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Goats Are Part Of The Family At Wild Rose Farm

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden |
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Wild Rose Farm founder Jessica Lubic tells us how her goats helped clear up acres of blackberry bushes and weeds—and now provide delicious on-farm dairy.

7 Ways To Prepare Your Chicken For The Fair 

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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It's fair season! Follow these seven tips for a good time when exhibiting your poultry at the local fair this year. Who knows—maybe you'll even win a prize.

Chicken Chat: A Little Brown Hen In Hawaii

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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When feral chickens made a home in Cindi Fontanilla's yard in Kalaheo, Hawaii, the birds and their babies brought joy and a sense of purpose with them.

Chickens Love These Tasty, Nutritious Wild Herbs

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Boost your chickens' nutrition without breaking the bank by foraging these common wild herbs, many of which may already be in your yard.

Sheepdog Trials: When Farm Partners Compete

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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Sheepdog trials present an opportunity to see how a working animal compares to others, and the experience can improve things in home pastures, too.

Can You Identify This Mystery Chicken Breed?

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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This rare Mediterranean mystery chicken breed is named for its distinctive comb, and the heritage bird is both fast-maturing and a peerless free-ranger.

Make Sure Your Chickens Always Have Plenty Of Water

Animals | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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How important is fresh water to chickens? Very, in fact, as hydration is key to egg production, healthy body functions and even poultry life itself.

Toasting Field-To-Glass Beers With Locality Brewing

Beekeeping | Farm & Garden | Food | Permaculture |
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We talk to Melanie MacInnes from Locality Brewing, a British Columbia-based farm brewery, about hand-scything, antique threshers and their super-local process.

Box Turtles On The Move: What They’re Up To & How You Can Help

Animals | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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Whether you're mowing a field or driving back from the feed store, use extra caution to protect slow-moving box turtles from threat of danger.

Video: Use Manure Compost To Improve Garden Soil

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals | Video |
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If you get some livestock manure compost from a neighbor or your own animals, the broken-down material can be a big boost to garden soil efficiency and overall structure.

Chicken Rental Services Make Chicken-Keeping Easy

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | News | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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Chicken rental delivers all the fun of keeping backyard hens without costly investments, upkeep concerns or anxiety-inducing ownership commitments.

Use The Pressure Canner To Process Chicken For Storage

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Food | Poultry |
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Your pressure canner can help you produce tons of delicious, shelf-stable cans of chicken (or other poultry) for easy storage of meat.

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