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diatomaceous earth

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best perennial chicken feed

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organic war on fleas!

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honey bees

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

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honey bees

Holzer Style Log Bee Hive

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bugs

Organic bed bug control

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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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predators

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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goats, sheep and llamas

why to not raise goats

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goats, sheep and llamas

Raising sheep only for wool

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honey bees

Podcast 284 - Reverence for Bees Part 1

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nibblers

how to catch a mouse without a mousetrap

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pollinators

Promiscuously Pollinated Tomatoes And The Bees That Make Them Possible

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goats, sheep and llamas

Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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Backyard Dairy Goats on Kickstarter!

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goats, sheep and llamas

What a bummer - how to care for an orphan lamb

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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

I need some encouragement

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pollinators

Please Help by Sharing What You Do to Help Our Pollinators

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chickens

Shellfish shells as bio-accumulators of heavy metals

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chickens

Chicken fodder/forage success stories?

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bugs

Raising Cockroaches

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goats, sheep and llamas

Milking with arthritis

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ducks and geese

Hugel-Chinampas, now with duckoponic swales

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cattle

Cow vs chicken - funny debate

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dogs and cats

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

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chickens

Interest In Review Grid for Hatcheries

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goats, sheep and llamas

Cost to raise sheep

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nibblers

Squirrels - how to grow food you actually get to eat?

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goats, sheep and llamas

wool, from sheep to fabric - traditional techniques from portugal

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fish

How to grow herbs & keep fish for cheap! Easy, small scale aquaponics DIY

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Making rabbits make money

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how to kill and butcher a goat

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horses, donkeys and mules

Using tree leaves as animal fodder

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rabbits

catch wild Rabbits, breed for meat?

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rabbits

Meat rabbit male wont breed! Help needed

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butchery

When to slaughter/butcher to avoid flies outdoors?

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rabbits

Raising Rabbits in Texas Heat

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butchery

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

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honey bees

planting for honey?

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rabbits

rabbit lard

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butchery

mongolian sheep stomach bag

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beavers

Best Way to Bridge a Beaver Pond?

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dogs and cats

Most efficient meat to raise for dog food?

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pollinators

Alternative Mason Bee Tubes

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goats, sheep and llamas

Milking with arthritis

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goats, sheep and llamas

Sheep vs goats for brush clearing

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nibblers

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dogs and cats

Has Anyone Tried the ThunderShirt or Anxiety Wraps for Dogs

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pollinators

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Hands on Milk Goat and Homestead Learning Opportunity.

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dogs and cats

Neighbors' dog barking

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Backyard Dairy Goats on Kickstarter!

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butchery

How to Kill a Chicken the Humane Way, and Butcher it Properly

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butchery

Any tips on turkey processing and preparation?

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rabbits

meat rabbit getting overweight

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chickens

Setting Live Chicks under Broody Hen

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chickens

Fishy taste in eggs

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bugs

Bats - your most effective insect control

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predators

Raccoons or possums?

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chickens

In defense of a broody hen

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honey bees

Yellow jacket trap

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goats, sheep and llamas

Retiring a doe from breeding

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rabbits

Cinnamon the house bunny, dead without a scratch on her

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ducks and geese

Strange duck behaviour- advice please

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cattle

Portable electric fence for rotation grazing

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chickens

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

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butchery

Different ways of preserving food without refrigeration or freezing

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pollinators

Flowers along highways.

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chickens

Chicken Tractor in high-predator area

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goats, sheep and llamas

A dairy goat’s place in the backyard ecosystem

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ducks and geese

Rescued duck becoming aggressive

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chickens

Swollen chicken foot. Bumble foot?

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horses, donkeys and mules

Unsung heroes, animals played vital and varied roles in WWI

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honey bees

New-bee here. I need some advice

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dogs and cats

Inexpensive DIY Dog Collars for Multiple Dog Households

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