Your Sheep: A Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing

by Paula Simmons, Darrell L. Salsbury

Overview

Whether you're getting your first sheep or would like to learn more about caring for and showing the sheep you have, Your Sheep has the information you need to be successful. Paula Simmons and Darrell Salsbury cover everything you need to know, from choosing and buying the right sheep to feeding, heath care, shearing, showing, breeding, and lambing. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612123288
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	12/26/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	740,858
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	7 - 15 Years

About the Author

A respected authority on sheep raising for over three decades, author Paula Simmons has written many books and magazines articles on spinning wool, and is the coauthor of Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep. Simmons lecturers and conducts workshops in the United States and Canada on the subject of raising sheep and spinning wool for a living. Together with her husband, she has been raising and sheering sheep, and spinning and weaving wool for over 20 years on their farm in Washington.

Darrell L. Salsbury, a veterinary research scientist, lives in Kansas where he spins, weaves, and raises a large mixed-breed flock of sheep. Darrell has written many articles about sheep exclusively for children.

Table of Contents

A Few Words to Parents

Introduction

1 Getting to Know Sheep

2 The Best Breed for You

3 Buying Your Sheep and Bringing It Home

4 Getting Along with Your Sheep

5 Feeding Your Sheep

6 Normal Health Care, Treatment, and Medication

7 Wool and Shearing

8 Fitting and Showing

9 Breeding and Lambing

10 Sheep Projects

Appendixes

Sheep Calender: A Record of What to Do Each Month

Helpful Sources

Glossary

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Editorial Reviews

Gr 5 Up-- A definitive guide to raising and showing sheep, written with young readers in mind, but with information thorough enough for anyone about to establish a first flock. The text begins with a note to parents about the child's responsibility as well as what will be expected of them as adults. The material is arranged by chapters, moving from the basics to the specifics. The main text uses about two-thirds of each page; the outer third is divided by a vertical line, which sets off some of the drawings, definitions, diagrams, captions, and additional information. Small black-and-white photographs are included. The book concludes with a sheep calendar; a list of helpful sources for supplies, publications, and building plans; a list of state Cooperative Extension Services; and an extensive glossary. This title is likely to be quite popular with youngsters involved in 4-H or FFA. It definitely belongs in domesticated-animal collections. --Eldon Younce, Harper Elementary School, KS

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