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Imperfectly Priceless Pets: Shelter Rescues on the Homestead

By Lisa D. Johnson
Not all pets are perfect.  Some have physical limitations and disabilities.  They may be blind, or deaf, or both.  They can be born this way…
Attract Wildlife to Your Property Gardening

Attract Wildlife to Your Property

By Doug Smith
Living in the country means you have to deal with fewer people.  Country neighbors are few but often become like family.  Oftentimes the majority of life…
Basics of Animal Aid, homesteading, Animal First Aid Homesteading Pets

Barnyard Basics of Animal Aid — Animal First Aid

By Catherine Lugo
Trust your gut when it comes to your animals and their health.  If you’ve been spending quality time with them, you’ll know when something’s wrong. …
Homesteading Guide to Farm Dogs Homesteading Pets

The Ultimate Guide to Farm-Friendly Dogs

By Anthony Okrongly
My wife and I are homesteading dog-trainers.  In our duties as dog trainers, we have brought almost every conceivable breed of dog onto our homestead. …
Sandy the housegoat Homesteading Pets

The Housegoat: The Unusual Beginnings of Withywindle Farm

By Norah Messier
Raising a housegoat is not for the faint of heart, nor is it normal.  Truth is often stranger than fiction, and normal is not something…
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Livestock Guard Dogs: Just Like Lassie, Only Better

By Sheri Dixon
When I had my dairy goats in Wisconsin nothing bothered them, and they lived happily and without a care in the world. So when I…
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The Humble Homestead Donkey: A Royal Farm Friend

By Mariann Foster
Donkeys can be seen across America and in fields around the world. They have helped mankind by easing workloads, protecting livestock and family, as a…
Homesteading Pets

Fergus the Red

By Sue Dick
The trouble with keeping cows (aside from the regular, mischievous behavior of Bos taurus such as crashing through fences, or getting into, and making a…
Cage-Free Rabbits Homesteading Pets

Cage-Free Rabbits: Fertilizer in Motion

By Megan Kutchman
I have always wanted to raise rabbits as a healthy meat addition to our homestead.  The trouble is, keeping caged rabbits does not fit in…
Owning-an-Intact-Buck Homesteading Pets

5 Things We’ve Learned Owning an Intact Buck

By Kristin Grant
Our first couple of years owning Nigerian Dwarf goats, we didn’t have an intact buck on the farm, just a few females and a wether…
preparing animals for winter Homesteading Pets

Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Three: The Animals

By Doug Smith
Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Two: The Machinery There’s a passage in the good book…
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Barn Cats: Thugs of the Homestead

By Sheri Dixon
Working when they feel like it, sleeping the day away, partying all night, and making sure you know that whatever you say or do means…

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