Grit and oyster shell look alike but play different roles in chicken nutrition and health. They're each necessary, and they're not interchangeable.
Summer weather can be rough on your pastures, and that can affect your animals. Follow these tips to keep your fields in prime shape for livestock.
When holistic and organic approaches fail, try these treatments to help free your flock from infestation of internal parasites.
This alternative to annual rebreeding can keep milk production going for several years. Read more about it in our July/August issue.
Gut health is a popular concern these days, and pigs are no exception—it pays to mind your pork bellies before they leave the farm.
For Jaime Cool and her family, an off the grid homestead of livestock, produce and bees takes a lot of work. But "it's a good life not many people get to experience."
Therse Steps are Crucial to Getting Your Geese & Ducks Through Hot Weather
In the final part of this series, we continue alphabetically through chicken health issues with scaly leg mites, thrush, transmission of disease and vaccination.
Asian lady beetles, box-elder bugs and darkling beetles are not parasitic or particularly harmful insects, but chickens won't eat them, and they love coops.
This excerpt from Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees covers summer inspections and potential problems such as nectar scarcity, mites and missing queens.
If you have enough land, it might make sense to grow hay to feed your animals and sell to other farmers. Here's what you need to know.
Spring and summer bring severe weather in the form of storms and tornadoes. Prepare your coop to keep your chickens safe.
