Some form of pet identification is a necessity these days due to licensing needs, laws and bylaws across the United States and Canada – but it is also a way to protect yourself from ever losing your dog permanently. Licensing originally began as a way to reduce the numbers of the stray dog menaces in [...]

Watched the news lately? Specifically the news about chemical and medication residue left in the meat we buy at the grocery store?
Although most news stories have focused on the obscene feeding practices of cattle and the horrendous living conditions for poultry, I’ll hazard a guess that a large percentage of North American pigs are living [...]

“Hey City Girl, you got a heat lamp for raising those baby chicks?”
I wasn’t sure at first he was talking to me, that old farmer who’d just sold me 20 day old chickens, and whom I was walking away, from…
"A heat lamp for raising chickens? You mean I can’t just…"
That’s how it all started.
My education [...]

If you’re thinking of raising some chickens, but you’re not 100% committed to the idea yet, this may help you over the edge and into the coop.

Raising chickens is a rewarding and fun hobby – most of the time.
You’ll have fresh eggs on hand – most of the time.
You can raise chickens just for the [...]

I know this is a sensitive topic for some, so I’ll try to stay in between the lines and not place any of my own beliefs around vaccinations for pets and livestock into this article.

Everyone should make their own minds, and will need to live with the consequences behind vaccinating or not vaccinating their animals.
When [...]

Pygmy goats are kept for pets, show, milk, meat and even mohair. They are easy to keep and only require fresh water, pygmy goat grain ration, and access to good quality hay or pasture. The amount of grain for each pygmy goat varies and is dependant upon their age, current weight or body condition, the [...]

We like to raise our pigs out in the barn yard. They can root around in the grass, splash about in the spring mud and tuck themselves out of the mid-day sun under the shelter we built just for them.
Raising Pigs on Pasture

When pigs are young, fencing isn’t much of a challenge – they [...]

We’ve battled them in both lifestyles – the concrete jungles as well as the forest surrounded fields.
For years they seem to disappear from our lives, only to return again whenever a new dog enters into our lives or a stray cat is brought home.
They’re fleas, ticks, and internal parasites and they’re sickening when you think [...]

Big problem when you live in the country and your own cat, plus all the neighborhood cats, think of your flower and vegetable gardens as their personal litter box. Especially so if they see you digging there, they’ll wonder why they shouldn’t be as well.
Not only can your seeds, seedlings, and perennials become uprooted, but [...]