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How to Manage a Herd of Miniature Cows

Learn how you can raise a small herd of miniature cows even if you only have the space for one full size cow. Self-sufficiency...

Tips To Keep Flies Out of a Homesteading Chicken Coop

This collection of tips to keep flies out of a homesteading chicken coop is a multi angled attack to keep these pesky insects that...

Reading The Tires On Your Horse Trailer

For folks that need to haul horses around this article will tell you how to read the tires. You will learn which tires are...

How to Treat a Egg Bound Homesteading Chicken

These tips of how to treat a egg bound homesteading chicken will help you recognize causes, symptoms and prevention. When it comes to raising...

Dealing With Meningeal Worm in Goats, Sheep and Camelids

If you raise goats, sheep, llamas or alpacas you should know about Meningeal Worm. Meningeal worm is a parasite that can affect any of...

Learn The Age Of a Horse By Its Teeth

Learning the age of a horse by its teeth. Have you ever heard that expression "Never look a gift horse in the mouth"?  That...

Most Common Types of Watering Systems for Chickens and Waterfowl

Watering systems for chickens. When it comes to raising chickens, ducks and any livestock for that matter having an ample water supply is extremely...

Chicken Coop Frugal Plastic Nesting Box for Chickens

This chicken coop frugal plastic nesting box for chickens option is option for homesteaders that think outside of the box. Being able to look...

How to Treat Cuts and Wounds in Homestead Chickens

These step by step instructions of how to treat cuts and wounds in homestead chickens can heal them and save their lives. These wounds...

Raising Animals for Wool

Raising wool animals for yarn. There is a whole lot that goes into the process of making yarn from the wool of animals that...

How to Train a Chicken to Walk on a Harness and Leash

How to train a chicken to walk on a harness and leash can happen if you have patience, you could actually train a chicken...

A How To Guide to Slaughtering Rabbits

This article contains graphic pictures, if seeing a rabbit killed and processed will bother you please do not go to the page. How to...

Alternative Feeds for Hungry Homesteading Animals

These alternative feeds for hungry homesteading animals are other options besides expensive recommended feeds and they are equally as beneficial to your animals. Drought,...

Good Info To Know Before Starting With Goats

Good info to know before starting with goats. Raising goats can be a bit of a challenge even under the most perfect circumstances and...

Tips On When It Is Time To Cull A Chicken

If you have chickens whether it is backyard or all over the farm there will be times when you need to cull a chicken...

Mobile PVC Hideout Chicken Coop Tractor

This mobile PVC hideout chicken coop tractor is an in depth diy project that creates a lightweight chicken housing from easy to obtain materials....

Which Yard Weeds You Can Feed Your Chickens

Which yard weeds you can feed your chickens is a commonly asked question for the frugal homesteader that is feeding a flock. Your chicken...

How to Save a Chicken when Flystrike Maggots Attack

These steps of how to save a chicken when flystrike maggots attack can literally be the difference of life and death for your sick...

Homemade PVC Chicken Tractor Moveable Pen Project

This homemade PVC chicken tractor moveable pen project is a bottomless cage was designed to present the homesteader a way to give their chickens...

The Deep Litter Method for Cleaning a Chicken Coop

The deep litter method for cleaning a chicken coop and duck pen can save a large amount of labor,cuts down on flies, create warmth...

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