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goats and sheep

Folly or fantastic - I'm growing a cloak!

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bugs

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

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bugs

diatomaceous earth

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wildlife

Wildlife at Wheaton Labs

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llamas and alpaca

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

57 replies 7 7 24

dogs and cats

Weird things cats have done

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chickens

weird things chickens have done

97 replies 4 25 137

goats and sheep

Raising sheep only for wool

95 replies 5 1 19

chickens

best perennial chicken feed

229 replies 1 2 4

honey bees

One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

170 replies 4 12 105

dogs and cats

Just checking in

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goats and sheep

"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

91 replies 18 57

chickens

making the best of raising cornish rock cross

91 replies 5 11

butchery

If I ever teach butchery or dressing a carcass again

53 replies 43

bugs

I thought permaculture insect control had failed me, but land racing saved the day!

144 replies 18 34

ducks and geese

duckling pictures

53 replies 7 79 30

goats and sheep

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

80 replies 5 11 26

llamas and alpaca

A book on designing a permaculture farm with a focus on Fiber?

48 replies 1 9 20

honey bees

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

261 replies 29 23 18

goats and sheep

bought an old spinning wheel...photos and questions

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goats and sheep

What would you like to see in a cheesemaking book?

85 replies 1 57

bugs

Possible tick deterrence by asters? Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus

30 replies 13 25

chickens

Neighbors removed chicken fence

54 replies 1 1 19

chickens

What if I painted 100 chicken portraits?

21 replies 1 3 3

bugs

I need to make ladybug food

19 replies 28

chickens

Fed up with this 2 story metal 6-box nesting box!

22 replies 22 19

honey bees

First time building a Kenya Top Bar Hive

31 replies 2 12 15

bugs

My new best friend...a green lynx spider, peucetia viridans

27 replies 25 19

dogs and cats

new shepherd pup! I must be nuts!

46 replies 18 50

chickens

Encouraging free ranging for baby chicks raised indoors

40 replies 21 27

chickens

Chicken inbreeding

38 replies 12

bugs

How do I grow mosquitoes? (to feed to my goldfish)

17 replies 2 3

chickens

Who says Industrial chickens won't go broody?

13 replies 9 28

chickens

Help with "wobbly" gosling - particularly feed support

18 replies 9 15

chickens

Commercial feed and egg production

37 replies 1 2 10

nibblers

Death to scale bugs - help me brew up some organic death spray to save my citrus trees

34 replies 1 4

dogs and cats

Dogs found

36 replies 27

wildlife

Anyone else fond of amphibians?

24 replies 1 30 34

nibblers

Clean mice

12 replies 1 5

bugs

wild grape cooties!

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Chicken inbreeding

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chickens

Rooster temperament theory

3 weeks ago 18 replies 1 8

bugs

Coffee grounds vs. pill bugs

3 weeks ago 21 replies 3 2

chickens

tissue protruding from hen's vent

4 weeks ago 5 replies 1 3

chickens

weird feather pattern on a chicken

4 weeks ago 1 reply 1

shelters and habitat

locating chicken coop on future house site

4 weeks ago 23 replies 2 3

chickens

Need HELP with deep litter!

4 weeks ago 6 replies 1

goats and sheep

Does the shape of a billys scrotum give a hint to what his daughters udders will look like?

4 weeks ago 4 replies 7 3

bugs

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

4 weeks ago 65 replies [ 1, 2 ] 11 31

chickens

Cute chicken pictures

4 weeks ago 8 replies 18 5

chickens

First time raising chicks with mama hen and need advice

1 month ago 13 replies 8 4

dogs and cats

barn/farm cats? What do folks think about them?

1 month ago 72 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 9 16

honey bees

Drones in my backyard

1 month ago 5 replies

dogs and cats

Dog's hair - What do you do with it?

1 month ago 17 replies 3 9

bugs

spotted lantern fly

1 month ago 1 reply 1

chickens

French Maran Chickens

1 month ago 1 reply

horses, donkeys and mules

donkeys and elderberry toxicity

1 month ago 6 replies

chickens

Chickens for parasite control

1 month ago 3 replies 1

nibblers

Encouraging moles to dig MORE

1 month ago 3 replies

dogs and cats

Mollison's anti-cat discussion

1 month ago 174 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 2 11

goats and sheep

solar panels + sheep

1 month ago 10 replies 1 1

chickens

Do I change bedding with deep litter if the chickens catch a cold?

1 month ago 7 replies 4

goats and sheep

advice for my rotation pasture and flock barns?

1 month ago 3 replies 2

chickens

How often do I need to shift paddock with 3 chickens on 36 sqm?

1 month ago 6 replies 1 2

wildlife

Stupid bird nests

1 month ago 1 reply 3 1

dogs and cats

Feeding critters to cats

1 month ago 17 replies

bugs

organic war on fleas!

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dogs and cats

Shelter pup

1 month ago 6 replies 1 3

dogs and cats

Growing a Kelpie...

1 month ago 41 replies [ 1, 2 ] 72 19

chickens

How effective are electric fences in keeping the fox out?

1 month ago 5 replies 5

bugs

Critters in firewood- ants and more

1 month ago 9 replies 6

dogs and cats

Cattio

1 month ago 10 replies 17 17

bugs

Role of pill bugs in an ecosystem.

1 month ago 4 replies 1

pollinators

Wasps: Friend or foe?

1 month ago 7 replies 2

bugs

Earwig infestation

1 month ago 7 replies 2

honey bees

natural bee keepers in BC Canada

1 month ago 1 reply

goats and sheep

How home dairying can transform the homestead

1 month ago 5 replies 4

dogs and cats

Cat-safe dye plants

1 month ago 2 replies 2

goats and sheep

best cure for fly strike?

1 month ago 1 reply

bugs

black widow

1 month ago 3 replies 5

chickens

How to cure a chicken-killing dog?

1 month ago 26 replies 3 8

chickens

Fly reduction in the coop

1 month ago 1 reply

chickens

Crow (raven??) depredation

1 month ago 34 replies 2 11

chickens

Hen picking feathers from others,even from the rooster!!

1 month ago 17 replies 3 5

beavers

Beavers back in UK

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