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Katahdins Are A Native, Easy-Keeping Sheep Breed

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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Katahdins are a resilient native sheep breed that do excellent on pasture, bringing benefits from yard management to meat production, milk and more!

Control Parasitic Worms In Sheep With FAMACHA

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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FAMACHA can help you control worms in a sheep flock without overusing medication, and free certification courses ensure you're scoring your animals right.

Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals | Poultry |
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These Say Cheese contenders include mischievous goats, a diminutive donkey, pretty pigs and more, so check out this photo roundup from Hobby Farms readers!

The Honest Truth About 5 Popular Chicken Breeds (Pt. 1)

Animals | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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There's a lot of poultry information out there—not all of it true—so our resident chicken expert is sharing decades of experience about popular chicken breeds.

Grass-Fed Cattle Are Just Plain Better For The Bottom Line

Animals | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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Grass-finished? Grain-fed? Though there are a lot of confusing terms at play these days, but there's no denying the benefits of raising grass-fed cattle.

Battle of the Bulge (Pt 1): Helping Overweight Livestock

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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Obesity can plague our livestock just as it plagues us, so here are some of the dangers overweight equines face and what to do about the issue.

Farming Brings Life Perspective At Palmz Family Farmette

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Nicole Palmer from the Long Island-based Palmz Family Farmette tells us how farming can turn bad days into glorious times.

Considering Animals? Check Out These 9 Livestock Lessons

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals | Poultry |
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We've rounded up 9 lessons for anyone considering adding animals to their farm or just want to make raising livestock a little bit easier!

Let’s Celebrate Chickens On National Chicken Month!

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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September is National Chicken Month, but there's always a good reason to celebrate your flock. Here are some ways and days to treat your poultry special.

Brush Up On Your Poultry Trivia With These Chicken Facts

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Think you know everything there is to know about America’s favorite backyard poultry? Check out these chicken facts and expand your poultry knowledge. 

How To Treat Oviduct Prolapse In A Laying Hen

Animals | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Oviduct prolapse is a serious emergency, so here's what you can to help your laying hen if this condition occurs and you can't reach a veterinarian.

Keeping Peafowl For Pleasure & Profit

Animals | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Considering keeping peafowl on your farm? Social birds with amazing iridescent plumage, peafowl can be fun to have around so long as you follow a few pointers.

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