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Critters: Every sort of beast

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predators

green lynx spider, peucetia viridans and her spiderlings, the next generation!

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bugs

raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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goats and sheep

Folly or fantastic - I'm growing a cloak!

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bugs

diatomaceous earth

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dogs and cats

Weird things cats have done

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wildlife

Wildlife at Wheaton Labs

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goats and sheep

Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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chickens

weird things chickens have done

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dogs and cats

Just checking in

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predators

Who are my new neighbours? (apparently now yellow jackets afterall)

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chickens

best perennial chicken feed

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bugs

organic war on fleas!

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goats and sheep

Raising sheep only for wool

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honey bees

One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

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goats and sheep

"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

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bugs

Post Cool Bug Pics

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dogs and cats

Weird things dogs have done

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goats and sheep

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

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bugs

I thought permaculture insect control had failed me, but land racing saved the day!

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chickens

making the best of raising cornish rock cross

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ducks and geese

Help. Goose eggs too thick shell to candle?

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bugs

Small white moth ID?

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butchery

Stop wasting money by buying whole chicken and learning to break it down and use it all

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chickens

Chicken Feeder Design - What do you use?

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bugs

Gnats Gnats Gnats Gnats HOW DO I GET RID OF GNATS!!

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pollinators

Euptoieta claudia - Variegated Fritillary...caterpillar and chrysalis and now a butterfly emerged!

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chickens

Avian flu: When/if to freak out?

15 replies 14

chickens

chickens eating eggs

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chickens

Egg Prices

55 replies 9 13

goats and sheep

Ramming ram, what to do...

39 replies 4 16

chickens

Avian flu concerns

27 replies 2 13

pigs

Can Pigs add?

25 replies 1 10

chickens

Should I get chickens?

29 replies 3 26

chickens

What do you grow for your chickens?

28 replies 1 4 11

nibblers

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

64 replies 2 7 17

bugs

need legit help - Ticks

38 replies 3 15

ducks and geese

Chickens and Ducks

35 replies 1 5

bugs

Before I do this... Mosquito dunks

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pigs

Livestock guardian pig

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wildlife

Making a net

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chickens

Feather worms?

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pigs

Tree Crops: Honey Locust

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chickens

Two more birds down

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goats and sheep

Starting out with Icelandic Sheep?

2 days ago 11 replies 3

pigs

Love?

2 days ago 4 replies 2

goats and sheep

Looking for Icelandic Sheep (WI/U.P./Eastern MN)

4 days ago 5 replies 1

chickens

Catalpa as chicken feed

4 days ago 4 replies

cattle

Dexter bull calves for sale and or trade

5 days ago 4 replies

chickens

Why and How Deep Litter System Works in a Chicken Coop

5 days ago 0 replies 1

fish

Our Aquaculture Venture

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chickens

Ventilation Essentials: How Much Airflow Does Your Coop Really Need?

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chickens

Chicken Manure

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chickens

Keeping chickens home

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goats and sheep

Some help spotting signs of pregnant goats

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chickens

A Sneeze in the Dust: When to Worry About Your Chicken's Respiratory Health

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honey bees

African bees don't like their hive

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quail and pigeons

Storing hatching eggs

2 weeks ago 16 replies 4 4

chickens

Natural Mite Prevention: Dust Baths, Diatomaceous Earth, and Beyond

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chickens

Soybeans are cheap, why isn't chicken feed?

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dogs and cats

Itchy Dogs - Treatment Ideas

2 weeks ago 53 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 25

chickens

Calling poultry lovers

2 weeks ago 3 replies

rotational grazing

Rotational grazing setup

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critter care

Anyone know of a good home veterinary book?

2 weeks ago 9 replies 5 1

dogs and cats

The (Un)Official Permie's Dog Picture Thread

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pigs

Permies Poll: Do you raise your own hogs?

2 weeks ago 1 12 8

chickens

Parasite treatments

2 weeks ago 3 replies

bugs

Green caterpillar with horn on his arse.

2 weeks ago 38 replies 14 7

rabbits

Hasenpfeffer

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chickens

Rare Rooster

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chickens

Avian flu: When/if to freak out?

3 weeks ago 15 replies 14

chickens

What do you grow for your chickens?

3 weeks ago 28 replies 1 4 11

rabbits

Raising Rabbits

3 weeks ago 31 replies

honey bees

Looking for a good online bee course.

3 weeks ago 2 replies 1

nibblers

cornmeal and baking soda to kill voles

3 weeks ago 7 replies

shelters and habitat

How to Create a Habitat for Hummingbirds

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bugs

Where did all the tomato horn worms go?

3 weeks ago 14 replies 1 10

chickens

Screaming Silkies

4 weeks ago 4 replies 1 1 1

chickens

Impatient Mom

4 weeks ago 1 reply

chickens

Notes on how to build a salad bar for Chickens

4 weeks ago 3 replies 1 1

chickens

My Bielefelder Roo, "Cooper"

4 weeks ago 2 replies 1

chickens

Chicken tractor on steroids- alpaca manure?

1 month ago 17 replies 1 1 3

chickens

How Big Should a Chicken Coop Really Be? (Do the Charts Get It Wrong?)

1 month ago 3 replies 1

chickens

How to catch a chicken?

1 month ago 17 replies 1 1 6

bugs

Wild black soldier fly distribution and how to attract them

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