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  • How to Winterize your Chicken Coop

    Winterizing your backyard chicken coop is important if you have a small flock and live in cold climates. The old timers will say they never heated the coop, even in sub zero weather, but there...

  • How to Keep Chickens Healthy During the Winter

    As the cold weather blows in, it is important to ensure all your animals can withstand the extremes in temperature. With some areas of the north, such as Minnesota where I live, it is not unusual...

  • How to Care for Pet Chickens

    Pet chickens are easy to care for and will entertain you for years. Their needs are simple: water, food, shelter, safety, and socialization. A small flock of hens will even reward you with eggs...

  • How to Care for Pet Chicks

    Chicks are easily tamed to become endearing pet chickens that can live 10 or more years. Socializing chicks can be accomplished in a just few minutes a day, but the more time you spend the more...

  • How to Keep Goats as Pets and for Milk

    Cows are not the only animals that can be kept as pets and supply you with milk; goats make great pets and provide milk as well. The milk of a goat is said to be among the healthiest milk...

  • How to Keep Miniature Cows

    Miniature cows are an excellent choice for small dairy operations, home milk production and small farms. Their size makes it possible to raise them on smaller acreage with less feed costs, and...

  • How to Remove Ticks the Easy Way

    If you have an outside pet or your indoor pet ventures outside, they are at risk for ticks to attach themselves onto your pet. Ticks are bloodsucking creatures that thrive on your pet until they...

  • How to Potty Train a Chicken

    Although it may sound odd to some people, chickens can make entertaining pets. Chickens that are used to humans can be friendly and playful and can be trained to do simple tasks. It is easiest to...

  • How to Plan for a Backyard Chicken Coop

    A backyard flock of chickens adds sound, color and movement to your garden landscape. With a little planning, raising a small flock of chickens in the backyard is fun and rewarding hobby for the...

  • How to Keep Chickens for Pest Control

    Though chickens are usually raised for their fresh eggs, chickens are also highly effective at bug and slug control. In the May/June 2009 issue of "Grit Magazine," Pam Maynard calls chickens and...

  • How to Find Miniature Cows for Sale

    Miniature cows for sale can be found all over the country, but because of supply and demand and a high level of interest in lowline cattle breeds, they are similar in cost to full-size cows....

  • How to Prepare to Raise Chickens

    Although raising chickens can be a very rich and rewarding experience, it is not for the faint of heart. However, with adequate preparation, you will find that raising chickens is an enjoyable...

  • How to Get Rid of Pig Odor

    Pigs are highly intelligent and surprisingly clean animals that can make wonderful pets. As with most any pet, however, owning a pig also means having to deal with some unwanted odors. While many...

  • How to Make Chickens Lay More Eggs

    There are three simple things that you can do to ensure your flock continues to provide you with those tasty oblong treasures each and almost every day.

  • How to Build Cheap Rabbit Hutch

    Building a rabbit hutch cheaply does not mean it won’t be good enough for that family pet or Easter surprise. You use wire mesh, 1x1/2 inch squares with some recycled wood you scrounge, a few...

  • How to Free Range Chickens With Style

    Do you want to have free range chickens without them defecating everywhere you walk? I have the perfect method for having free range chickens in sight, but out of the way and living the good...

  • How to Care for Donkeys

    Donkeys are a type of equine and are cousins to horses. They are affectionate and fairly easy to care for, although they can be quite strong-willed and stubborn. With proper health care and...

  • How to Keep Free Range Chickens and Locate Their Eggs

    Living in the country gives you an opportunity to grow and produce much of your own food. Raising chickens for eggs is one of the ways you can accomplish this. It is possible to have laying hens ...

  • How to Care for Sicilian Donkeys

    Sicilian donkeys are miniature donkeys that hail from Sicily. They stand 36 inches at the tallest, and look like standard donkeys. These little animals are affectionate and fairly easy to care...

  • Information on Miniature Donkeys

    When picking out a new pet, most people consider dogs, cats, fish, birds, even reptiles. But there's one animal--the miniature donkey--that, if given the right care, can be just as good of a pet...

  • How to Identify a Rooster from a Hen

    Wondering how to identify a rooster from a hen, or better put, tell the difference between male and female chickens? While it's hard to tell young chicks apart, by the time they are about 5 to 8...

  • How to Build a Chicken Tractor Using Cattle Panels

    A chicken tractor is basically just a movable pen to contain chickens (or other animals). It is nice because the chickens are contained so wont destroy your flower bed, but they can be moved...

  • How to Find Chicken Tractor Plans

    Raising chickens in your backyard is becoming the latest trend. Lots of people want to build chicken tractors and therefore are looking for chicken tractor plans. A chicken tractor is a small...

  • How to Store My Fresh Backyard Chicken Eggs

    Backyard Chicken owners dream of the morning when they go out to the coop, that they spent days building, to find a nesting box holding the very first egg. Oh how wonderful it is. Soon though...

  • How to Raise Chicks Into Backyard Chickens

    Have you ever wanted to raise your own backyard chickens but didn't know where to begIn? Have you thought about providing your family and friends with "farm" fresh eggs? It's really...

  • How to create a "green" Chicken coop from a dog house or playhouse

    Many people are interested in having chickens as pets. What could be better then a pet that also helps to make breakfast? Free Range chickens can be very inexpensive to own. The major expense...

  • How to Look After a Duck Egg

    Looking after your own duck egg doesn’t have to be incredibly difficult. It is important however to follow instructions very carefully—because like any newborn, a lot of things can go wrong, so...

  • How to Raise Bantam Chickens & Hens

    Bantams are small-breed chickens, either those that have been bred that way from a standard-size breed or true bantams, which have no large counterparts. About one-fourth the size of regular...

  • How to Train Chickens to Return to Their Coop

    Allowing your chickens to roam around your backyard gives them a chance to dust their feathers, scratch in the grass and sample worms and insects. The problem is, once your chickens are out, it...

  • How to Find a Miniature Pot Belly Pig for Sale

    Finding a miniature pot belly pig for sale will often depend on your location -- if you happen to live near a breeder, you're in luck. Smaller farm animals, often acquired for pets rather than...

  • How to House Smaller Animals in the Garden

    If you are interested in keeping a few chickens or goats or other small animals on your property, but still want your landscape to look attractive while keeping your animals safe and comfortable,...

  • How to Raise Horses

    Horses are wonderful animals that require a fair amount of work. Whether raising work horses or race horses or just pleasure horses, there are some basic rules to keeping the animals. These are...

  • How to Make a Chicken Harness

    It sounds crazy, but chickens can wear a harness like a dog, cat, rabbit or ferret. It's easiest to buy a small harness and try it on your chicken, but if you're determined to make the chicken...

  • How to Raise Rabbits

    Would you like a pet that doesn't need to be walked 2 or 3 times a day and doesn't bark? Do you have a heart for small fuzzy creatures?

  • How to Raise Healthy Ducklings

    Growing up on a farm, we had many animals. Some were on purpose (goats, pigs, ducks, etc.), some were not (foxes, raccoons, gophers). This article tells how to raise healthy ducklings - one of our...

  • How to Raise Free-Range Chickens

    The work involved in raising free-range chickens is easily outweighed by the benefits of having fresh eggs and poultry. You can raise your own small flock of free-range chickens even if you only...

  • How to Litter Box Train a Rabbit

    If you are planning to litter box train your rabbit your in luck! Training a pet rabbit to use a litter box is not very difficult it just takes a little time a patience. This will make having a...

  • How to Hold a Rabbit

    Rabbits are very soft and cuddly animals and many small children love to have them as pets. With this in mind it is very important to address the proper way to hold a rabbit.

  • How to Properly Cage your Rabbit

    If you plan to keep your Rabbit outside you should make sure your cage is sturdy and will protect your pet from the elements. A proper hutch / cage for your rabbit should give them plenty of room...

  • How to Feed a Rabbit

    When adopting a rabbit for the first time it is very important to make sure you are feeding him the proper food. This will keep your rabbit healthy and happy for a long time.

  • How to Choose a Pet Rabbit to Adopt

    If you have decided to take on the responsibility of owning a pet rabbit you also need to take the time to choose a pet rabbit that will be easy to care for. Rabbits live between 10 - 12 years and...

  • How to Raise Backyard Chickens

    Many people don't know that many cities allow you to raise chickens in your backyard. Chickens require minimal upkeep and don't need much room. They provide natural fertilizer, fresh eggs and are...

  • How to Keep Bees in The City

    Most cities allow bees to be kept. Where I found the regulations, and how I do it.

  • How to Raise Domestic San Juan & Cottontail Rabbits

    The San Juan rabbit is a domestic rabbit that has been bred to mimic the traits of the cottontail. They are a popular choice for training hunting dogs, are tame enough to make decent pets and they...

  • Rabbit Stroke Symptoms

    Trying to figure out what the problem is with your favorite pet can be a little daunting--especially if your pet happens to be a rabbit, and you're imagining the worst. But don't worry! Th...

  • How to Choose Chicken Breeds

    Every spring the newly hatched chicks are the highlight at the local feed store. They are so little, fluffy, cute, and waiting for you to take them home. If you have decided that this spring you...

  • How to Raise Pigs

    Have you ever wanted to try your hand at farming? My husband and I have been raising pigs on our farm for some time. We decided to do this because we are trying to raise our son to be self...

  • How to Care for Cattle

    Caring for farm animals is fairly easy for those who choose to live the lifestyle.

  • How to Raise Pet Chickens in the City

    Raising chickens in the city, or urban chickens, has never been easier! With increasing technology, smaller, easy to handle chicken coops and pens are now available, making it possible to raise...

  • How to Understand Cows

    I recently received an email from eHow member foxtrott inquiring about how to understand cows. The following steps are the answers to foxtrott's questions. Thanks for your inquiry foxtrott.

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