These chicken breeds are excellent foragers, and when allowed to free-range, they'll do their part to supplement their diet—saving you money on feed.
Prevent illness from spreading to the animals on your farm by implementing these herd-management practices.
Raise a healthy flock right from the start by maintaining an ideal environment in your chicks’ brooder house.
On the counter or in the fridge? This is what you need to know about keeping your chickens' eggs before it's time time to eat them.
Here are details on identifying and protecting against predators, the natural enemies of your animals, on the ground.
The hens in our charter flock turned me from chicken agnostic to borderline obsessed. The Girls, as we call them, have officially achieved family status.
If you want backyard chickens, you can order them online or find them locally through these several sources.
Our backyard chickens usually produce an inconsistent product. Their eggs vary in shape, size and color, mostly because we collect a variety of breeds based on their coloring, lace, combs, cold hardiness, heat tolerance, egg colors and sizes—whatever tickles our fancy, really. Whether or not we realize it, those of us with many different breeds […]
Goats can be a handful, but their milk can be so rewarding. Find out if you have what it takes to be a goat owner.
Have you ever found little mouse droppings peppered throughout your coop bedding—black oval pellets about the size of a grain of rice? Evidence of rodents in your chicken coop can be unnerving, but it’s important to recognize that winter is a hungry time for wild animals. The reward of a warm bed and a full […]
Keep foul smells to a minimum in your pigs’ living quarters by adjusting their feed intake and implementing new management practices.
Prevent roaming felines from making your vegetable bed their litter box with this selection of deterrents.
