Chicken Waste Management
Keeping our coop and field clean from chicken waste is the key to raising healthy and thriving chickens. We must daily shovel their waste from the coop, because they smell […]
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Backyard Chicken Health and Diseases
We must often observe our chickens, looking for signs of abnormal behavior or sickness. We should immediately remove aggressive, sick or injured chickens. Chickens that have the tendency to eat […]
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Chicken Egg Production
Collecting the eggs from backyard chickens In your first year, a good egg yield is about 60%. This means that for every 5 chickens, you can collect daily 3 […]
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How to feed Chickens
Feeding Chickens – What do Chickens eat As it happens in many livestock categories, we have the well-known “Pasture vs Commercial Feeder” argument. Supporters of “Pasture” school of thought claim […]
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How to select Chickens for eggs or meat
Chicken Selection – Purchase of Chickens You can purchase chickens from a day old (very cheap solution– 2 US dollars each) to 6 months old, when they are ready to […]
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Chicken Coop – Hen House
How to design the Chicken Place The infrastructure is very important when raising chickens in our yard. In order to raise healthy and thriving chickens that will produce quality […]
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How to raise Chickens
Introduction to Chicken Raising – Backyard Chickens Basics Similar to many other crop or livestock activities, if you possess the triangle “Land – Time – Energy”, then you can feel […]
Pigs
Pig Manure Production and Waste Management
Keeping our farm clean is the key to raise healthy and thriving pigs. We must daily remove their waste from the shelters and pigpens, because they attract flies and insects. […]
Pigs
Pigs Health, Diseases & Symptoms
Pigs often suffer from internal parasites and skin diseases. It is good to deworm our pigs every 6 weeks (consult your vet). Contemporary deworm medication is very safe for pigs […]
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How to feed Pigs
Feeding Pigs Basics – What do Pigs eat Until nowadays, there is an ongoing debate on the proper pig feed program. There are mainly two different approaches, “Pasture” vs. “Commercial […]
Pigs
Selecting Pigs
How to select pigs for meat or as pets As it happens in nearly all livestock categories, selecting an animal is not an easy task. It requires research and time. […]
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Housing Pigs – Designing the Pig Farm
How to house Pigs We always start by building our pig establishment well before we welcome our piglets. Delaying in creating a shelter for our animals is another common mistake […]
Pigs
How to raise Pigs
Pig Raising Basics – Introduction to Raising Pigs Similarly to any other livestock activity, if you possess the triangle “Land – Time – Energy”, then you can feel the joy […]
Beekeeping
Q&As on Bees
Why do bees die after they sting? Because the stinger is attached to the honeybee’s inner parts, nerves, muscles and intestine. When the (worker) honeybee stings a human, the stinger […]
Beekeeping
Bee Poisoning from Pesticides
A common problem that many beekeepers face is the poisoning of their bees due to pesticides. It is the beekeeper’s responsibility to protect his/her bees from foraging on plants that […]
Beekeeping
Major Honeybee Diseases
American Foulbrood It is the disease of the sealed brood and is caused by a spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. Adult bees are not affected by the bacterium. However, adult worker […]
Beekeeping
Varroa – The major Honeybee Pests
Varroa Varroa is the most common problem of a beekeeper nowadays, as these parasitic mites are widespread nearly worldwide. Varroa is caused by an external parasite (parasite mite Varroa destructor) […]
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