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8 Ways to Use Chickens in the Garden | The Prairie Homestead
how to use chickens in the garden-- love this list of practical ideas that will save me time!
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Use this FREE hay cost calculator to find out how much it will cost you to feed your horse for the year. Get a handle on how much it can and will cost.
A Cheat Sheet for Successfully Hatching Ducklings
Here's the method I use for successfully hatching ducklings. This consistently gives me very high hatch rates, with vigorous, fluffy ducklings.
5 Miniature Cattle Breeds for Small Farms – Hobby Farms
Miniature Cattle for Hobby Farmers Small cattle can eat less, take up less space and look cute, too. See if one of these miniature cattle breeds is for you. They look as large as normal cattle, but this Zebu is only 37 inches tall
How to Raise Pastured Ducks - The Paleo Mama
I hope this post will help you answer those questions of how to raise pastured ducks so that you can enjoy all the fun things duck can bring to a homestead. http://thepaleomama.com/2015/08/how-to-raise-pastured-ducks/
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The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals by Gail Damerow: Storey Publishing LLC 9781603429696 Paperback - Paperbackshop-US
What Is Molting And What Can You Do To Help Your Birds?
Are your Chickens and Ducks Molting? What is Molting? What can you do about it? Why aren't you getting any eggs? Why are there feathers all over? What should you feed your molting poultry?
How to Make a Portable Pig Pen - Realize Permaculture Homestead
Our homestead started off with just two pigs, and we got hooked. We're up to 13 now, and we're even breeding our own piglets! Over the years we've experimented with many different types of pens, fencing and paddocks for them. By no means have we "arrived at" or discovered the perfect system. But we've made a portable pig pen system that meets three important design criteria for us... #permaculture
21 Tips to Raising Your Own Meat - Including What Not to Do!
Our Simple Farm: 21 Tips to Raising Your Own Meat - Including What Not to Do!
Heritage Pig Breeds for Pork, Plowing and More – Mother Earth News
Raising Pigs for pork, plowing, fertilizer and more! Mother Earth e-newsletter
Chapter 4: The pig
Lots of detailed info on taking care of pigs-very informative