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Critters: Every sort of beast

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bugs

diatomaceous earth

262 replies 1 12 6

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

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

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?

29 replies 3 4

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Best this year

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

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?

26 replies 1 7 8

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cattle

Advice: Non nursing 1 day old calf

4 months ago 10 replies 2

cattle

greenhorn needs advise on 1st calf

4 months ago 6 replies 4 3

critter care

Anyone know of a good home veterinary book?

4 months ago 5 replies 5

honey bees

Can you get pesticides out of beeswax?

4 months ago 8 replies 1

dogs and cats

barn/farm cats? What do folks think about them?

4 months ago 67 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 7 13

chickens

Cleaning eggs

4 months ago 18 replies 8

horses, donkeys and mules

Using tree leaves as animal fodder

4 months ago 11 replies 4

pollinators

Bees' nest in my compost heap

4 months ago 4 replies

dogs and cats

Barn Cat Abscess Care and General Avoidance of Over Vetting

4 months ago 10 replies 2 4

chickens

Cheapest, easiest to build, but still secure chicken tractor?

4 months ago 30 replies 1 17 10

honey bees

Free Bees?

4 months ago 2 replies 1

dogs and cats

The quest for the "ultimate" hot-weather dog retreat

4 months ago 8 replies 1

goats, sheep and llamas

What will they eat?

4 months ago 1 reply

critter care

The toxic Kentucky coffee tree

4 months ago 4 replies

pollinators

Great song (video) on how solitary bees are different than honey bees

4 months ago 0 replies 1 2

goats, sheep and llamas

Pregnant/Lambing Ewes drowning in creek

4 months ago 1 reply

critter care

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

4 months ago 25 replies 1 2 12

critter care

Respectful Raising and Harvesting of Animals

4 months ago 4 replies 6

bugs

Can anyone help? Is this a flea?

4 months ago 11 replies 3 1

ducks and geese

What kind of ducks are these? Still under a year old

4 months ago 5 replies 3

pigs

Apples, Apples, Drowning in Wasted Apples

4 months ago 77 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 5 14

bugs

Mealworm Pupation Problem

4 months ago 4 replies 5

predators

Thar be bears

4 months ago 20 replies 2 10 9

critter care

Visible termites/eggs inside house

4 months ago 1 reply 1

pigs

Iberian pigs refuse to eat a dead animal

5 months ago 7 replies 1

honey bees

Observation Beehive

5 months ago 4 replies 1 2 1

ducks and geese

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

5 months ago 18 replies 3 5

ducks and geese

Designing duck ponds

5 months ago 4 replies 10

dogs and cats

Dogs got nailed by skunk...

5 months ago 7 replies 1

pollinators

How can I encourage the hummingbirds without a lot of ants?

5 months ago 6 replies 1 4

chickens

searching for breed standard campines in europe

5 months ago 3 replies 2

ducks and geese

Feeding ducks on what we can grow

5 months ago 22 replies 3

bugs

fly control

5 months ago 15 replies 1 1

ducks and geese

What is your favorite breed of Geese?

5 months ago 7 replies 3 1

goats, sheep and llamas

Trees for Animal Feed List

5 months ago 12 replies 7

goats, sheep and llamas

Dairy all year round

5 months ago 5 replies 1

chickens

meal worms

5 months ago 42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 1

chickens

Conduit for a chicken run

5 months ago 11 replies 2

butchery

Making use of the odd bits

5 months ago 3 replies 2

chickens

Please shred my business idea..

5 months ago 37 replies 1 3 5

predators

UGH! Coyote!

5 months ago 11 replies 3 5

chickens

Fluffballs!

5 months ago 2 replies 3 3

rabbits

guinea pigs as meat... my journal as i go

5 months ago 108 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 8 39

bugs

What's breaking down my compost and mulch?

5 months ago 2 replies 1

bugs

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

2 years ago 19 replies 1
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