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It is always concerning when our hens suddenly stop laying. The first sign of a problem for your girls is when they stop laying eggs. When chickens are lacking something they require egg production is the first thing their bodies shut down in order to make up for what it is lacking. Most of the time it's an easy fix...

When you have an animal then you assume responsibility for their care. How you care for your goats will determine their health and productivity.

Feed additives are food supplements for farm animals, which fulfill the nutritional needs that are not met by regular meals. These include vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and fatty acids. They are an essential part of the animal nutritional requirement.

We certainly do not possess control over the weather changes and seasons. But we do to ourselves, animals, and the surrounding to avert lifelong loss or damage. Animals, especially the livestock, form an important part of the ecosystem. They help us in some or the other ways. Therefore, it is our responsibility to take care of them in all the ways we can.

Lambs and sheep are at risk of infectious and fatal diseases just as humans, dogs, cats, and every other species of animal on Earth. Learn about the CD-Toxoid inoculation and how it protects flocks from well-known diseases.

Chickens can be messy eaters, choosing the best chicken feeder is not difficult as long as you ask yourself a few questions before you get started. The biggest deciding factor for choosing the right feeder for you depends on the size of your flock. If you have a small flock and are only filling the feeder every couple of days a simple hanging poultry feeder will do. If you have a large flock that demands a lot of food, a high capacity automatic feeder will be what you're looking for.

The Barred Plymouth Rock chicken is another well know old time favorite brown egg layer and one that, in true breeding style, delivers big profits. This is one of the oldest and most selected strain of Barred Rocks in the U.S. The Barred Plymouth Rock Chicken has held its own because of its great merit as a profitable year-round brown egg layer, as well as its meat production.

We all want to protect our babies, building a predator-proof chicken coop is probably the most important aspect of protecting them. Chicken predators come in all shapes and sizes. Cats, dogs, snakes, owls and hawks for instance. The list can be daunting. Here are a few quick tips to get you started with predator proofing your coop.

What size Chicken coop do I need.?The amount of space you have available will help determine how many chickens you can raise. Chickens thrive better and seem happier with at least 3 as a minimum in your flock.

Choosing the best chicken for eggs is not that hard of a choice if you know what you're looking for. You only need to ask yourself a few easy questions. Do I need white or brown eggs? Do I need a pet or livestock? How much space do I have? Do I want to hatch more chickens? Will my birds be free range or penned or both?

If you look up all the information available online about chicken coops, you might end up with nothing but good intentions. Don't be intimidated by all the different information. You can learn how to build a chicken coop the easy way and still end up with a structure that serves the purpose of protecting your chickens!

Get to know about the various uses of electric fencing and the right way to charge them and use them effectively. There are different types of electric fence which can be put to use.

When its time to prepare for your next breeding season, you must know what to look for in your ewes and rams. Learn the important aspects of a visual appraisal and more!

So, you are ready to incubate your duck eggs. Here are some quick tips and guidelines to help you along the way. This article assumes you are using a temperature and humidity controlled automatic egg turner. Following these simple steps will help you along the way and increase the hatchability of your eggs.

Raising ducks is becoming more popular. Ducks make great pets with their unique personalities, they lay a bigger egg that has more nutrients. Duckling care is fairly easy, they are intuitive and mostly self-sufficient. Ducks love to forage, they will rid your garden of pests crawling, squirming or flying. Who wouldn't want their own personal pet ninja, snatching mosquitoes and wasps from mid-air before they had a chance to land?

An often overlooked hard working silent member of our world, earthworms for their size are remarkable. There are many different breeds, all similar, but different. I will talk about two breeds, the "red wigglers" and "European Night-crawlers".

Learn the basics of raising your own quail. Raising quail has become very popular for a good reason. Quail are an economical food source and fun to raise.

This morning, I saw my first armadillo since my sister picked me up at the Houston airport and drove us 3 hours deeper into Texas. Shifting from the West Coast to the Deep South has been quite an experience. Texas is like a world of its own.

Traditional H braces were notched to help support the horizontal post, and also notched to provide the support wires a channel to slide in. We are comparing the traditional H brace and the new way to construct H braces for farm fencing, showing the advantages of the latest approach.