Relating to Farm Animals

Before you wash and card shorn sheep, alpaca or llama fleece for spinning yarn, you need to skirt them. Skirting removes a lot of the inferior material from fleeces, including short cuts of fiber...

More and more people are discovering the satisfaction that comes from having a backyard flock of chickens, whether for meat or eggs or both, but they also discover that parasites can sweep through...

You will work very hard raising your chickens, and you cannot afford to have them escaping your property, getting stolen or eaten by predators. A chicken fence must enclose the entire boundary...

Chicken coops and chicken tractors provide shelter from the elements, protection from predators and a home base to lay their eggs in. Coops are used primarily for chickens on a commercial feed...

Keeping chickens requires an enclosure that is secure from predators and allows plenty of fresh air and sunlight for the birds. Wood and wire mesh comprise the basic components of most chicken...

Chicken wire, rabbit wire and poultry netting are all common names for the fine, bendable wire with hexagonal gaps popular for fencing, reinforcing stucco, building animal cages or creating parade...

Female chickens, also called hens, lay eggs. Hens can lay eggs with or without a rooster present, although unfertilized eggs will never develop into a chick even if incubated. Chicken eggs are...

The average age for hens to begin laying is 5 to 7 months. Your hens will lay small eggs at first and will continue to lay larger ones as time goes on. Young hens will begin by laying one egg...

Chickens need coops to keep them safe from harmful elements in regards to the weather and, of course, from predators, domestic and wild who may be looking for a free chicken dinner. Chickens also...

If you enjoy impersonating animals, learning to cluck like a chicken might be a fun thing for you to try. It is also a silly way to entertain people as part of your bag of party tricks.

Some of the first straw bale structures were said to be animal shelters. The natural insulation provided by straw bale construction creates a protected home for your flock and can be built on...

Let's face it. Most of us will never set foot in a hen house, much less steal an egg from a chicken. But it's one of those skills that may come in handy just the same. You never know when you'll...

Killing a chicken is not a difficult task, provided you have the stomach for it. Follow these steps to slaughter a chicken humanely and without making a mess.

Anyone can train a dog to fetch a stick, but it takes a special kind of person to hypnotize a chicken. You must be strong of will and pure of heart. You must have nerves of steel and be able to...