The Rabbit Raising Problem Solver

Discusses how to care for rabbits at every stage of life and addresses concerns about housing and breeding.

A practical Q&A resource for every rabbit raiser, whether they raise their animals as pets, for meat, or for fiber.

An accessible, practical resource for pasture-based rabbit production-complete with rabbit husbandry basics, enterprise budgets, and guidelines for growing, processing and selling rabbits commercially. In recent years, there has been talk in the food world that rabbits make more sense than chicken. In a country with a $41 billion broiler chicken industry, this might seem like a pretty bold statement, but it's hardly unsubstantiated. And yet while media has been abuzz about the supposed super protein, very few farmers are stepping up to meet the rapidly increasing interest in sustainably raised rabbit meat. This is partly due to the lack of available resources in the field of rabbit husbandry. Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat is the first book to address the growing trend of ecological rabbit husbandry for the beginning to market-scale farmer. Inspired by Daniel Salatin, who has long been considered the pioneer in integrated rabbit farming, Nichki Carangelo proves that a viable pasture-based rabbitry is not only possible and user-friendly, it's also profitable. In Carangelo's approach, happy, healthy rabbits are seasonally raised outside on pasture, using a pasture and wire hybrid system that promotes natural behaviors and a diverse diet, while effectively managing the associated risks. Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat offers valuable information on how farmers can build their own rabbit enterprise from scratch and includes tips on breed selection, breeding techniques, nutrition guidelines, record keeping tools, slaughtering and butchering instructions, marketing advice, and enterprise guides to help farmers plan for profitability. This is an essential guide for anyone interested in integrating rabbits onto a diversified farm or homestead.

The fifth edition of this best-selling handbook features the same detailed approach that has made it the trusted source for raising healthy, productive rabbits — plus a total redesign with color photos and graphics. Whether you’re interested in raising rabbits for show, meat, fur, or as pets, this comprehensive guide offers expert advice on breed selection, housing, feeding, humane handling, and more. In addition, author Bob Bennett includes the most up-to-date information on preventive health care, treating diseases, marketing, and showing.

Drawn from 35 years of publishing trusted how-to books, this visual volume gathers entertaining and practical step-by-step knowledge from Storey Publishing’s wide-ranging library, covering topics from gardening and animal husbandry to wilderness survival skills, home repair and improvement, cooking, and self-care.

A Pulitzer Prize-nominated author reveals the untold story of Linda and Millard Fuller, who built houses in Georgia to bring new life to the poverty-stricken as their personal Christian ministry. This had led them to found Habitat for Humanity and, later on, the Fuller Center for Housing.

Here are descriptions and remedies for hundreds of problems encountered by the home gardener, drawn from "The Ortho Problem Solver." Water- and dirt-resistant cover protects it during trips into the garden.

Lots of planning and preparation happens before the dream vacation does. Beautiful Olympic Peninsula Travel Guide prepares and accompanies you from start to finish.

• Plan your trip and settle on an itinerary. Finalize your plans with lists of local festivals, equipment rentals, and whale-watching or commercial tour companies.

• Pore over the main travel guide’s 204 pages and 22 modules as you plan and as you travel. It’ll give you a bit of history, all the local attractions, and some of the best hotels and restaurants.

• While you’re having the time of your life, we keep your days exciting – in a good way – by cluing you in to road conditions, weather forecasts, tide charts and apps, and highway mileage charts.

• The book also provides a bit of Olympic Mountain history, explanations regarding rainshadows and rainforests, local rainfall averages, and some of the amazing local flora and fauna.

• A comprehensive index will put the info at your fingertips when you need it.

There’s much more than this inside these covers, of course, but now you know this book might just be an indispensable part of your dream vacation.

Lots of planning and preparation happens before the dream vacation does. Beautiful Olympic Peninsula Travel Guide prepares and accompanies you from start to finish. - Plan your trip and settle on an itinerary. Finalize your plans with lists of local festivals, equipment rentals, and whale-watching or commercial tour companies. - Pore over the main travel guide's 204 pages and 22 modules as you plan and as you travel. It'll give you a bit of history, all the local attractions, and some of the best hotels and restaurants. - While you're having the time of your life, we keep your days exciting - in a good way - by cluing you in to road conditions, weather forecasts, tide charts and apps, and highway mileage charts. - The book also provides a bit of Olympic Mountain history, explanations regarding rainshadows and rainforests, local rainfall averages, and some of the amazing local flora and fauna. - A comprehensive index will put the info at your fingertips when you need it. There's much more than this inside these covers, of course, but now you know this book might just be an indispensable part of your dream vacation.

"The Parent's Journal Guide to Raising Great Kids is a comprehensive book of ingredients for raising children. It is based upon Bobbi Conner's experience as a mother and upon the ten years of research and broadcast interviews Bobbi has conducted in putting together "The Parent's Journal," her award-winning public radio show that reaches 1.4 million parents a week. "The Parents Journal Guide identifies the most important things every child needs in order to develop and thrive, "and presents easy, everyday opportunities to meet these needs though the ordinary daily routine of parents and children. Through over 700 in-depth interviews on topics ranging from temper tantrums to kids in sports to baby's first words to homework hassles, Bobbi has sifted through a vast assortment of parenting information to find the best tried and true parenting wisdom. Each chapter of "The Parents Journal Guide is formatted to include three distinctive, accessible components: What Kids Need, Parent's Job Description, and Everyday Opportunities, and will include information targeting the different stages in your child's life.

Explains how to care for, breed and market rabbits, for fun or for profit. Includes requirements for obtaining the rabbit raising merit badge.

Index of 8200 titles arranged under 200 specific subject headings.