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Critters: Every sort of beast

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bugs

diatomaceous earth

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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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goats, sheep and llamas

bought an old spinning wheel...photos and questions

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bugs

ants and aphids

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bugs

raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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dogs and cats

organic war on fleas!

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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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honey bees

Holzer Style Log Bee Hive

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goats, sheep and llamas

"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

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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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chickens

chicken coops/runs/tractors/paddocks/pens/etc.

289 replies 10 68 4

honey bees

the ultimate skiddable bee hut

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nibblers

how to catch a mouse without a mousetrap

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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

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bugs

I think permaculture insect control has failed me.

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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

bugs

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

56 replies 11 20

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

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

nibblers

controls for mice, ideas brainstorm

37 replies 2 2 15

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

butchery

Sourcing a Large Cleaver

27 replies 2 5

fish

Info on raising crawdads?

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chickens

Hot weather chicken watering with drip irrigation, and a swamp cooler float valve.

2 weeks ago 8 replies 6 1

predators

Bald Eagle Buzzard

2 weeks ago 4 replies 3

chickens

Chickens - Hot Weather Protection

2 weeks ago 1 reply 1

ducks and geese

New little flock

2 weeks ago 4 replies 2

chickens

Chicken run flooring type other than concrete?

2 weeks ago 10 replies 3

goats, sheep and llamas

WineBaa, a muzzle to graze sheep in wineyards and orchards without destroying trees.

2 weeks ago 10 replies 1

ducks and geese

Discourage eagles from eating ducks

2 weeks ago 18 replies 1 2

chickens

Chicken gardening

2 weeks ago 2 replies

dogs and cats

What to feed Molly the moose calf?

2 weeks ago 16 replies 8 8

dogs and cats

Feeding the moose or you didn't WANT to retire did you?

2 weeks ago 12 replies 6 7

critter care

Can Water Wicks be used to remove moisture from waterlogged container plants?

2 weeks ago 1 reply

honey bees

a bee dilemma

2 weeks ago 5 replies 4

bugs

Bug eating my trees from the inside

3 weeks ago 6 replies 5

chickens

Portable electric fencing

3 weeks ago 11 replies 1 5

guinea fowl

Guinea fowl noise crisis

3 weeks ago 48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 1

dogs and cats

kitty delivery woes

3 weeks ago 18 replies 1 3

fish

how to protect a pump and radiator

3 weeks ago 1 reply

pigs

Update on what I am now going to call the Pig Saga

3 weeks ago 2 replies 1

critter care

How can we show that we are pampering our animals?

3 weeks ago 34 replies 2 29

chickens

What ate my chicken?

3 weeks ago 19 replies 4 4

chickens

Does a chicken's molting schedules change over the years?

3 weeks ago 5 replies 3

chickens

pigeons

3 weeks ago 5 replies 1

horses, donkeys and mules

What to look for in a guard donkey?

3 weeks ago 1 reply

goats, sheep and llamas

What are wethers good for?

3 weeks ago 8 replies 3

cattle

Feeding my cows trees

3 weeks ago 113 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 14 35 8

dogs and cats

Training a Welsh Sheepdog - Teg, and others...

3 weeks ago 32 replies 4 73 13

dogs and cats

Canines In Agriculture: The Beginning

3 weeks ago 12 replies 5 4

critter care

What are the parasite checks we should do for cattle, chickens, pigs, turkeys, honeybees and fish?

3 weeks ago 1 reply 1

ducks and geese

geese and small children

4 weeks ago 44 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 7 28

rabbits

Growing my bunny food

4 weeks ago 12 replies 1

critter care

Books of Herbs for the feathered and furred

4 weeks ago 2 replies

ducks and geese

Duck penis hanging out--any intervention necessary?

4 weeks ago 2 replies 1

rabbits

Rabbit tractor plans

1 month ago 21 replies 3

chickens

Chicken fodder/forage success stories?

1 month ago 96 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 7 32

goats, sheep and llamas

Best ways to control flies?

1 month ago 6 replies

pigs

Pig tractor under Bananas, Scott in Zambia

1 month ago 0 replies 1

cattle

single-cow economics

1 month ago 43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 9

cattle

Breeding Dexters for Dairy - what can be done with extra milk?

1 month ago 9 replies 2

cattle

Miniature cattle/Highland cattle for milk and meat?

1 month ago 17 replies 1 3 14

honey bees

2 questions about honey

1 month ago 2 replies 2

critter care

Stolen bird(s)

1 month ago 12 replies 1 7

goats, sheep and llamas

Easiest animal to raise to get some kind of cheese

1 month ago 9 replies 5

dogs and cats

dog fence

1 month ago 19 replies 2 5

butchery

Sourcing a Large Cleaver

1 month ago 27 replies 2 5

pigs

Our first pig processing and it was a suckling pig

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