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.
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.
These easy techniques help you attract customers, spark conversations and share information about beekeeping at the farmers market.
"Lifestyles of the Chicken Famous" is the title of a new book that's a pleasure for your poultry-loving peepers.
If your hens lose feathers and look scruffy but it's not molting season, it could be that year-round laying is taking its toll on their systems.
Breeds including horses, donkeys, alpacas, rabbits and ducks can be therapy animals, providing companionship and helping people with physical, mental and emotional recovery and development.
Let your flock forage during the day and get natural nutrition while you also protect your garden from getting "fowled" up with a chicken corral.
Hens' insides sometimes make mistakes, resulting in double- or even triple-yolk eggs. Here's how it happens and some associated egg myths and legends.
