Farm pets

Whether you've had chickens for a while and are getting ready to add other livestock to the farm, are just getting ready to add chickens to your farm, or simply worried about introducing chickens to your other pets, you be wondering, will other animals get along just fine with my chickens? Are there any benefits or drawbacks to raising other animals along with my chickens? Chickens are amazing versatile, and generally get along just fine with other livestock, but it's not always that…

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Here are five friendly animals in small sizes that are perfect for petting zoos and family farms. Learn what each of these mini animals needs.

With his touching series The Farm Family, Brooklyn-based photographer Rob MacInnis shoots barn animals in the style of fashion magazine spreads. Freeing the soulful creatures from the context of the lowly barnyard and challenging rituals of human consumption, he wittily and heartbreakingly captures sheep, cows, and goats in Annie Leibovitz-inspired portraits and panoramas. Staged between bales of hay and a snowy doorway resembling a dreamy film screen, the humble beasts find themselves…