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Meet the Adorable Quail Running Around Alchemist Farm

Animals | Urban Farm | Urban Farming |
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We check in with Franchesca Duval from the humane Northern California farm and find out why quail can be a perfect addition to your homestead.

How to Add Livestock to Your Chicken Farm

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Looking to expand beyond chicken keeping? Consider ducks, geese, guinea fowl or rabbits to enhance your farming experience.

Beekeeper DIY: How to Make Beeswax Candles

Beekeeping | Homesteading |
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Many beekeepers take advantage of fall and winter to make use of harvested products. Here are instructions for making candles in jars from beeswax.

Chickens In Tutus: A New Barnyard Fashion Trend

Animals | Large Animals | News | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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People are dressing up their chickens—and other animals—in tutus as part of this recent farm fashion craze. Here's a look at some photos.

Need to Give Up Your Chickens? Follow These 7 Tips

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry |
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The end of your chicken-keeping days might end for reasons beyond your control. Regardless of why, here's how to make sure you birds go to good homes.

Choose the Right Goats to Raise for Meat

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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At first, it seems like there's a great deal to learn about goats, but once you've mastered the basics, they're relatively easy animals to keep.

6 Tips on Barn Ventilation to Protect Livestock in Winter

Animals | Equipment | Large Animals |
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Winter is not the time to latch the barn closed. Instead, follow these tips to increase indoor ventilation for the health of the animals inside.

Properly Manage Your Livestock Medications

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Proper storage, labeling, administering and knowledge of livestock medications are crucial parts of keeping your animals healthy.

6 Winter Treats for Your Chickens

Animals | Poultry |
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Boost your flock’s nutrition and offer chickens fun boredom busters with these healthy winter treats.

“Should I Get Chickens?” Fall Is A Great Time To Ask

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry |
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If you believe you might want to get chickens next spring, consider these six aspects for deciding whether to move in that direction.

5 Guidelines For Feeding Honeybees

Beekeeping
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In certain situations, bees need food to help the colony survive. Here are some tips—when, how, what and how much—for feeding honeybees.

Breed Profiles: Get to Know the Mangalitsa Pig

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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The wooly hog almost went extinct, but now Mangalitsa pigs are back. Could this heritage breed be right for your hobby farm?

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