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kate. x

  • Joined May 2012
  • west yorkshire
a good book?
« on: June 26, 2012, 08:24:57 pm »
Hi
can any one recommend a good, straight forward book on lambs-sheep?  :sheep:
 
I would really like to know a bit more! I have no idea what and when to do anything for the boys!? ??? ???
 
I have looked at a few on Amazon but it was hard to see which I should get.??
 
 
 
 
3 dogs,2 tortoises, 6 cats 4 hens 4 Belgians, 2 lambs,, 2 rabbits, fish, the list goes on!!!

Dan

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Re: a good book?
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2012, 08:34:20 pm »
Ask most smallholders and they would say you only need one:

http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/books/the-sheep-book-for-smallholders/

Mallows Flock

  • Joined Apr 2012
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Re: a good book?
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2012, 08:36:03 pm »
This was my first sheep book and I love it... basic enough to not knock you for 6 but not too easy/basic that its not useful a year on or so!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sheep-Beginners-Cockerel-Nigel-Woodrup/dp/0947870377/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340739279&sr=8-1
From 3 to 30 and still flocking up!

Mallows Flock

  • Joined Apr 2012
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Re: a good book?
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2012, 08:42:48 pm »
Ask most smallholders and they would say you only need one:

http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/books/the-sheep-book-for-smallholders/
Try getting hold of it tho'... only one on Amazon and its £95!!!
 
From 3 to 30 and still flocking up!

VSS

  • Joined Jan 2009
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Re: a good book?
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2012, 09:45:18 pm »
Go direct to the publishers - Good Life Press. They may have one or two copies left. It has been so popular that the first print run has virtually sold out. Reprint due in time for the Scottish Show.

We have got a few copies left - seriously looking at putting them on Ebay to see what we get for them. Can't see why everyone else should make vast profits from Tim's book.
The SHEEP Book for Smallholders
Available from the Good Life Press

www.viableselfsufficiency.co.uk

MarvinH

  • Joined Oct 2011
  • England
Re: a good book?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2012, 09:45:35 pm »
Got to agree Tim Tynes book is excellent - covers so much more than just the sheep. I also have
'Practical Sheep Keeping by Kim Cardell' that is also great.
Sheep

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
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    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: a good book?
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2012, 07:52:23 am »
have a look at the site's book reviews - sorry can't do links on mobile. Introduction to Sheep by someone & Soden, i think it is, is a good get you started book if you can't get Tim's at the moment
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Dan

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Re: a good book?
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2012, 09:18:13 am »
We have got a few copies left - seriously looking at putting them on Ebay to see what we get for them. Can't see why everyone else should make vast profits from Tim's book.

Quite right too, demand + scarcity = profit, and you should be first in line!

VSS

  • Joined Jan 2009
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    • Viable Self Sufficiency.co.uk
The SHEEP Book for Smallholders
Available from the Good Life Press

www.viableselfsufficiency.co.uk

Maureen

  • Joined Mar 2011
Re: a good book?
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2012, 05:53:41 pm »
  The best two sheep books I have are The Sheep Book for Smallholders by Tim Tyne and Sheep Health, Husbandry and Disease by Agnes Winter and Clare Phythian (both vets.)

 

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