When Tammy L. Haurilick decided to get chickens, she called on friends and her artistic skills to design a funky chicken yard and coop!
Chickens get a wide variety of worms, which are both common and typically no cause for alarm. Here are the top five and what you need to do.
Banding a lamb's tail helps prevent health problems such as fly strike, so follow these three steps to band a lamb tail and protect the animal's health.
Spring is the right time to find baby piglets for the homestead! Here are some tips for locating young pigs and setting pricing expectations.
Susan from the Michigan-based Chick Outta Water tells us about warding off hawks, battling coyotes and coming up with food-based chick names.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is on the move in the U.S., so chicken-keepers should stay vigilant and informed. Here's what to know.
We asked Hobby Farms readers to tell us what they love about keeping pygmy goats, a tiny but mighty breed. Check out what they had to say!
Using a lambing calculator can help you better predict when ewes deliver spring lambs—and when you need to have supplies ready to care for the newborns.
Amber from the California-based Spoiled Rotten Ranch talks about her resident barnyard jokers and how crows help keep things running safely.
You can attract purple martins, swallows and more with simple, homegrown birdhouses. Here's how to craft your own gourd birdhouse.
Buying hatching eggs from Ebay is a great option for building your flock. Jake from White House on the Hill shares his advice.
When a cow gets sick, so can its rumen. But a transplant from a fistulated cow—with a surgically implanted access portal—can help.
