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Critters: Every sort of beast

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bugs

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

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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

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

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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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nibblers

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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pollinators

We have Monarch butterflies and caterpillars: Creating a Monarch Habitat

79 replies 1 22 6

goats, sheep and llamas

Raising sheep only for wool

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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

chickens

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

29 replies 1 17 10

chickens

Critter Breeder Review Grid

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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

pollinators

Please Help by Sharing What You Do to Help Our Pollinators

36 replies 10 13

chickens

Interest In Review Grid for Hatcheries

23 replies 1 9

chickens

Shellfish shells as bio-accumulators of heavy metals

17 replies 10

bugs

Raising Cockroaches

40 replies 4 8

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

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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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.

4 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

chickens

Automatic chicken doors: fox proofing a coop for when away or late

4 months ago 16 replies 1 1 3

butchery

Different ways of preserving food without refrigeration or freezing

4 months ago 9 replies 1 4

pollinators

Flowers along highways.

4 months ago 4 replies 2

chickens

Swollen chicken foot. Bumble foot?

4 months ago 8 replies 5 1

horses, donkeys and mules

Unsung heroes, animals played vital and varied roles in WWI

4 months ago 2 replies 1

honey bees

New-bee here. I need some advice

4 months ago 5 replies 3

dogs and cats

Inexpensive DIY Dog Collars for Multiple Dog Households

4 months ago 0 replies 3 1

honey bees

What do you feed your bees to take care of their health?

4 months ago 1 reply 2

fish

Has anyone set up an aquaponics system which does not use electricity?

4 months ago 19 replies 1

horses, donkeys and mules

For draft work, what are the advantages and disadvantages of horses, mules, donkeys, and tractors?

4 months ago 16 replies 1 3

chickens

Any ideas for a mouse trap that feeds the caught mice to chickens?

4 months ago 8 replies 2 2 3

goats, sheep and llamas

Drying goats off?

4 months ago 4 replies 1

pigs

Permaculture Pigs looking for new FOREVER Home

4 months ago 9 replies 4

goats, sheep and llamas

Anthelmintic trees for goats, temperate climate. What works against worms (the parasites)?

4 months ago 9 replies 1

rabbits

Wire Shelving Rabbit Cage Build

4 months ago 9 replies 1 1

honey bees

Video - Conventional Beekeepers Harvesting Nucs and Frames with Nest Breeding English Subtitles

4 months ago 0 replies 1

pigs

HogTree, feeding pigs with a constrant dropping of fruits

4 months ago 8 replies

pigs

Excluding pigs from the entire pond.

4 months ago 2 replies 1

goats, sheep and llamas

goat toys

4 months ago 1 reply 1

chickens

How to transition chickens to mouse diet?

4 months ago 5 replies 1

dogs and cats

Can Dogs Eat Garlic and Onion?

4 months ago 9 replies 8

chickens

Poop Shelf with Sweet PDZ -- The easiest way to keep a henhouse clean and ammonia free

4 months ago 8 replies 1 5 1

goats, sheep and llamas

Slatted floor for sheep

4 months ago 5 replies

pigs

Anyboby providing near 100% of their animals diets via their own land?

4 months ago 8 replies 4

critter care

Squirrel best ways to remove

4 months ago 12 replies 1

dogs and cats

Lost my Staffy nearly 2yrs ago and also my Leopard Gecko this year

4 months ago 9 replies 4

predators

baby saw whet owl

4 months ago 1 reply 2

pigs

Feeding pigs

4 months ago 4 replies

dogs and cats

Postive Petcare

4 months ago 0 replies 1

ducks and geese

Anyone have a solar setup for a pond/pool filter?

4 months ago 3 replies

dogs and cats

Homemade Dog Food!

4 months ago 22 replies 1

honey bees

Video Recipe - How to make Bee Bread - English subtitles

4 months ago 2 replies 1

honey bees

Why is it better not to cure bees at all. - English Subtitles

4 months ago 4 replies 1 2
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