If you are new to animal husbandry and looking to get started with something small and easy, then raising rabbits for profit is a no-brainer. Rabbits are versatile critters to raise on your ...
Cashmere Goat: Breed Info, Characteristics, Breeding, and Care
Soft, warm, elegant, and costly. These are the words that spring to mind when I run my fingers across a cashmere shawl or sweater. Did you know this expensive material comes from goats - the ...
12 Bee Sting Remedies at Home You Should Give a Try
We all know bees and wasps are an important part of our world, right? They’re both excellent pollinators and serve a valuable purpose. Though wasps are beneficial for our gardens, and bees are our ...
How to Build DIY Bee House to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden
There’s a lot of talk about the decline in the honeybee population, and the adverse effects it places on the environment. However, the majority of the world’s best pollinators are actually solitary ...
Bronze Turkey: The Domesticated Wild Turkey
This is a fun turkey variety, a close descendant to the Eastern Wild turkey. Well suited for free-ranging and open farms, a homesteader with space would love the addition of Bronze Turkeys to their ...
Black Bengal Goat: Breed Info, Characteristics, Breeding, and Care
The Black Bengal goat is a meat goat breed all the way from Bangladesh. They have been studied from Asia to Pennsylvania for their efficiency, parasite resistance, and high fertility rate. This ...
Penedesenca Chicken: Spanish, Dark Brown Egg Layers
Penedesenca Chickens are small and active birds that are well suited for farms where they can range far and wide. Penedesencas also have a high tolerance to heat due to their Spanish origins, so ...
Typical Goat External Parasites and How To Treat Them
Many homesteaders know that goats bust the myth that they are pesty critters causing annoyance and trouble. However, while goats are endearing, loving, social creatures they can bring pests - pests ...
Black Turkey: Great Meat Producers for Small Farm
Black Turkeys have been used in the breeding of many varieties of other turkeys. However, the original Black Turkey breeding standards have not been upheld over years of breeding and are rapidly ...