Sue Weaver

The Backyard Cow

An Introductory Guide to Keeping Productive Family Cows

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Homegrown Dairy Products, Fresh from Your Yard A single cow, carefully chosen for your needs and facilities, can live a healthy, contented life right in your backyard. Calm and friendly by nature, your cow will be a gentle companion and a valued contributor to your family's diet, producing more than enough milk to keep you out of your supermarket's dairy aisle. The essential beginner's guide to: *Choosing a breed. Select the backyard cow that makes the most sense for your climate, grazing land, and price range. *Developing cow sense. See the world as your cow does and you will both be safer. *Caring for cattle. Breed your dairy cow, feed and groom her well, provide proper shelter, and identify and treat common diseases. *Milking. Create a daily routine. *Processing your daily milk. Keep your milk fresh and healthful with proper cooling and storing. *Making cheese. Use your daily milk to make butter, yogurt, cheese, and other fresh, fermented, and aged dairy products. *Riding steers. Yes, you can ride your steer or cow!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 177mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781603429979
• ISBN-10: 1603429972
• Artikelnr.: 34392280

Autorenporträt

Sue Weaver has written hundreds of magazine articles and many books about livestock, horses, and chickens, including The Backyard Cow, The Backyard Goat, The Backyard Sheep, Storey and The Donkey Companion. Weaver and her husband share their ridgetop farmette in the southern Ozarks with an array of animal friends.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Meet the Cow
1 Brief History
First Came the Aurochs * What Is a Cow?
2 The Breed You Need
Choosing a Breed * Heritage Breeds * Additional Breeds * Zebu Breeds
3 Applied Cattle Psychology
Cattle Behavior 101 * Moving Cattle
4 Buying Your Cow or Steer
Basic Considerations * Where (and Where Not) to Buy * Bringing Bossy Home
Part 2: Have Fun 'Til the Cows Come Home
5 Milking
Home Dairying Basics * Hand Milking * Raw or Pasteurized? * Freezing Milk
6 Homemade Dairy Products
Cheese Making at a Glance * Butter * Buttermilk * Simple Soft Cheeses *
Yogurt * Quark * Kefir * Beastings * Koumiss
7 Riding Steers
Before You Begin * Tack for Riding Steers (and Cows) * Training Your Steer
to Ride
8 Raise a Calf
Start with a Healthy Calf * Housing Your Calf * Feeding Your Calf * A 4-H
Bucket Calf Project
Part 3: Care for Your Cow
9 Mating and Birthing
Breeding Your Cow * Calving 101
10 Shelter, Equipment, Pasture, and Fences
Shelter * Everyday Equipment * Pasture * Keeping Your Cow in Place
11 Feeding
The Bovine Digestive System * Concentrates * Water * Feeders and Water
Receptacles * Feed-Related Health Concerns
12 Grooming, Hoof Care, and Parasite Control
Grooming and Hoof Care * Internal Parasites * External Parasites
13 Health Care
Checking Vital Signs * Cattle Diseases at a Glance * Medicating Your Cow or
Steer
Glossary
Appendix 1: Restraint
Halter and Tie * Nose Tongs * Tailing
Appendix 2: Clicker Training
Equipment and Supplies * Basic Targeting * Teaching to Follow a Target *
Leading
Appendix 3: Emergency Euthanasia
Resources
Index