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diatomaceous earth

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

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critter care

organic war on fleas!

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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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chickens

making the best of raising cornish rock cross

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goats and sheep

"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

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llamas and alpaca

in search of natural clothing - especially winter gear

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goats and sheep

bought an old spinning wheel...photos and questions

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butchery

If I ever teach butchery or dressing a carcass again

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bugs

ants and aphids on my apple tree

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bugs

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

142 replies 18 24

honey bees

Holzer Style Log Bee Hive

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pollinators

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

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pollinators

Promiscuously Pollinated Tomatoes And The Bees That Make Them Possible

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ducks and geese

geese and small children

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honey bees

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

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chickens

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

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bugs

Organic bed bug control

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llamas and alpaca

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

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honey bees

One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

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dogs and cats

Weird things cats have done

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honey bees

Details for a hollow log hive

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chickens

Hatch-a-Long 2020

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chickens

unexpected young cockerel competing with sweet elderly rooster--what should I do?

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rabbits

Inbreeding animals on small farms

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bugs

Photos of Pollinators/Beneficials and the Plants They Love

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dogs and cats

Just checking in

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pollinators

butterflies in our garden!

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bugs

Pill bugs: beneficial pruners or garden detestation?

37 replies 7 16

critter care

Most valued homestead tool...

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pigs

Suprising benefits of pigs

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butchery

How to process 12 birds?

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ducks and geese

What kind of duck do I have?!

17 replies 1 6 5

chickens

Frozen water woes

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predators

Bears- problem is the solution???

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pigs

Quarantined? Raise some pigs, everybody else is!

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critter care

Brainstorming for PEP: Animal care - Prove High Quality Animal Water

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goats and sheep

How to wash wool - a video

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bugs

Spider Bite Help?

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sheep fencing in the suburbs

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rabbits

Bunny Breeds for a Homestead

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chickens

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chickens

Chicken fencing idea

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chickens

In defense of a Rooster

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dogs and cats

Mountain Lion Attack Accelerates LGD Search

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chickens

Something wrong with simmy....

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chickens

Protecting combs/wattles in winter

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goats and sheep

HELP NEEDED- Goats, Sheep or Alpacas, small cows ?

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turkeys

Incubator recommendations?

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dogs and cats

Dangerous residue on shipping boxes

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Lame Weather - hind legs

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critter care

Possum v. Chicken

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nibblers

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Heat Lamps

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pigs

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chickens

Sprouting Field Corn

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Fodder for chickens

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critter care

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pigs

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goats and sheep

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dogs and cats

Mollison's anti-cat discussion

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ducks and geese

Duckling sitting on mums back

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pigs

Killing pigs without a gun?

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chickens

Linoleic Acid in grains for chickens

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rabbits

Rabbit bedding

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honey bees

Good Idea? Bad Idea? Winter hive prep.

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cattle

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honey bees

Wintering hives

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critter care

Injured wildlife: when to intervene or not?

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chickens

heritage chicken bloodlines

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chickens

Calcium and roosters

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bugs

Help Us! Going on 4 Years with Resistant Fleas and No Pets!

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dogs and cats

Growing and efficiently producing food for dogs

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chickens

New free range chickens

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cattle

Cattle and sheep together

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bugs

Mealworm Pupation Problem

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chickens

Chicken composting is best composting!

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ducks and geese

How to make ducks oily sooner?

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chickens

Crazy, but sad, but kinda funny chicken story

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chickens

supplement feed: free range chickens?

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