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Get Mixed Up With The Poultry In Your Farm Flock

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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You can totally keep a flock of mixed poultry in one coop. The keys are following a few simple rules and minding the size of your flock.

3 DIY Livestock Handling Facilities That Inspire

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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You don't have to break the bank to have a functional livestock handling setup, as these three diverse, DIY-designed facilities prove.

6 Tips For Best Performance With Tire Chains

Equipment
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Tire chains can be essential for maintaining good tire traction on snow and ice. These six tips can help you get the best performance from your tire chains.

Is Your Ewe Or Doe Pregnant? Here’s How To Know (Video)

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals | Video |
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Right now, every shepherd and goatherd wants to know the pregnancy status of their ewes or does. Here's how to check and what to do if they aren’t.

How To Treat Hypothermia In Newborn Lambs

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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What should you do if signs indicate one of your newborn lambs has hypothermia? It's important to act quickly; these steps can help you save a life.

Names For Baby Lambs: Check Out These 4 Fun Ideas!

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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There are many things to keep in mind during lambing season, but one especially fun thing is choosing names for the newborn baby lambs on the farm!

February Is Frost Seeding Month For Many Farmers

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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Are your pastures starting to show some wear? Now's the time for frost seeding, a simple and inexpensive method of rejuvenating pastures.

Growing In The City—Allotment, Container Garden Or Community Project? (Book Excerpt)

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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In this excerpt from "The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening," author Mark Ridsdill Smith explores three methods of growing food in an urban setting.

Recipe: Make Savory Homemade Crackers From Scratch

Farm & Garden | Food | Homesteading | Projects | Recipes |
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This recipe for homemade crackers makes crunchy, cheesy snacks that go great with soups and salads. (It's pretty easy to make, too!)

4 Types of Salmonella You Should Know About

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Everyone's afraid of salmonella, and chicken-keepers especially know to beware the notorious pathogen. There are actually four kinds, though, each with different traits and implications.

Chasing Chickens: A Deadly Debacle In The Dog Kennel

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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New chicken-keepers make common mistakes, such as this tale of chickens escaping a dog kennel during cleaning. In the end, though, missteps can teach important lessons.

See & Spray Targets Your Weeds—Not Your Healthy Plants  

Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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The John Deere See & Spray is a robotic sprayer that uses deep learning to identify the difference between your weeds and crops, only spraying herbicide on weeds.  

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