This long awaited book aims to be the most comprehensive title on keeping sheep on a small scale. Whether the reader keeps sheep for pleasure or profit this key text covers all the essential information needed to wholly care for their flock. Chapters include selection the breeds housing feeding grass management stock management breeding lambing & obstetrics ailments slaughter butchering sales showing & shearing plus sections on sheepdog training & processing the fleece. Combined with an invaluable resource section & appendicies this book will be the ultimate sheepkeeper's companion & ideal for both the novice & more experienced sheepkeeper dealing with real things in a way that inspires ordinary people to believe that they really can do it. ...

This beginners guide to keeping a few sheep covers all you need to know from buying sheep to begin with to lambing. It is suitable for the small holder who wants to keep a few ewes but is not sure what they need to do. Chapters cover buying sheep equipment housing grass & hay shearing sales from sheep moving sheep breeding lambing records diseases & problems general information & good tips. ...

This comprehensive book covers all aspects of sheep health & disease & sheep husbandry throughout the annual breeding cycle. Through extensive & detailed photographs it highlights the disease & welfare issues that can arise within the great variety of breeds & flock types. Written by two veterinary surgeons closely involved in sheep health this book takes a veterinary view of husbandry & emphasizes the importance of keeping diseases out of a flock. From practical tasks such as how to check teeth feet & udders through to vaccination schedules injection techniques & parasite control it covers the whole life cycle of your flock. ...

This comprehensive handbook covers how to acquire a healthy flock carry out routine procedures to keep them healthy recognise common diseases identify problems & deal with them & when to consult the vet. Written by two qualified veterinary surgeons each with experience of running their own flocks the book's easy-to-follow style should be useful to sheep keepers from novices or amateurs with small flocks to those with larger or pedigree flocks. ...

* A fascinating & practical guide to the sheep breeds of Britain. * Covers the hill lowland downland primitive & commercial breeds -- from the Beulah Speckled Face to the Friesl&. * Expert advice on every aspect of keeping sheep from sheltering grazing & feeding right through to lambing time. Britain has a wonderful tradition of keeping sheep from the Badger Face Welsh Mountain sheep & the Norfolk Horn to the Oxford Down & the Scottish Greyface. Whatever land you have available this book will help you to choose the right sheep for you. Whether you want to breed lustrous Soay sheep wool or delicious Herdwick lamb every stage of the sheep keeping process is covered here. Learn how to choose livestock graze your animals cope with lambing time & sell your lambs -- everything you need to know is covered here. ...

The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation Babe was released in 1995. ' Why can't I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?' When Babe the little orphaned piglet is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget he is adopted by Fly the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe just maybe he might be a sheep-pig. An unexpectedly thrilling funny charmer of a book". (Guardian). " Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children". (Observer). Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award. Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War & afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of children's books including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award & filmed as Babe) Harry's Mad Noah's Brother The Queen's Nose Martin's Mice Ace The Cuckoo Child & Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995). In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight." ...

The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smiths most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation Babe was released in 1995. Why cant I learn to be a Sheep-Pig? When Babe the little orphaned piglet is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget he is adopted by Fly the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he cant be a sheep-dog. But maybe just maybe he might be a sheep-pig. An unexpectedly thrilling funny charmer of a book". (Guardian). " Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children". (Observer). Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award. Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War & afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of childrens books including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award & filmed as Babe) Harrys Mad Noahs Brother The Queens Nose Martins Mice Ace The Cuckoo Child & Harriets Hare (winner of the Childrens Book Award in 1995). In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to childrens literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight." ...

This comprehensive book describes innovative ways of training sheepdogs & addresses a number of subjects that have not been adequately covered in previous publications; such as working with sensitive dogs & dogs lacking in confidence the square movement & the concept of opposites. Written by an acknowledged expert Sheep Dog Training & Trials" discusses in a variety of settings new concepts such as the authors theory of passive resistance & the pressure on-off technique. In addition the author considers ways of optimizing a dogs health energy fitness & peak performance." ...

This journey through the changing seasons at Rowfoot Farm
- tupping time in the autumn winters as wet bleak & cold here in Cumbria
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One night in 1986 an abandoned baby girl is found in a cupboard at Heathrow airport. A year earlier Martha Clio & Jocasta had met by chance at the start of a backpacking adventure: they travelled together briefly & then went their own ways swearing to meet again when they return home. But it would be a long time until they met again: not until Kate the foundling is a teenager & all three are leading successful lives. Martha is a single highly paid lawyer Clio a doctor locked in an unhappy marriage & Jocasta a reporter in love with a charming commitment-phobe. Which of them is Kate's mother? Why was she desperate enough to do such a thing & how did she survive it? ...