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Snapdragons, Rainbow Eggs Star At Goose Pond Homestead

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Poultry |
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Telo Anderson from the Wisconsin-based homestead tells us about using a farm stand to forge connections with the local community.

Bantam Breeds Pack A Lot Into A Little

Animals | Breeds | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Bantam breeds are certainly cute little birds, but these chickens carry their own weight in delicious eggs and meat, and incomparable companionship.

An Emergency Plan Is Essential To Keeping Chickens

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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When disaster strikes, it's important to have an emergency plan in place not just for you, but for your chickens, too. Here are some things to keep in mind.

Preventing & Treating Pig Shipping Fever

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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Taking precautions can minimize the chance of shipping fever for new pigs, but when a pig falls ill, care and attention can often save the day.

Chicken General Store: Chic(k) Decor For The Coop & Home

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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Looking to bring your poultry passion indoors or maybe upgrade the chicken coop? Our editors found these 11 items every chicken-keeper should check out!

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.

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.

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