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Critters: Every sort of beast

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bugs

diatomaceous earth

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bugs

organic war on fleas!

321 replies 7 8

chickens

best perennial chicken feed

216 replies 1 2

chickens

making the best of raising cornish rock cross

86 replies 5 10

goats, sheep and llamas

bought an old spinning wheel...photos and questions

62 replies 1 35 1

bugs

ants and aphids

124 replies 13 5

bugs

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

71 replies 5 14 18

pollinators

Dale's Pollinator photos --- Add yours, name and describe them. Let's make it a catalogue

102 replies 250 2

honey bees

Holzer Style Log Bee Hive

64 replies 15 8

goats, sheep and llamas

"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

89 replies 16 59

honey bees

What type of hive would be best for Sheer Total and Utter Neglect?

243 replies 28 20 12

bugs

Organic bed bug control

54 replies 1

chickens

chicken coops/runs/tractors/paddocks/pens/etc.

289 replies 10 68 4

honey bees

the ultimate skiddable bee hut

65 replies 2 61 11

nibblers

how to catch a mouse without a mousetrap

68 replies 9 9

chickens

Maggot Feeding Station for Poultry

92 replies 1 3 2

goats, sheep and llamas

why to not raise goats

49 replies 3 3

pollinators

Promiscuously Pollinated Tomatoes And The Bees That Make Them Possible

60 replies 39 23

bugs

I think permaculture insect control has failed me.

118 replies 15 16

rabbits

Best meat rabbit breed?

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ducks and geese

geese and small children

44 replies 1 7 28

butchery

If I ever teach butchery or dressing a carcass again

33 replies 26

chickens

big red neck chicken sick

56 replies 7 17

critter care

How can we show that we are pampering our animals?

34 replies 2 29

ducks and geese

ducks lying down and geese nipping at them--WHY???

22 replies 2 5 8

pigs

Starting a Tropical Piggery

46 replies 10 14

bugs

Where can I buy silkworm or silkmoths and supplies in Canada?

31 replies 1 4

rabbits

My Rabbit Hates Me

36 replies 1 4 13

chickens

Disadvantages to PVC pipe chicken or duck run? How fast does it break down?

18 replies 3 5

goats, sheep and llamas

3 month lamb with flystrike

13 replies 1 6

honey bees

Extracting honey took so much effort it may never be worth it again

32 replies 7 17

nibblers

controls for mice, ideas brainstorm

39 replies 2 2 15

honey bees

Bear prevention idea

33 replies 6 10

chickens

What ate my chicken?

19 replies 4 4

chickens

How to get rid of a body?

23 replies 8

cattle

Sensitive Topic-Rancher had to put down lame Cow

22 replies 1 1 9

critter care

I'm ready to scream and cuss, I'm that frustrated.

25 replies 1 2 12

critter care

Semi-impaled chicken

18 replies 5 16

butchery

Sourcing a Large Cleaver

27 replies 2 5

fish

Info on raising crawdads?

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honey bees

Small Hive Beetle

2 months ago 18 replies 2 5

dogs and cats

Think twice...

2 months ago 0 replies 1 1

ducks and geese

Eleven Weeks Old and Laying Eggs? Did I Break My Ducks?

2 months ago 6 replies

fish

Guppies

2 months ago 0 replies

dogs and cats

Dogs attacked cattle

2 months ago 11 replies 2 1 7

cattle

Collaboration: how to use the whole cow

2 months ago 4 replies 1

fish

Biggest marine biologist in USA is from Montana

2 months ago 3 replies

pigs

How much alfalfa can I feed?

2 months ago 6 replies 6 4

chickens

When will isa brown chickens start to lay

2 months ago 3 replies 1

chickens

Help me get eggs from my Jungle Chickens!

2 months ago 4 replies 1 1

rabbits

Questions about doe fertility -- also anyone in W. Montana with good stock for trade?

2 months ago 2 replies

dogs and cats

Secret Santa

2 months ago 2 replies 3 1

chickens

big red neck chicken sick

2 months ago 56 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 17

chickens

Best Heritage Breed for Meat

2 months ago 29 replies 1 2

beavers

A new addition to my brook

2 months ago 5 replies 9 7

rabbits

Question about colony rabbit burrows

2 months ago 1 reply 2

dogs and cats

Permaculture cat avoidance?

2 months ago 22 replies 1 3 3

turkeys

Weighing turkeys (and other poultry)

2 months ago 3 replies

critter care

Are Mimosa seed pods toxic?

2 months ago 5 replies 1

dogs and cats

My dog killed my llama to protect 5 year old. What to do with dog now.

2 months ago 36 replies 24

fish

Asian carp in aquaponics and cheap dog food to feed them

2 months ago 30 replies 1 4

dogs and cats

A visit to Santa...

2 months ago 0 replies 1 1

dogs and cats

Little baby Molly

2 months ago 4 replies 6 3

chickens

Speculating what's wrong with this baby chick

2 months ago 5 replies 1

turkeys

Male or Female Turkey????

2 months ago 12 replies 5

cattle

Dexter Cattle discussion

2 months ago 21 replies 1 6

nibblers

Rat Control

2 months ago 82 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 4 8

ducks and geese

Raising happy adult ducks

2 months ago 7 replies 6

pigs

Anyone run pigs in a bamboo grove?

2 months ago 9 replies 2 1

fish

zebra mussels

2 months ago 33 replies 12

nibblers

Bone sauce for sale?

2 months ago 4 replies 1

bugs

organic war on fleas!

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honey bees

swarm catch

2 months ago 5 replies 2 2

honey bees

Book Scorpions as Varroa destructor control

2 months ago 4 replies 1

goats, sheep and llamas

Premire1 style feeder

2 months ago 6 replies 4

chickens

Older hens chasing the young flock

2 months ago 5 replies 3

bugs

dealing with fire ants

2 months ago 19 replies

dogs and cats

You know its true

2 months ago 16 replies 1 3 6

honey bees

Japanese Style Hives

2 months ago 1 reply 1

goats, sheep and llamas

Paddock sheep forage seed species recommendations needed

2 months ago 7 replies

cattle

Rotational grazing on small scale

2 months ago 28 replies 1

cattle

Protecting against animals

2 months ago 6 replies 3

horses, donkeys and mules

Fencing

2 months ago 7 replies 3

dogs and cats

Kitty Royal

2 months ago 0 replies 1

chickens

I’m surprised you “need” to buy special feed for backyard hens

2 months ago 22 replies 1 1 9
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