The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese - Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese

Buch | Softcover
144 Seiten
2017
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-861-6 (ISBN)
19,90 inkl. MwSt
Well-raised geese are the ultimate homesteading companion, providing weed control, eggs, entertainment, and more. The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese covers everything you need to know from selecting breeds, feeding, housing, and animal health, to how geese can benefit your land as workers and providers of eggs and meat.
Raise a gaggle of geese, the unsung heroes of the small farm

While chickens preen in the spotlight, geese are the historic unsung heroes of small farms and homesteads. Providing weed control, large eggs, and entertainment, and acting as "security" over other animals, geese are the ultimate modern homesteading companion.

The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese covers everything you need to know to raise geese, including:



Profiles of breeds and how to select the best one for your needs
How to "imprint" goslings on a person
Feeding, housing, animal health, and cold weather care
Using geese for weed control, soil improvement, and as "watch-geese"
Cooking with goose eggs and meat

Additional coverage includes a look at the rich history of geese on farms in North America and Europe that will enhance any goose keeper's enjoyment of these intelligent and unique birds.

This practical guide is a must-have essential for the kitchen table of homesteaders, small farmers, permaculturists, and professional farmers looking to add the power of geese to their land.

Kirsten Lie-Nielsen grew up on a farm and has been raising geese and enjoying the quirky personalities and practicality of these beautiful birds for most of her life. Always intrigued by self-sufficiency and working with her hands, Kirsten and her partner are restoring a 200-year old farm in Liberty, Maine, where they raise animals and grow vegetables and native medicinal herbs. Kirsten writes about her experiences and the lessons of life on the farm for publications such as Grit and Mother Earth News, Backyard Poultry , and Hobbyfarms.com. She also blogs about the good life at hostilevalleyliving.com.

Foreword: Lisa Steele, FreshEggsDaily.com
Introduction : Why Geese Are Right for Your Farm
Chapter One : Getting Goslings
Chapter Two : Breeds of Geese
Chapter Three : Feeding and Housing
Chapter Four : Health and Illnesses
Chapter Five : Primary Predators
Chapter Six : Keeping the Neighbors Happy
Chapter Seven : The Farmer's Alarm System
Chapter Eight : Weed Control
Chapter Nine : Goose Recipes
Chapter Ten : The Joy of Keeping Geese


Acknowledgments
Resources
Index
About the Author
A Note about the Publisher

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 1 Plates, color
Verlagsort Gabriola Island
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 229 mm
Gewicht 299 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Tiere / Tierhaltung
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Veterinärmedizin Allgemein Tierernährung / Tierhaltung / Tierzucht
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 0-86571-861-X / 086571861X
ISBN-13 978-0-86571-861-6 / 9780865718616
Zustand Neuware
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