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Critters: Every sort of beast

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bugs

diatomaceous earth

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chickens

best perennial chicken feed

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chickens

making the best of raising cornish rock cross

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goats, sheep and llamas

bought an old spinning wheel...photos and questions

62 replies 1 35 1

bugs

ants and aphids

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bugs

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

71 replies 5 14 18

dogs and cats

organic war on fleas!

321 replies 7 8

pollinators

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

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honey bees

Holzer Style Log Bee Hive

64 replies 15 8

goats, sheep and llamas

"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

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honey bees

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

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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

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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

bugs

Superworms for bioremediation of polystyrene: ideas for extending the (re)processing?

56 replies 11 20

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

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

nibblers

controls for mice, ideas brainstorm

37 replies 2 2 15

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

butchery

Sourcing a Large Cleaver

27 replies 2 5

fish

Info on raising crawdads?

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chickens

Do I need to refrigerate fertilized eggs?

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bugs

What is this pest?

3 months ago 5 replies 2

bugs

Millipede

3 months ago 2 replies 1

chickens

chicken weight loss program

3 months ago 2 replies

chickens

Fodder/fermenting for chickens

3 months ago 1 reply

chickens

Edible Acres - "chickens making compost" videos

3 months ago 13 replies 4 4

guinea fowl

Guinea Fowl coop design

3 months ago 12 replies 3

goats, sheep and llamas

Horned Dairy Goats

3 months ago 4 replies

dogs and cats

Failed attempt to keep LGD on property with an anti-fence triangle collar device -- any other ideas?

4 months ago 26 replies 4

goats, sheep and llamas

Lamb harvesting

4 months ago 8 replies 3 6

bugs

I think permaculture insect control has failed me.

4 months ago 118 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 15 16

nibblers

fighting nibblers with diatomaceous earth (gulp) kitty litter

4 months ago 3 replies

chickens

Daytime Chicken Predator Identification

4 months ago 4 replies 1

chickens

Baby chicks with bloody toes

4 months ago 8 replies 3

ducks and geese

geese are dying

4 months ago 6 replies

bugs

Amazing grasshopper harvest with nets, in the Philippines.

4 months ago 12 replies 3 4 1

cattle

Volunteer on Your Cattle Ranch/Farm

4 months ago 1 reply

pollinators

'The New Bees'

4 months ago 5 replies

turkeys

First turkey egg

4 months ago 4 replies 1

dogs and cats

Feline work

4 months ago 10 replies 2 6

ducks and geese

Oak Leaves (or other deciduous leaves) for duck bedding? Success?

4 months ago 7 replies 4 1

dogs and cats

Are daylilies ~actually~ poisonous to cats?

4 months ago 3 replies

butchery

Sick Meat Goat

4 months ago 1 reply

critter care

New TreeYo EDU article: Fodder Crops for Animals

4 months ago 1 reply 1

rabbits

rabbit pulled out all winter fur

4 months ago 4 replies

bugs

Wasps vs. Carpenter Bees

4 months ago 8 replies

honey bees

Playing 'Hives of Hanoi'

4 months ago 4 replies 1 33 1

beavers

Spooky skeleton in the pond!

4 months ago 4 replies 2 1

chickens

friendly Chicken

4 months ago 3 replies 3

bugs

Post Cool Bug Pics

4 months ago 62 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 76 12

honey bees

bees in the basement that need containment

4 months ago 2 replies

chickens

Most flavorful breed?

4 months ago 4 replies 5 2

bugs

Oh my gosh... Accidental BSFL Digester

4 months ago 2 replies 1

cattle

Why cattle over other animals?

4 months ago 24 replies 2 13

nibblers

Does human urine protect plants from nibblers?

4 months ago 6 replies 1

bugs

Can we grow mealworms without grain feed?

4 months ago 11 replies

cattle

Sensitive Topic-Rancher had to put down lame Cow

4 months ago 22 replies 1 1 9

fish

Amphibians

4 months ago 7 replies 4 1

butchery

shooting my home raised turkey

4 months ago 40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 5

chickens

best perennial chicken feed

4 months ago 216 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 1 2

pigs

From Pour-Scald to Dip-Scald

4 months ago 5 replies 1 3 1

cattle

Where do Cows go in Winter?

4 months ago 22 replies 2 5 16

goats, sheep and llamas

Goat fencing

4 months ago 4 replies 1

cattle

Overgrown pasture

4 months ago 4 replies 3
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