Lambs For The Freezer

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By
Sue Kendrick

In an age which has seen unparalleled interest in personal food production, Sheep For The Freezer is a timely and comprehensive introduction
to breeding and rearing lamb for home consumption.

Especially written for the small scale sheep keeper with little or no knowledge of rearing livestock, the author draws on her own extensive experience of keeping farm animals to guide the new shepherd through the whole process of breeding, rearing and ultimately filling their freezer with home produced lamb.

Topics Covered Include:

Detailed information on knowing when lambs are
ready for slaughter, where to find an abattoir and the all important paper
work.
Common sheep diseases and afflictions and how to avoid them and what to do should your flock fall prey to one of the notifiable diseases.
The importance of good sheep housing to suit all budgets and circumstances.

foot trimming

Sheep health, the rules and regulations involved in keeping sheep.
Advice on butchery.
Sheep dairying for those looking to maximize every aspect of sheep production.
Sheep breeds for different managment systems.
Recipes utilising every part of
the carcase.

Additional Information

Aimed at the smallholder or small scale sheep keeper.

Covers the shepherd’s annual round beginning with tupping, caring, feeding and lambing and finally bringing the new lamb crop to slaughter.
Fully illustrated with 75 colour photos.
Written by industry expert based on own experiences and who regularly
writes for the farming press.
Invaluable and timely guide to rearing lambs for home consumption

About The Author

Sue Kendrick was born into a Leicestershire farming family and has kept a variety of livestock on her smallholding, including a small flock of Suffolk sheep.

She bred and showed these for a number of years, consigning the less noteworthy specimens to her own and various friends’ freezers!

Sue kendrick author of Lambs For The Freezer

Sue Kendrick with Tam and Flash

LAMBS
FOR THE FREEZER

£14.99 including p & p

Published 20^thJune, 2011 by
Crowood Press,
The Stable Block, Crowood Lane,
Ramsbury,Marlborough,
Wiltshire SN8 2HR, UK
Tel: 01672 520320 Fax: 01672 520280
Email: enquiries@crowood.com
http://www.crowoodpress.co.uk

235 x 165 mm
128 pages
75 colour photographs
ISBN 9781847972699
Hardback ppc £14.99
TVH: Animal husbandry

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