With a lot of hype about food labels and farming practices, it's important to know the truth about the meat you're buying and understand the labels you can use on your own farm products.
If horses are in your blood and a horse farm is on your mind, educate yourself about farm management before making it a hobby or a career.
Learn about the farm-animal-adoption process to decide if the adoption option is right for you.
Rachael Hurd Anger One reader asked if he could breed his rooster with the rooster’s offspring, and the short answer is yes, but only in the short term. In livestock husbandry, what we’d usually call inbreeding is termed linebreeding. This method is how breeders dilute a variety of possible characteristics to produce the very best-looking […]
If you want to make the step from chicken-keeping hobbyist to breeder, there are some important things you need to keep in mind.
Decide if fixing your broken hive parts is worth your time and expense or if purchasing new would be a better option.
Want to bring a horse to your farm, but not sure you have the space to do it? A miniature horse could be the perfect fit.
Rachel Hurd Anger Chicken keepers have supporters and critics everywhere. From rural career farmers to city dwellers, judgments are all over the map. Here are four types of people who have opinions about your urban farming habits. Can you name these people in your community? 1. The Encouraging Ally The best supporter is often a […]
During a vacation when I was a kid, I learned that seagulls were nicknamed “rats with wings.” It would be many more years before I learned that all birds are scavengers or foragers. On that vacation, my dad sprinkled hot sauce onto a French fry and threw it out of the car window to a […]
Gian Luigi Perrella Across the country, city chicken regulations have countless variations, ranging from residents simply being allowed to have chickens to restrictions on flock numbers based on yard size. Some flocks can free-range, while others cannot (and some rebels do it anyway). Some cities require that each bird be registered like its dogs and […]
Rabbits are an efficient, productive protein source that can be raised on properties of all sizes. Here’s why you should consider keeping them.
