Fly Control for Livestock

When you deal with livestock, it is your job to make sure that all your animals are fit and healthy. Doing so is more difficult than it sounds. Your livestock may spend much of the time outside in fields or barns. That means that they are open to a whole range of infections and diseases that could be a problem. When one animal in a group gets ill, the illness tends to spread throughout the group. Your livestock is your livelihood. That means that you need to do everythi

Since the domestication of livestock, animal husbands have been watching over their critters keenly for sign of disease, distress, and indications that animals are tired, thirsty, hot, you name it. And as we learned to read our stock, we’ve also come to understand them better, gaining valuable insight into the behavioral biology of the animals we tend, and especially new insights into how we can work best with them. Down to a science Stressors play an important role in livestock fertili

Chances are, if you have poultry or other livestock, you’ve considered ways to decrease your feed bill, increase animal nutrition, and become more self-sufficient in the process. A typical fall or winter trip to the feed store is all it takes to get the wheels turning. Numerous droughts in recent years may have further greased the gears. Freshly sprouted fodder might be just what you are looking for, especially if you live in a cold or dry climate and cannot pasture your animals year-rou

Best Livestock to Raise for Small Homesteads (Video) Kellsey Trimble, Associate Editor of GRIT Magazine answers the reader-submitted question: “Besides chickens, what are some other types of livestock that would be good to start with on a small homestead?” A natural step-up from chickens would be rabbits. They are small, and can be contained in hutches. Rabbits provide great manure, meat and even fiber if you wish to work with fibers on your farm. Two larger options for livesto