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Bottle Jaw In Sheep: What Does it Mean? 

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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A sheep's swollen jaw can mean barber pole worm infection, or the cause could be something else. Here are some possibilities, as well as what you can do.

Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos

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This round of Say Cheese contenders includes lumbering lornhorns, grumpy roosters, curious cattle, pristine piggies and much more!

Why You Should Consider Keeping Homestead Cattle

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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If you have the space, consider adding some cattle to your homestead. Benefits include food security, land maintenance, personal betterment and more.

Chronic Wasting Disease: An Overview and Update

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Chronic Wasting Disease is in the U.S. to stay. Learn about CWD and what it means for local deer populations and livestock.

Grow Forage To Help Feed Honeybees Pollen & Nectar

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Help out honeybees by growing a variety of forage to provide the various essential nutrients a hive needs to survive and thrive.

Consider A Heritage Breed Turkey This Thanksgiving

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This Thanksgiving, give gratitude for all you have with a heritage breed turkey. Here's what that means, why you should consider it and how to get an heirloom bird.

Flush Feeding Maximizes Sheep Breeding Success

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Sheep breeders can improve chances for fertility and multiples by increasing quality feed (known as flush feeding) strategically before breeding time.

Protect Your Chickens Against These Common Predators

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Health & Nutrition | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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There are plenty of wild critters eager to make a meal out of your chickens, so get to know common predators and effective deterrents for each.

Video: Security Tips Heading Into Sheep Breeding Season

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It's sheep breeding season, and we have some tips for getting sheep ready, as well as security tips so you know which ewes have been bred.

Chicken Chat: Escaped Chickens Evade Numerous Threats

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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When chickens escape their coop and make a run for it, it's a matter of life or death as they evade a handful of immediate threats.

At In Loving Swineness, Feral Pigs Clear Weeds From Local Farms

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At In Loving Swineness in northwest Florida, Christal and Frank Ellard capture and employ feral pigs to clear farmland of invasive grasses.

Bereaving Butters (Farewell To A Very Good Orpington)

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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When Butters, a beloved Mottled Orpington, passed on recently, her keeper was moved to recount the special times shared with this unique hen.

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