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When was the last time you tasted a really fresh egg? Most commercially produced eggs spend time in storage and become stale. There’s a big difference, too, between poultry raised commercially and raised at home. Commercial eating birds live out their brief spans in totally artificial surroundings, but home-grown chickens can result in better flavor and firmer texture.

With the help of this e-handbook, you can have eggs and poultry with a flavor — and at a cost — to be found in no supermarket. Chapters include:

• Chicken Breeds
• Brooding and Early Care
• Henhouse Furniture
• Feeders
• Producing Your Own Feed

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Horses are big, strong, playful, and smart, so finding a way to keep them safe and secure in their pastures and paddocks can be a real challenge. Building strong, safe fencing that is also economical and long lasting is an even bigger task.

Experienced do-it-yourselfers and even handy beginners can build great fences for their horses and this e-handbook shows you how. Chapters include:

• Fencing Tools
• Choosing the Right Fence Posts
• Stringing Wire Fencing
• Post-and-Rail and Post-and-Plank Fences
• Fencing Small and Large Pastures
• Fencing the Small Pastures
• Training Pens

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Building a horse barn is quite a project — and there is a vast and varied array of plans and books available to help you. But renovating a shelter to make it fit for just one or two horses, or building a sturdy three-sided shelter, can be quite simple, even if you have only basic carpentry skills.

This e-handbook shows you what you need to know to properly construct horse housing. Chapters included are:

• The Fundamentals of Building for Horses
• Tips and Techniques for Remodeling
• Building a Simple Run-in Shelter
• Designing the Layout for a Small Barn Renovation
• Roofing Your Horse Barn
• Building a Stall
• Providing Food and Water in the Barn
• Finishes to Preserve Your Horse Shelter

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Chicken-coop designs are as varied as the people who keep chickens. The best design for you depends on how many chickens you keep, your purpose in keeping them, their breed, your geographic location, and how much money you want to spend.

This e-handbook shows you designs and helpful tips to make your chicken raising experience a successful one. Chapters include:

• Twelve Tips for a Successful Coop Design
• Providing Adequate Ventilation
• Temperature Control
• Choosing the Right Flooring
• Putting Down Bedding
• Installing Roosts
• Nests and Nest Boxes
• Choosing and Siting a Water Source
• Tips and Advice for Keeping Chickens in Cages
• Offering Access to a Yard
• Raising Chickens Free on the Range

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Homesteading and sustainable farming are major steps in the journey toward self-sufficiency. The benefits of producing naturally raised animals and crops have a positive influence on everyone, from the grower to the consumer. Learn the best methods in egg and chicken production; gain the skills to build or renovate a small barn for your horse; find out how to easily crate train your dog; and much more with the Livestock and Farming E-book Projects Collection.

For the first time, Mother Earth News is proud to offer the complete Livestock and Farming E-book Projects Collection. This comprehensive collection includes 12 useful e-books with titles ranging from "Raising Game Birds" to "Homemade Treats for Happy, Healthy Dogs". The Livestock and Farming E-book Projects Collection is packed with practical information, innovative ideas and creative projects to inspire you to turn your dreams of country living into a reality.

E-book Projects Included in the Collection:

• Tack: Care and Cleaning
• Fencing for Horses
• Building or Renovating a Small Barn for Your Horse
• Crate Training Your Dog
• Raising a Healthy Guinea Pig
• Eggs & Chickens
• Raising Ducks & Geese
• Building Rabbit Housing
• Building Chicken Coops
• Raising Game Birds
• Buying or Selling a Horse