Is one of your hens unexpectedly setting? If you want to help this broody hen safely bring her chicks into your flock, follow these steps.
A boom mower, a cordless pruner, an ATV manure spreader and an adjustable rake are among the useful items our editors found.
What and how to feed sheep is important, but minerals and copper also play crucial roles. Here are the key aspects of what you need to know.
Waterfowl behave differently than chickens, but they still have their pecking orders that you need to respect. Here's how to introduce new birds.
What is a chicken's normal body temperature? It varies, based on a number of internal and external factors. These basics will help you understand.
Unfortunately, the weeks after Easter yield lots of abandoned baby chicks. Follow these steps to care for any abandoned Easter chicks you might find in your care.
Some of these goat breeds have striking looks, some are great dairy breeds, some are quite small and others are docile so make good companions.
The Wyandotte is a hardy dual-purpose bird with loose, fluffy feathering that lends to its round shape.
My husband reluctantly agreed to let me start a backyard flock, but he fell in love with our hens as much as I have.
Fresh or dried, herbs help improve your flock’s health and keep your chickens laying happily. Here are five such green treats.
In this final installment on livestock surgery, we learn about on-farm ruminant C-sections and how farmers and others can help.
New chicken-keepers sometimes mistake the crop for a tumor. Learn where the crop is located, what it does and what can go wrong with it.
