Author Topic: What books are the best for sheep??  (Read 5493 times)

Connor

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What books are the best for sheep??
« on: October 27, 2013, 09:27:01 pm »
I would like a book that has everything to do with sheep it must have lambing in it and be reasonably price and suitable for a beginner

Any suggestions?
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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2013, 09:30:04 pm »
Without a shadow of a doubt, Tim Tyne The Sheep Book - everything you could wish to know.   Go to Amazon and find it there - its BRRRRRRRRILLIANT.
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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2013, 11:02:16 pm »
Def Tim thyne one also there is a smallholders one written by national trust called sheep keeping i have found usefull and they are cheap on amazon
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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2013, 12:12:58 am »
Another vote for Tim Tyne's book. Very informative without being over complicated.

Anke

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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2013, 06:33:57 am »
The Agnes C Winter books on sheep veterinary issues and foot problems is also really good - your local library may have them, so you can check them through first. Then maybe there are on www.abebooks.co.uk or secondhand on amazon. Neither of them are very recent publications, but still up to date.
 
For general sheep care Tim Tyne's book is the one you need.

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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2013, 08:19:29 am »
We've got a collection of sheep books we've used or have been recommended by other members here:

http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/books/category/sheep/

HTH.  :)

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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2013, 08:36:57 am »
I would suggest starting with Janet and John book 1 and then working up from there, as sheep aren't to good at reading ;D

Bionic

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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2013, 08:55:48 am »
I would suggest starting with Janet and John book 1 and then working up from there, as sheep aren't to good at reading ;D
I'm for Tim Tyne too. Mine have gone past the Janet and John stage  ;D
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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2013, 10:05:33 am »
Tim Tyne's book and Agnes Winter's Lambing book.  And then another book on diseases . ... Agnes Winter does a good pictorial guide on health and disease.

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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2013, 10:10:35 am »
Everyone who has bought the Tim Tyne book sings its praises to the heavens, so if you can pick up one at a price you can afford, that would clearly be a good purchase  :thumbsup:

You'll see in the book recommendations that I have praised Jane Upton & Denis Soden's Introduction to Keeping Sheep.  This was my first sheep book and I cannot recommend it highly enough to the beginner. I still keep it by me. The lambing checklist and descriptions of malpresentations and how to rectify them in particular are as good as any you will find.

I also praise Eddie Straiton's Sheep Ailments - Recognition and Treatment.  This is the update to the original TV Vet book and is full of comprehensive descriptions of ailments along with very good pictures of stricken sheep and of applying treatments. 

If you stick with sheep you will probably end up owning either both of the ones I recommend, or the Tim Tyne one which covers it all - so you'll spend about the same amount of money either way ;)
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Foobar

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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2013, 10:18:11 am »
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Re: What books are the best for sheep??
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2013, 10:56:27 pm »
Mine like me to read this to them...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Russell-Sheep-Rob-Scotton/dp/0007206224/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383000859&sr=1-1&keywords=sheep    :roflanim: :innocent:

Seriously though, I also recommend Tim Tyne's The Sheep Book. It has been most informative for us, as complete novice sheep keepers.

 

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