Know Your Hobby Animals is your essential guide to discovering loads of interesting facts about 172 popular breeds of chickens, pigs, goats, cows, and sheep. Hobby farmers have the important role of caring for animal breeds that are popular and widespread, as well as those that are rare and no longer commercially viable. All these amazing animals have a long history of providing people with food, drink, and clothing for thousands of years, and they deserve to be protected and cared for properly.