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Critters: Every sort of beast

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critter care

diatomaceous earth

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critter care

organic war on fleas!

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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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bugs

ants and aphids

124 replies 13 5

honey bees

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

243 replies 28 20 8

bugs

Organic bed bug control

54 replies 1

honey bees

Holzer Style Log Bee Hive

64 replies 15 3

nibblers

how to catch a mouse without a mousetrap

68 replies 9 9

goats, sheep and llamas

why to not raise goats

49 replies 3 3

rabbits

Best meat rabbit breed?

29 replies 3 4

chickens

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

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honey bees

the ultimate skiddable bee hut

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critter care

Owl Decoys... do they work?

22 replies

chickens

Maggot Feeding Station for Poultry

92 replies 1 3 1

pollinators

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

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goats, sheep and llamas

old spinning wheel photos and questions

62 replies 1 35 1

pollinators

Promiscuously Pollinated Tomatoes And The Bees That Make Them Possible

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goats, sheep and llamas

Raising sheep only for wool

92 replies 5 1 18

pollinators

We have Monarch butterflies and caterpillars: Creating a Monarch Habitat

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pollinators

Using native plants to benefit your homestead

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goats, sheep and llamas

What a bummer - how to care for an orphan lamb

42 replies 1 4 12

fish

Critter Breeder Review Grid

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chickens

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

29 replies 1 17 10

goats, sheep and llamas

What are sheep good for?

31 replies 9 15

rabbits

Catching a domestic rabbit before the monsters get it

38 replies 3 5

beavers

Building a beaver dam

33 replies 1 18 15

chickens

Chicken fodder/forage success stories?

68 replies 3 18

chickens

Interest In Review Grid for Hatcheries

23 replies 1 9

pollinators

Please Help by Sharing What You Do to Help Our Pollinators

35 replies 10 13

ducks and geese

Shellfish shells as bio-accumulators of heavy metals

17 replies 10

bugs

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

21 replies 8 9

dogs and cats

Dog Body Language Quiz (How well can you read your dog?)

50 replies 4 5 9

bugs

Raising Cockroaches

40 replies 4 8

chickens

In defense of a broody hen

20 replies 2 4 8

honey bees

Top Bar Hives vs health issues

21 replies 12 6

chickens

Chicken winter greenhouse

20 replies 10 5

chickens

Cow vs chicken - funny debate

17 replies 2 1 4

nibblers

Squirrels: Friend or Foe?

26 replies 2 5

bugs

Natural pest control for your garden

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bugs

question: how often should I give veggies to my mealworms?

3 months ago 2 replies

honey bees

I made a video: do-it-yourself wax foundation

3 months ago 1 reply 1 2

dogs and cats

Got some LGDs that haven't been socialized and probably have been abused. Advice?

3 months ago 12 replies 4

goats, sheep and llamas

Cost to raise sheep

3 months ago 21 replies 1 10

ducks and geese

Duckling falling down

3 months ago 4 replies 1

ducks and geese

Herding ducks and geese

3 months ago 15 replies 1 1 4

goats, sheep and llamas

Goat milk--is the flavor impacted by a buck being nearby?

3 months ago 10 replies 6

chickens

Jersey giants, heritage meat chickens: work for me

3 months ago 26 replies 2 1

chickens

Raising broiler chickens without a heat lamp?

3 months ago 7 replies 2

nibblers

Bone sauce for sale?

3 months ago 3 replies 1

horses, donkeys and mules

Why do people breed hinnies?

3 months ago 2 replies

pigs

Sources for guinea hog in eastern canada?

3 months ago 5 replies

cattle

Lowline Angus (aka American Aberdeen) -- who has experience?

3 months ago 0 replies

chickens

17 month old chickens stopped laying

3 months ago 11 replies

cattle

a collection of rebuttals to cowspiracy and other anti-cattle propaganda

3 months ago 9 replies 2

pollinators

Carpenter bees

3 months ago 2 replies 1

rabbits

Making rabbits make money

3 months ago 17 replies 3

goats, sheep and llamas

how to kill and butcher a goat

3 months ago 15 replies 1 1

horses, donkeys and mules

Using tree leaves as animal fodder

3 months ago 6 replies

rabbits

catch wild Rabbits, breed for meat?

3 months ago 30 replies 2

rabbits

Meat rabbit male wont breed! Help needed

3 months ago 8 replies 1 1

butchery

When to slaughter/butcher to avoid flies outdoors?

3 months ago 5 replies

rabbits

Raising Rabbits in Texas Heat

3 months ago 30 replies 1

butchery

How much TIME per animal according to species? (killing + butchering) Tips for saving time

3 months ago 4 replies 5

honey bees

planting for honey?

3 months ago 60 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 4 1

rabbits

rabbit lard

3 months ago 7 replies 1 1

butchery

mongolian sheep stomach bag

3 months ago 9 replies 1

beavers

Best Way to Bridge a Beaver Pond?

3 months ago 17 replies 4

dogs and cats

Most efficient meat to raise for dog food?

3 months ago 33 replies 3

pollinators

Alternative Mason Bee Tubes

3 months ago 9 replies 6 3

goats, sheep and llamas

Milking with arthritis

3 months ago 14 replies 2 1 2

goats, sheep and llamas

Sheep vs goats for brush clearing

3 months ago 7 replies 4 1

nibblers

Researching safe garden pest solutions, permaculture options welcome

3 months ago 12 replies 7 1

dogs and cats

Has Anyone Tried the ThunderShirt or Anxiety Wraps for Dogs

3 months ago 8 replies 1 2

goats, sheep and llamas

Hands on Milk Goat and Homestead Learning Opportunity.

3 months ago 0 replies

butchery

Any tips on turkey processing and preparation?

4 months ago 31 replies 1 6 5

rabbits

meat rabbit getting overweight

4 months ago 6 replies

chickens

Setting Live Chicks under Broody Hen

4 months ago 6 replies 1 1

chickens

Fishy taste in eggs

4 months ago 10 replies 4

bugs

Bats - your most effective insect control

4 months ago 67 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 6 8

predators

Raccoons or possums?

4 months ago 6 replies 3

honey bees

Yellow jacket trap

4 months ago 1 reply 2 2

goats, sheep and llamas

Retiring a doe from breeding

4 months ago 1 reply 1

rabbits

Cinnamon the house bunny, dead without a scratch on her

4 months ago 2 replies

cattle

Portable electric fence for rotation grazing

4 months ago 4 replies
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