Living with Sheep: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Flock

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Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Read reviews that mention raising sheep everything you need need to know living with sheep enjoyable to read highly recommend geoff hansen well written every aspect chuck wooster small farm good and bad want to raise enjoyed reading raise sheep reading this book easy to read guide to raising book is great great book.

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. A friend suggested that I take a look at this wonderful book. It gives you the first hand insights of a couple who moved to a small farm and took the plunge of raising sheep. That sounds pretty strange, but being someone who took the plunge, moved to a farm and started with goats it made plenty of sense.

This book will give you all the reasons why you want to raise sheep. The types of sheep there are as well as insight into whether you are raising your sheep for meat, wool or just the plain fun of having sheep. If nothing else the pictures are amazing and well worth the price of the book. But I believe that you will enjoy reading about the personality of sheep, their "stupidity" that actually comes out looking pretty brilliant, and the fun that an owner has in building relationship with his or her flock.

Animals have a wonderful way of settling you down when you are upset, giving you the love that no one else gives you, and they do it unconditionally and the friendship that you find hard to get with others now a days. It is fun to go out to the pasture and have your animals come running just to be with you. There will be guidelines on care for your sheep, the right food to give them, the treatment they need to flourish and then what the rewards are from doing a good job. Even if you don't ever buy any sheep this is a great little book.

Finally, as a Pastor I find the information regarding sheep very telling, especially when you consider how often the Bible uses Sheep and Shepherds in analogies of how we should live the Christian life. One person found this helpful. An enjoyable book that covers, in its eleven chapters plus appendices, most of the topics a prospective sheep owner would want to find.

I offered my copy to an animal lover who had no intention of raising sheep because I thought they would appreciate it for the entertainment value and writing style. The breeds of sheep pictured clear color photographs for a change and discussed are written from a strongly New England Vermont perspective. This can of course be good or bad, depending on the reader. A twelfth chapter covering sheep breeds suitable for terrains, climates, shelter requirements, parasites, and pasturing styles found elsewhere in North America it's a big continent!

I recommend this book not as the sole reference for a novice who is preparing to raise his own flock, but as a highly readable, entertaining overview of the essentials of raising sheep and harvesting their wool and meat, written with a lot of heart. I must end on a sour note: I demoted this book one "star" after learning the publisher saved a few cents by having it printed in China.

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I really enjoyed this book - the author hits all the fundamentals of raising sheep including but not limited to choosing your animals, fencing, handling, health care, births, and slaughter. I even had some good laughs as he describes leading this flock around with a bucket of grain because I have done the same thing with a herd of Brangus cattle. I could get them to do almost anything I wanted with patience and a treat of grain.

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My approach to cattle raising was much the same as the author's for sheep - free range, grass-fed, and minimally medicated. I very much appreciated the "The Shepherd's Year" calendar of tasks. This is an easy to read synopsis of what needs to be done and when. Picking up on someone else's comment about the book - you don't have to slaughter your own animals to be a farmer or rancher or put up your own fences. I raised cattle for 5 years and was forced to sell the herd because of the drought - not everyone is physically capable of putting up thousands of feet of fencing nor do they care to personally slaughter the animals they have come in contact with daily from their birth!

We purchased this book because we are thinking of buying a farm and having sheep, amongst other animals. This book is enjoyable to read and full of great information. It is helpful to learn from the mistakes of others so you do not have to suffer the same learning pains.

Like I said before, this book is not just informative but a pleasure to read which is not true for other books like this. Also, there are some wonderful photos. They author and photographer clearly enjoy what they are doing and pass that feeling on to the reader. We would highly recommend getting this book if you are interested in getting sheep.

It doesn't have every single detail you'll ever need, but it does include everything you need to get started, and it's very readable, unlike most animal care books. Funny and realistic, highly recommended for the would-be small scale shepherd. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase.

Fun, light-hearted approach to caring for sheep. Lots of good info. Would be very helpful to someone thinking about starting a flock, too. A sheep book that tells you what you need to know!!! This book is great for beginner shepherds. I've read just about every book about raising sheep that I could find, and most of them just scare the crap out of you when you see all of the diseases they can get. Chuck Wooster puts it all in perspective and tells you all of the things that you really need to pay attention to, from feed to fencing. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.

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Dec 06, Jennifer Wilson rated it really liked it. A great place to start if you are thinking about getting a few sheep. The author covers a wide range of topics and gives some excellent general advice. Besides lacking a bit in the chapter on wool no details on washing and carding for example this is an excellent introduction to sheep. As someone interested in keeping sheep primarily for wool production however, I was a bit disappointed with that particular chapter.

Leaving the wool out for birds to use as nesting materials was mentioned twice A great place to start if you are thinking about getting a few sheep. Leaving the wool out for birds to use as nesting materials was mentioned twice.

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Beyond having someone come shear your sheep, initial discarding of debris and bad wool and how to store the fleece until selling it, shipping it off to someone else to handle or giving it to the birds there was no information on how that wool could be processed on site. If such information was covered it would definitely be a five star book.

Sep 16, Crystal rated it it was amazing Shelves: This is a fantastic book for the uninitiated shepherd. He has a great author voice. I really enjoyed the fact that he does not have a holier-than-thou attitude and is actually very relaxed and funny at times. He covered many topics, some in depth further than others but always left with a sense of understanding even if I desired more information on a topic. The back of the book lists resources for everything discussed in each chapter which will be extremely useful later next year when we get our This is a fantastic book for the uninitiated shepherd.

The back of the book lists resources for everything discussed in each chapter which will be extremely useful later next year when we get our first flock. If you're looking for a book to help you decide if shepherding is right for you, or if you are just interested in where your wool or lamb meat comes from, this is most definately the book to read.

I enjoyed this book. It was easy to read. The author really clears up a lot of fear that I have about getting sheep. He makes it seem easy, although not without effort. This is a super basic book though, which he frequently reminds the reader. If you want more detailed information about particular subjects, you need to get another book. But if you just want some basics, this is a great book to have. Jan 22, Diantha rated it really liked it. I needed sheep information fast, and this delightful book obliged.

A good read even if you are not facing a ram that thinks of humans as target practice. Geoff takes you from sheepless to shepherd, basing it on his experiences aquiring a flock in Vermont.

Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Flock

This is basicly theory, not a how-to, but still a good first sheep book. His discussion of pasture applies to keeping any grazing animal. If you find yourself raising a flock of sheep, with absolutely no experience and preparation or training, this is the book you want on hand. The book was written by an author that did exactly that -- and he presents the information from the point of view of a farmer who learned on the job.

He answers the questions you will have with plain, easy to understand direction and logic. Jun 11, Kat added it. I want my own sheep for my own yarn. I was ok with everything in this book until The author dealt with it honestly and humanely but it was still too much for my delicate constitution.

Feb 08, Joe rated it it was amazing Shelves: MUCH better than the other sheep books I've seen. I really appreciate that he starts from the perspective that the reader is completely new to the topic, and it's full of helpful, simple advice and answers the basic questions. Feb 03, Dean rated it it was amazing Shelves: Very easy, entertaining, and accessible introduction to sheep husbandry.

Aug 30, Joann rated it it was amazing.

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