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Get & Stay Ready For Calving Season With These Tips

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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Calving season will be here before you know it. Get ready now by gathering supplies and preparing your land and buildings for a calm calving experience.

Keep Birds Entertained With These Fun & Tasty Chicken Treats

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Looking to liven up the coop with some tasty enrichment ideas? Here are some chicken treats that will keep your hens entertained throughout the year.

Escaping L.A. To Keep Chickens In Northern California

Animals | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Southern California was a dream until it wasn't for Lisa Wilson, who finally left L.A. for Northern California to enjoy family and a flock of eight chickens.

What To Do About Wintertime Feather Loss In Chickens

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Winter is not the time to be caught featherless! If feather loss persists into colder temperatures, follow these tips to find the cause and keep hens comfy.

Now Is A Great Time To Learn On-Farm Pig Butchering

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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If you raise pigs on your farm, you may consider on-farm pig butchering to save money while harvesting meat. Here's what to know when learning this skill.

Reducing Collisions Of Birds Into Windows On The Farm

Animals | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Birds colliding with windows is a major source of avian death on the farm. Hawk silhouettes aren't good enough—here's what to do instead.

Adding A Good Rooster Can Be A Great Decision

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Though it's perfectly valid to keep only hens, roosters that meet a few important criteria can be invaluable additions to the chicken yard.

The 2021 Holiday Gift Guide For Chicken Lovers

Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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Behind on your holiday shopping? Check out these gift ideas, chock full of fun items sure to please the chicken lover in your life.

Hay 101: How To Feed Your Livestock Roughage

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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You likely feed hay to your livestock, but do you really know what's in those flakes? Read more to learn about what's in a bale of hay.

Majestic Great Pyrenees Keep Watch Over Hilltop Farm

Animals | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Founder Heather Hansen from the Tennessee-based farmstead Hilltop Farm tells us how her faithful pack of dogs safeguards the welfare of their adorable Kunekune pigs.

The Rare Ayam Cemani Chicken Breed Is A Black Beauty

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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A breed that is revered by poultry enthusiasts and breeders, the Ayam Cemani is held in high regard for its black feathers, skin and meat.

When Processing Poultry, Visual Inspections Are Critical

Animals | Chickens 101 | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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Raising and processing chickens for meat is a worthwhile endeavor, but knowing how to inspect a carcass when processing poultry is important.

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