Micro Livestock

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Why Your Backyard Chickens Could Be Giving You Salmonella

Raising backyard chickens has been trending in recent years, thanks to the sustainability movement. But it could be making your family sick. Eight different states are reporting Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard chickens.

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Sustainable Essentials: 8 Necessary Items for Raising Baby Chicks

It’s no wonder chickens are the “homesteading gateway animal.” Here is everything you need to know on caring for baby chicks and keeping them healthy.

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What to Feed Your Micro-Livestock

Learn some tips and tricks from other homesteaders on what your micro-livestock needs to eat in order to stay healthy to ultimately benefit your family.

Home Remedies for Livestock

Just like humans, animals tend to get ailments, and without proper care, those ailments can turn into serious infections. Learn about 5 home remedies to give livestock to help soothe their ailments.

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Fruit and Veg Growing in VERY Un-Ideal Conditions

I would advise anyone who wants to grow but think there’s too many problems to think again. Think laterally…and vertically, think outside the box and you will be surprised just what you can grow in a confined space.

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Good-bye City Life!

No amount of planning or prepping prepared me for what I was walking into. Before you plunge in to your dreams of homesteading, read this first.

Mail Order Chicks: Caring for Chicks After Transport

When chicks are ordered through the mail, they may need a little extra TLC. Here are some tips for reenergizing your chicks after a long transport.

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Killing Our Dinner i.e. What Homesteading is Really All About

We finally did it. We dispatched, dressed, and cooked our first homegrown rabbit.

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Wasteful Society: 80% of Easter Pets End Up Here

“Within the first few weeks of Easter, an estimated 30 percent of all Easter ‘pets’ die, and another 70 percent to 80 percent are abandoned or turned in to shelters.” Our warped society has turned living animals (that require adequate shelter and food), into playthings. And, as with all toys, children grow old of them and move on to other things.

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New “Honey on Tap” Invention Will Change the Beekeeping Industry

Keeping bees can be very time consuming and requires a lot of additional equipment. But the beekeeping industry is going to drastically change thanks to this new innovative product.

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How to Prepare Your Flock of Ducks For Winter

It’s that time of year again! The aspen trees on the mountain are turning yellow and there’s a slight cool crisp chill to the air in the mornings. Our fall preparations for winter need to begin soon, and we have already started preparing our flock of ducks for the colder weather that’s coming.

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