Before you add these new peepers to your coop, give them a good start to life with these helpful hints.
A profitable egg business requires more than raising healthy chickens. Use these tips to get your egg business up and running.
The soil on our farm is so rocky that it’s hard to garden or even dig a hole, but apparently not for moles—a mole is digging tunnels all over our yard.
Last Thursday evening, Uzzi and I were hunkered down for the night, chewing cud and gazing up at the rising full moon, when Uzzi said, "What’s that?”
Mom’s been noticing signs of spring, but she got a big surprise. We had two blizzards in two weeks, and the last one was a doozy!
Take caution when disposing of chicken carcasses so as not to spread disease.
Before making a commitment to raise dairy goats, learn what it takes to produce high-quality milk.
Prevent founder and colic in your horses by carefully reintroducing them to pasture in the spring.
Give your livestock room to roam and make sure that you have enough farm space to support them.
Remember when Salem got sick and Mom and Dad gave him bock beer to soothe his bellyache? Mom and Dad don’t drink beer, so Uzzi and I decided to Google it for them.
The Shamo is an ornamental chicken breed that produces a good amount of meat; however, the meat has been described as tough and isn’t favorable to every palate. Hens make good mothers, but fare poorly as layers.
The ornamental Sumatra chicken breed was originally used for fighting. Indonesian Island residents would catch Sumatra cocks during breeding season, use them in combat and release them once their seasonal aggression declined.
