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Simon: Brave Wartime Cat

Animals | Large Animals |
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Simon the cat was the only feline to win the PDSA's Dicken Medal, honoring animals that demonstrate outstanding bravery during wartime.

Teeny, Tiny Miniature Goats

Animals | Large Animals |
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Mom has two new bottle babies. They’re our smallest goats yet! They’re Nigerian Dwarf preemies born 21 days before they were due.

Calculate Winter Forage Needs

Animals | Farm Management |
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Don’t run out of hay for your livestock this winter. Plan ahead with this forage-stocking plan.

How to Manage Q Fever

Animals | Large Animals |
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Keep your livestock and yourself safe from Q fever with these management tips.

Once-a-Day Milk Cows

Animals | Large Animals |
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If your milk is worth the squeeze but your schedule is packed, consider moving to a once-a-day milking regimen.

Deck the Stalls: Holly

Animals
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This is the time of year that farm folk like to decorate their homes and barns with festive evergreens.

How To Milk A Cow

Animals | Large Animals |
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Provide for your family’s milk, butter and cheese needs by adding a dairy cow to the farmstead.

Pinkeye in Animals

Animals
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Sweetie, our new pygmy goat who has pinkeye, is doing better. She can see out of one eye!

Livestock Sickness Warning Signs

Animals
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Tune in to when your farm animals aren’t feeling their best by being on the lookout for these symptoms of illness.

Meet Sweetie, the Pygmy Goat

Animals | Large Animals |
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One of Mom’s friends rescued Sweetie, the Pygmy goat, but now Sweetie needs a home so she’s come to live with us on our farm.

Prepping for a Natural Disaster

Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Traveling with Livestock

Animals
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You don’t need a livestock trailer to transport small animals like sheep, goats, pigs and calves, but it’s trickier to haul them in a truck or van.

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