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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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diatomaceous earth

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wildlife

Wildlife at Wheaton Labs

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llamas and alpaca

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

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dogs and cats

Weird things cats have done

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chickens

weird things chickens have done

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dogs and cats

Just checking in

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chickens

best perennial chicken feed

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goats and sheep

Raising sheep only for wool

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bugs

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

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chickens

100 chicken fan club

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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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chickens

Garden on Corliss Homestead Journal

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goats and sheep

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

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chickens

making the best of raising cornish rock cross

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bugs

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

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butchery

If I ever teach butchery or dressing a carcass again

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bugs

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

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bugs

Is there a food I can eat to make bugs love me less

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cattle

small scale dairy without extra calves

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chickens

chickens in the basement

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chickens

Chicks Just Arrived

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chickens

Should I get chickens?

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chickens

Avian flu concerns

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nibblers

Garden slugs make their presence known.

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goats and sheep

Bottle fed goat is very loud, need help

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nibblers

Keeping mice and rats out of storage sheds

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bugs

need legit help - Ticks

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turkeys

Apple Poll!! Where do you keep baby birds?

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bugs

Caterpillars eating my houseplants!!

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goats and sheep

One April day in Portugal...

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cattle

Do animals really sense disaster?

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pigs

Livestock guardian pig

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bugs

I see a tick! Now what?

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predators

Buying a gun today (one that won't piss off the neighbors)

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critter care

Drainage ditches and deer, moose, etc. safety

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chickens

T Melville learns how (not?) to raise chickens on a budget.

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Rabbit Tractor for Grow Outs

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chickens

Avian flu concerns

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chickens

Keeping chickens home

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pigs

Livestock guardian pig

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goats and sheep

What to do with my bucklings?

3 days ago 7 replies

dogs and cats

The (Un)Official Permie's Dog Picture Thread

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chickens

How old are your meat chicken/roos when you, ehm, harvest them?

3 days ago 4 replies

dogs and cats

New LGD Breed - Grand Shepherd

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goats and sheep

All my newborn goats are male!!!

4 days ago 10 replies 1 2

predators

Where in the world are you finding ticks?

4 days ago 25 replies 1

bugs

Any suggestions on using Reptiles in a garden settings?

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cattle

bovine tuberculosis

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bugs

fungus gnats on houseplants

4 days ago 37 replies

goats and sheep

Animals know (sometimes) what’s good to eat?

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wildlife

Squirrels

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ducks and geese

Shell-less eggs

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dogs and cats

Our Dogs Killed our Goats - Looking for Support

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quail and pigeons

Coturnix Quail in raised garden

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shelters and habitat

Woods Fresh-Air coop build

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quail and pigeons

Getting quail to lay eggs?

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quail and pigeons

Quail Stopped laying eggs?

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quail and pigeons

Quail, deep litter, and KNF

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cattle

Very interesting scouring calf fix.

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chickens

Egg shortage and Organic feed

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chickens

New Colorado Cage Free Rules - Help me make sense of it?

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bugs

need legit help - Ticks

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honey bees

Permies Poll: Do you keep honey bees?

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nibblers

voles and mulch and cover crops

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chickens

Kosher King meat chicken

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chickens

I would appreciate feedback on the design of my coop/run remodel

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critter care

Guinea pigs on pasture, tractor style

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rabbits

Meat rabbit kindling question

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pigs

Grass Silage for Pigs

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wildlife

Preventing Theft of Cage Traps

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dogs and cats

How do we help our dog detox?

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chickens

Easy to move coops

2 weeks ago 7 replies 1

chickens

How many birds do you eat in a year?

2 weeks ago 17 replies

wildlife

Enjoying birds in the time of Avian flu.

2 weeks ago 2 replies

chickens

Anyone breeding for a smaller more self-sustaining chicken?

3 weeks ago 6 replies 2

chickens

Roll-Out Nest Boxes

3 weeks ago 3 replies 1

chickens

20 years in the waiting, but chickens hatch this spring!

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dogs and cats

Help with a leg lifting problem

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bugs

Winter hardy bugs to raise (BSF larvae withdrawals!)

3 weeks ago 9 replies 2

pigs

pigs sealing ponds

3 weeks ago 13 replies 1

dogs and cats

Natural/home-made substances to deter cats from peeing

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