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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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making the best of raising cornish rock cross

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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

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honey bees

Holzer Style Log Bee Hive

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nibblers

how to catch a mouse without a mousetrap

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goats, sheep and llamas

why to not raise goats

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rabbits

Best meat rabbit breed?

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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?

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chickens

Maggot Feeding Station for Poultry

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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

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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

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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

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chickens

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

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chickens

Critter Breeder Review Grid

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goats, sheep and llamas

What are sheep good for?

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rabbits

Catching a domestic rabbit before the monsters get it

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beavers

Building a beaver dam

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chickens

Chicken fodder/forage success stories?

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pollinators

Please Help by Sharing What You Do to Help Our Pollinators

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chickens

Interest In Review Grid for Hatcheries

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chickens

Shellfish shells as bio-accumulators of heavy metals

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bugs

Raising Cockroaches

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bugs

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

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dogs and cats

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

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chickens

In defense of a broody hen

20 replies 2 4 8

honey bees

Top Bar Hives vs health issues

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chickens

Chicken winter greenhouse

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chickens

Cow vs chicken - funny debate

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nibblers

Squirrels: Friend or Foe?

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bugs

Natural pest control for your garden

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Guinea Fowl, Ticks and Honey Bees

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Using hay vs straw for deep bedding/manure pack

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horses, donkeys and mules

Hayshaker Farm - draft horse veggies

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fish

Aquaponics Brook trout harvest

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nibblers

Permaculture and Bambi

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honey bees

Small Hive Beetle

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honey bees

Backward beekeepers

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pigs

Why on earth won't my pigs eat apples?

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goats, sheep and llamas

Angora Goats at Shimmering Farm - South Africa

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rabbits

clear blobby things in wild rabbit guts

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chickens

Ratty Chicken Picture Exchange -- Molting

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honey bees

Different types of honey

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honey bees

How cold is too cold to open up a hive and feed?

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honey bees

concrete beehives.

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honey bees

Can you get pesticides out of beeswax?

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ducks and geese

Help... 9 Mallard ducks in my pool

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honey bees

Honey Bees in cold climates

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bugs

health & well being of red wiggler worms

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pollinators

Conserving Bumble Bees, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

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pigs

Why cooked food for pigs? Guessing reasons...

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bugs

bug id

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pigs

Raising pigs and food in dry mediterranean climates

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fish

newbie aquaponics filter ?'s

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pigs

Injured pig: Can I still butcher her?

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pigs

Feeding 50/50 layer feed and fermented oats?

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honey bees

How much less honey does 'natural beekeeping' produce?

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cattle

sharing milk with a calf

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chickens

Recent Additions

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pigs

Piggys go for a truck ride

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bugs

Removing cockroaches from a kitchen

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rabbits

Growing Hay Just for Rabbits and Guinea Pigs

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goats, sheep and llamas

Going to Buy Sheep in a Few Days

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goats, sheep and llamas

Getting Started with Sheep

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honey bees

Is where I live likely alright to have a beehive?

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dogs and cats

Breeds of dogs that won't hurt livestock &/or how to train them

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rabbits

Mystery Death of a Year Old Doe

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cattle

An idea- 4x the hay from land- but will it work?

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dogs and cats

Help! C. Difficile in a Schnauzer puppy off a reservation

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ducks and geese

Metzer Farms from California USA

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chickens

Chicken with head injury from pecking - suggestions?

6 months ago 15 replies 4 1

chickens

Nest box heater to keep eggs from freezing

6 months ago 1 reply

nibblers

field mice eating my seeds/seedlings

6 months ago 4 replies

rabbits

Home Grown Rabbit Feed

6 months ago 42 replies [ 1, 2 ]

ducks and geese

Holderread Waterfowl Farm & Preservation Center from Oregon USA

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