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bugs

diatomaceous earth

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bugs

organic war on fleas!

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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

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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

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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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

pigs

sick pig

5 months ago 5 replies

goats, sheep and llamas

Where to buy goats

5 months ago 3 replies

pigs

Anyone fatten a pig on homegrown perennials?

5 months ago 6 replies 1 1

goats, sheep and llamas

Rain water for goats?

5 months ago 3 replies 1

goats, sheep and llamas

Teaching older local goats to be milked?

5 months ago 2 replies

chickens

Truly no work, no smell chicken litter

5 months ago 15 replies 4

ducks and geese

Duck allergy!!!

5 months ago 7 replies 1

ducks and geese

Geese lay for how many years???

5 months ago 1 reply 1

chickens

Rats

5 months ago 5 replies 1

nibblers

Dispensing of pests - ethicality and necessity

5 months ago 14 replies 1 3

chickens

Bantams in Garden?

5 months ago 5 replies 4

chickens

Black Soldier Fly self-feeder systems

5 months ago 6 replies 1 1

honey bees

Beekeeping

5 months ago 3 replies

nibblers

Crows

5 months ago 16 replies

bugs

don't get tick bit

5 months ago 1 reply

chickens

ISO - DYI Chicken Necropsy and other Educational Tools

5 months ago 0 replies 1 1

goats, sheep and llamas

Alternative Feed Crops for Sheep

5 months ago 21 replies 10

goats, sheep and llamas

Yearling Nubian/Alpine cross doe that has not been bred has very swollen Udder

5 months ago 12 replies 6 1

chickens

Question about future chicken setup

5 months ago 14 replies 1 1 6

bugs

Your worst pest invasions

5 months ago 11 replies 4 2

nibblers

Tomato plant CSI

5 months ago 4 replies 6 1

bugs

praying mantis

5 months ago 1 reply

nibblers

What is this bug?

5 months ago 6 replies 2 1

ducks and geese

Geese or ducks for this situation? Electronet?

5 months ago 3 replies

goats, sheep and llamas

goat horn buttons

5 months ago 39 replies 10

ducks and geese

a goose game

5 months ago 6 replies 3 1

pollinators

How to design a hummingbird garden

5 months ago 1 reply 2

honey bees

ID an itty bitty wild bee? It's a hover fly!

5 months ago 4 replies 3 3

chickens

Adding new pullet to a flock and a injured chicken

5 months ago 5 replies 1

rabbits

alternative to a mesh cage bottom?

5 months ago 27 replies 1

fish

Wanting to expand from aquaponics to aquaculture in my insulated room

5 months ago 2 replies

pigs

Swamp pigs...

5 months ago 3 replies

nibblers

Are these slug eggs?

5 months ago 8 replies 2 1

bugs

Harvesting grasshoppers in quantity

5 months ago 2 replies
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