already threatened with extinction. However, due to their special characteristics, these breeds can be of interest not only to hobby owners, but also to many farmers. You can now find out everything you need to know about these animals in this richly illustrated book. 24 horse and donkey breeds, such as Jutland cold blood, Lipizzaner or albino donkey 29 cattle breeds including the domestic water buffalo and the Wittgenstein Blessvieh 8 pig breeds, such as the Turopolje or the red-colored Husum pig 27 sheep and 15 goat breeds, from the Heidschnucke to the Erzgebirgs goat 87 poultry breeds, whether German salmon chicken, Pomeranian duck, Lippe goose or Crllwitzer turkey< br> 12 rabbit breeds, such as Blue Viennese or Rhenish Pinto 15 endangered dog breeds, such as Land Pinscher, Strobel and Stumper...

Do you dream of having your own, naturally kept bee colony in your garden and your own honey? Do you also want to help the bees because you care about nature and healthy food? But how to start and do everything right? In this book you will find out who will help you, which type of beekeeping suits you and how you can get a swarm or colony to start with. It shows the course of the bee year, how you can tell whether your bees are doing well, what activities are necessary month after month to properly look after the colony and keep it healthy. Just get started! Hobby beekeeping will stimulate and inspire you. You'll definitely get excited!

How about a touch of miniature country life in your garden? Quail are adorable mini chickens and keeping them is not difficult. You will find out which types of quail there are, which ones are particularly suitable for keeping and everything that goes into ensuring that the chickens live happily and healthily - from housing to feeding, brooding and rearing chicks to your own quail eggs for the kitchen - you will find out all this in this friendly guide. 96 pages.

We want to keep sheep!How to keep your own sheep and do everything rightHobby sheep farmer Willi and his family show what's importantWith the best tips and tricks for healthy sheepDo you want a nature-related balance to your everyday work routine and some country life feeling behind your house? With the gentle and affectionate sheep you are guaranteed to find balance and peace. This guide tells you all the important things that are involved in sheep farming, authentically from Will and his family. Browse and find out almost incidentally what is important in practice.

Find out everything about Oxymel. Book with 160 pages.Much earlier than the famous apple cider vinegar cure, Oxymel vitalized the health of our ancestors as a medicine and elixir of life. Ancient sources already report on the amazing healing powers of sour honey, which was recommended for respiratory diseases and to strengthen Greek athletes, among other things. It was also valued in the Middle Ages. In China it is considered a remedy, and in Russia it is a popular morning drink after getting up.Even today, the medicine made from honey and vinegar has outstanding health potential.The honey-vinegar drink, to which different medicinal herbs can be added as required, is a healthy alternative to alcoholic tinctures. It is used as a remedy and tonic for numerous ailments, but is also an excellent prophylactic against many illnesses.Areas of application for Oxymel:Strengthening the immune systemStrengthening the digestive systemStrengthening the cardiovascular systemStrengthening the nervesGeneral strengthening and supplying the body with vital nutrients