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Adopting a Barn Cat

Animals
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When adding a barn cat to your farm menagerie, keep this basic caretaking advice in mind.

Trap, Neuter, Return

Animals
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Use this method to help control feral cat populations.

How To Handle Broody Chickens

Animals | Poultry |
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Got a broody hen in your flock? Use these tips for handling her with care.

Poultry Glossary

Animals
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Get you chicken jargon right with these must-know words.

Urban Roost Restrictions

Animals
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Check with your city's ordinances before constructing your chicken coop.

Using Agricultural Journals for Chicken Info

Animals
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Old agricultural journals are indexed online, making it easier than ever to find the chicken information you need.

Mooving Music

Animals
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My mom is writing a book about cows and she’s driving us crazy singing cattle songs!

Do a Livestock Dental Check

Animals
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Dental care is essential to healthy livestock, especially horses. Use National Pet Dental Health Month as your cue to check the teeth of all your farm animals.

Jadzia’s Crow

Animals
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When my daughter, Jadzia, was a little, bitty kid, she had a crow for a friend.

Goat Coats and Lambie Jammies

Animals
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This is the time of year when baby animals are born (hint: yesterday was Uzzi’s birthday and mine is March 4) and since it’s cold in barns, sometimes it’s hard to keep new babies warm.

Try Chickens

Animals
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First-time poultry raisers will find chickens an amiable match. Use these tips to get your coop started.

Absent Friends

Animals
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Last week was a sad, sad week at our farm. Our elder sheep, Baasha and Dodger, left for sheep heaven on Wednesday and Mom is as glum as can be.

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