Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs: 163 Breeds from Common to Rare

It's a good book with fantastic full color photos in it. Fairly durable for a paperback. Lots of breeds listed in it. If you are new to any of these common critters, this is a great introduction to them.

It's about time that a nice & complete book like this on 99.9% of sheep, goat, cattle and pig breeds (that even I can afford!) has came out. As an avid hobby farmer, I used to long for a complete guide with color photos on all the livestock breeds. Finally, Carol Ekarius has gave us a book dedicated to the characteristics, original purposes and the origins of each featured livestock breed.This book has really nice real photos (not drawings!) of all the included breeds. Also included by the photo's are details of the breed origin, breed purpose, the various color combinations, standards of the breed, conservation status and any special qualities that the featured breed might have.Last but, not least Ms. Ekarius included a very well researched Resource index of breed registries, livestock magazines and a glossary. If you buy this book (which I suggest) you will find 319 pages printed on nice glossy, flexible paper stock. This isn't the usual small black & white Storey's guide book!The only thing I could find fault with in this book is that on certain breeds (like Limousin) I would've liked more photographs. Tho, I'm sure room wise this may not have been possible.Carol Ekarius besides being a wonderful writer is also donating a portion of her proceeds from this book to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy!

The book lists many farm animals, with pictures, history and general information of each breed, this is a great reference book.

A great introduction to a wide variety of breeds. But I wish it had offered a little more information regarding information one might want to consider in choosing a breed to raise. There is little to nothing about temperament, keeping or drawbacks of most breeds other than passing mentions of "hardiness", keeping well on pasture or docility on a few breeds. It is mainly a short, historical introduction to each breed. So if you're wanting a detailed profile on a variety of livestock to help you select a breed that might fit your situation, this isn't really a good choice for that. None the less, it is enjoyable to flip through and at least provides enough information to get you curious about some breeds.

This book was gotten for a child who is very interested in farm animals. This was perfect for her. The photographs are beautiful and show a variety of breeds for each species covered. The text also made interesting reading for her dad as well, who was also very interested in animal breeds when he was her age. Very happy with this purchase

We used this book for my some to practice animal breeds and facts for his 4-H Livestock skill a thon contest. Great pictures and good information to learn ny

i was looking looking forward to receiving this book and i LOVE it. i just could not put it down and i'm still rereading much of it. we didn't have this much information on breeds, types, characteristics when i was in college. i know that new breeds in all classes of livestock are constantly being developed so no book could possibly have them all, but this book is a good reference now.

Going to be perfect reference book for choosing my livestock for my homestead.

this is a very informative book, well illustrated and well written. also a very fast delivery time. Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs (Storeys Illustrated Breed Gde)Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs (Storeys Illustrated Breed Gde)

Lot of nice images of different breeds.

Fantastic

This was a gift for an elderly farmer, he was delighted.

Good book, great photographs and informative. Most breeds are covered and includes a description and photo.