Raising livestock is satisfying, but the feed bill can be jarring, so use your garden space to grow these powerful crops and save some green.
When you're ready to start keeping bees (or want to expand your colony), you can purchase a package or nuc to establish your hive. Here's how.
Zach Scherler-Abney from the Oklahoma-based venture tells us how farming their own food is helping his wife, Kacie, recover from an autoimmune disease.
Whether you're buying baby chicks from a farm store or a hatchery, or you're brooding your own, look for these signs to spot health troubles in your birds.
When you get your first baby chicks, you probably have a lot of questions. You're not alone. Here are three common questions asked by chicken-keepers.
It just makes sense to pasture goats and chickens together, though there are a few considerations to keep in mind when mixing species.
Like many, art educator Amber Gordon made the leap to keeping chickens during the coronavirus pandemic, and her flock brings joy to her Texas community.
When it's time for your pullets to move into their chicken coop, give the building a thorough inspection for these issues before moving day.
Technology and some innovative techniques help these keepers maintain a happy, healthy flock of chickens at their Rhode Island homestead.
Study up for your first lambing, but some lessons are best learned from first-hand experience. Our contributing shepherd shared her experience with lambing.
The Small Farm founder June Small tells us how developing a passion for the Nubian goat breed has elevated the animals into the focus of her farm.
Receiving chicks shipped from a hatchery or breeder can be a joyful experience, but when something goes wrong, there are things you must do.
