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pollinators

Insect hotels

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ducks and geese

Ducks lay for a few days...then stop for months. WHY?!?!

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chickens

Incubators

10 months ago 2 replies 1

chickens

Standard vs. Bantam Chickens

10 months ago 8 replies 1 1 2

guinea fowl

Had a stray thought about Guinea Hens, but how loud are they?

10 months ago 7 replies 1 1

critter care

Pine Shaving Bedding - What type is right for you?

10 months ago 7 replies 1 4 2

chickens

Guardian Animals for Chickens

10 months ago 1 reply 1

chickens

Wool Hen - No electricty brooder house

10 months ago 11 replies 1 9 15

shelters and habitat

Mobile Coop Open Design

10 months ago 0 replies

chickens

Raising Black Jersey Giant Chickens Naturally

10 months ago 0 replies 3

dogs and cats

Homemade Dog/Cat Toys!

10 months ago 2 replies 2 3

chickens

One Cool Rooster

10 months ago 1 reply 2

chickens

Broody Hen Considerations

10 months ago 19 replies 3 14

chickens

Will this electric fence setup work to keep chickens in?

10 months ago 6 replies 1

chickens

Hoover Hatchery from Iowa, USA

10 months ago 2 2

chickens

Critter Breeder Review Grid

10 months ago 2

pollinators

DIY Flow Hives (for those on a budget)

11 months ago 0 replies 1

chickens

A question about bedding

11 months ago 2 replies

goats and sheep

Why do Goats wear collars?

11 months ago 3 replies 1 3

rabbits

Bop and Bleed Rabbit Dispatch

11 months ago 1 reply 1 2

goats and sheep

Closing in your sheep and goats at night

11 months ago 7 replies

chickens

Honey for Heat Stress in Chickens?

11 months ago 0 replies

goats and sheep

help with next steps in tanning sheepskin

11 months ago 2 replies

pollinators

Carpenter Bees

11 months ago 16 replies 1 2

butchery

Tannery or Hide tanning suggestions?

11 months ago 4 replies 1

chickens

Chicken Enrichment

11 months ago 15 replies 4 4

horses, donkeys and mules

Wild burros are destroying my property!

11 months ago 10 replies 2

horses, donkeys and mules

Creating a new horse track - discussion 2 - a recurring problem in the horse world !

11 months ago 7 replies

chickens

Here is my 5-Month chicken coop build, condensed down to 20 minutes.

11 months ago 1 reply 1

wildlife

Free! Bird nesting material depot

11 months ago 1 reply 2

pollinators

Please Help by Sharing What You Do to Help Our Pollinators

11 months ago 51 replies [ 1, 2 ] 12 24

chickens

How Long Do Buff Orpingtons Lay Eggs? What to Expect Year by Year

11 months ago 0 replies

chickens

How to Tell If Your Buff Orpington Is About to Start Laying

11 months ago 0 replies

pollinators

Good plants for beneficial insects

11 months ago 33 replies 9 28

honey bees

Formic acid

11 months ago 5 replies 1

goats and sheep

Sheep breeders- Northern MN

11 months ago 13 replies

bugs

periodical cicadas 2024

11 months ago 22 replies 12 6

ducks and geese

A simple idea for paddock shift grazing for geese

11 months ago 14 replies 4 2

chickens

After 5 months of breaking my back, I'm getting ready to move the chicks into the coop!

11 months ago 6 replies 1 2

wildlife

Recent Sightings at our Manitoba Acreage

11 months ago 3 replies 1 29 4

pollinators

Sequentially Blooming Plants for Bee Support?

11 months ago 20 replies 7

wildlife

Attracting wildlife with pokeweed.

11 months ago 8 replies 1 3

chickens

What’s the Most Profitable Way to Raise Noilers in 2025?

11 months ago 1 reply

chickens

My Feed Cost Was Eating My Profit Until I Tried These 7 Changes

11 months ago 0 replies

pollinators

Some of my pollinator photographs

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