Livestock
As a rule, most livestock do a pretty good job keeping themselves warm in the winter, but when summer temperatures soar, they may need some help keeping cool. These products can help.
Cattle
- 16 common cattle breeds
- 8 ways to maximize cattle profits
- Bucket calves
- Love my livestock
- Feeding an orphan calf
- Mineral licks
- Cattle feeders
- Dirt toxicity in cattle
- Controlling flies
- 17 bovine beauties
Sheep
- Raising sheep on your acreage
- Big-horned rams
- Horns of plenty
- Herding sheep
- Raising Navajo-Churro sheep
- Katahdin hair sheep
- Working with a sheep shearer
- Preparing sheep for shearing
- Treating sheep bloat
- Purchasing sheep breeding stock
Goats
- 15 gorgeous goats
- The best of Little Billy
- Awesome angoras
- Boer goats
- Goat housing
- What does it cost to raise dairy goats
- Get into goats
- Rent-A-Goat program
- Raising dairy goats
- Raising angora goats
Pigs
- Raising miniature pigs
- Popular show breeding pigs
- Tamworth pigs
- Hereford pigs
- Large black pigs
- Country View: Pork prodigy
Pastures
- Managing mud in the pasture
- Dry-climate pastures
- Reseeding a pasture
- Renting your acreage for animals
- Grazing management techniques
- Pasture fencing
Keeping animals cool must be a priority at the county or state fair. Barns should be properly ventilated to minimize heat stress, and livestock owners must be vigilant in caring for their animals.
A livestock shelter can be as basic as four poles and a roof, simply to keep the rain off the animals and provide some shade.
We use a variety of materials as bedding for our sheep and goats, including corn stalks, oat straw, and grass hay. During the winter, it's especially important to have a good layer of bedding for your animals.
After he suffered an injury while feeding his livestock, Randy Stull invented a handy feeder that attaches right to the back of an ATV.
There is a whole realm of business known as the "alternative livestock industry," and it's becoming an exciting venture for acreage owners.
When you're buying hay, it's important to find out exactly what's inside those bales.
If you own livestock of any kind, you should consider enrolling in the government's voluntary National Animal Identification System. It can this help stop the spread of disease.
Raising animals can be a lot of fun, but understanding livestock laws is essential if you want to avoid issues with legal liability. Livestock laws require that you maintain your animals in a way to avoid causing property damage or personal injury.
If you have livestock and poultry, you have manure. And you have to be responsible in handling it, regardless of the size of your property, so nobody gets sick.
Water - keep it cool, keep it clean, keep it thawed, and keep it coming for your horses and livestock.
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