Product Description

'teach yourself Pig-Keeping' will offer the amateur pig-keeper everything they need to make a success of this increasingly popular pursuit. Whether you are interested in breeding pigs, in meat production, or just want the pleasure of their company, the guide will cover everything from the legalities, the basic equipment, picking breeds, understanding behaviour and how to breed or slaughter pigs. It will also give you advice on daily maintenance of your animal, from feeding to cleaning, and will offer ample resources for those not only wishing to produce meat, but also to market and sell it on a local level.
The author has trained thousands of amateur pig-keepers on his weekend courses, and is fully qualified not only to instruct you in all elements, but to do so in a readable and user-friendly manner. With illustrations, diagrams and a full glossary, this is a guaranteed route to happy and healthy pigs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24062 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

About the Author
Tony York has been running courses for amateur pig-keepers for over 10 years, and has seen numbers of attendees triple in that time. He has made several television programmes on pig-keeping and is known in the community for his passionate commitment to furthering the cause of organic farming and smallholding, and for his expert communication skills.

Customer Reviews

Paradise For Pig Keepers & their pigs
An easy to follow book for any prospective and new traditional and rare breed keepers out there.

Details of the economics, the available breeds, problems you may encounter and just about anything you want to know about keeping pigs traditionally.

Keeping Pigs
I bought this book when I was thinking about keeping pigs. It is very informative and gives all the information you need. It tells you what to expect both in terms of paperwork (of which there is a fair amount) labour and costs. I bought two pigs and this book helped me through from 8 weeks to 6 months. They tasted fantastic!! I have now bought another five piglets (2 gilts and 3 boars) and intend to keep the gilts for breeding. I would definitely recommend the book and keeping pigs. They go together.

Good for the basics
A good book with some great info, doesn't quite go into as much detail as Traditional Pig Keeping by Carol Harris but does give a different angle on some aspects which is useful.

A decent basic read and written in a very down to earth way - worth a read BEFORE you try and jump in at the deep end.