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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, WINNER: Natural Poultry Feed Supplement 13 years, 6 months ago
The winner of October’s Natural Poultry Feed Supplement giveaway is: commenter #3 — Stacy who introduced us to her flock:
My family and I have enjoyed our wonderful flock of 6 hens for just over a year now! […] -
susan wrote a new post, Rabbits suffer in cages 13 years, 6 months ago
One of my pet peeves is seeing the accepted practice of keeping rabbits confined in cages and hutches.
Recently I have met a 4H leader with many kids taking instruction on rabbit husbandry and keeping all of […]
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susan wrote a new post, Rabbit healthy diet 13 years, 6 months ago
A friend of mine recently rescued a neglected “jail” bunny whose owner had been feeding it mostly carrots!! I find many people have ‘funny’ ideas about what constitutes a good diet for rabbits.
Though pet […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, GIVEAWAY: Manna Pro Goat Treats! 13 years, 6 months ago
Most giveaways has been for our feathered pals. But we haven’t forgotten the other animals! And what better giveaway is there for our goatie-goats than treats? Yes… if you are a goat owner, it’s almost […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, GIVEAWAY: Manna Pro Poultry Conditioner 13 years, 6 months ago
In the Urban Homestead’s animal pen, copious amounts of feathers are blowing about and making the entire place look untidy. Some of the moulting hens seem quite embarrassed about the whole situation. Sair […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, Colony Collapse Disorder – Finally Solved? 13 years, 6 months ago
According to the New York Times, an unique partnership — of military scientists and entomologists — appears to have achieved a major breakthrough in identifying a suspect (or two) in the cause of Colony Col […]
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Lisa Burbank wrote a new post, An Extraordinary New World… 13 years, 7 months ago
Twenty years ago, if anyone had ever told me I would become a beekeeper, I would’ve told them they were crazy. This is the woman who would pull the car over, crossing 3 lanes of traffic, to escape one lone bee […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, REVIEW: Nutri-Drench 13 years, 7 months ago
Nutri-Drench is a product that is always in my animal medicine chest shed. It is the first thing I reach for when I have a sick animal or any animal that just looks …inexplicably off. I have even used i […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, GIVEAWAY: Chicken Puzzle Book [closed] 13 years, 7 months ago
America’s favorite bird and America’s favorite diversion have come together at last! Chickens meet puzzles in Fowl Play, a fresh collection of brain-teasers by noted puzzle creator Patrick […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, From troubles of the world, I turn to ducks 13 years, 7 months ago
From troubles of the world I turn to ducks,
Beautiful comical things
Sleeping or curled
Their heads beneath white wings
By water cool,
Or finding curious things
To eat in various mucks
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, Indian Hair Oil for Bald Goats 13 years, 7 months ago
During the spring when the goats lose their wild and wooly look and become a bit sleeker (we don’t shave our goats), Fairlight was having issues with an itchy rash (?) or some sort of dandruff on the top of her […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, Urban honeybees enjoy a diverse diet 13 years, 8 months ago
UK Research that is part of the National Trust and BBC local radio’s Bee Part of It project, said that samples of pollen proved that honeybees in towns and cities enjoy a more diverse diet than their rural c […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, Feeding Cats for the Benefit of the Planet (and the pocketbook!) 13 years, 8 months ago
We’ll be highlighting interesting posts from our community blog from time-to-time. Here’s one that is very interesting and personal to me as I too ask myself these questions.
Here’s the post:
I love […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, New Hope with a Self-Grooming Honey Bee 13 years, 8 months ago
When 79-year-old UK beekeeper, Ron Hoskins, lost half of his bee colony to varroa mite he didn’t give up and destroy the rest but decided to do something different.
“We started to study the survivors and wh […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, Poultry Supplement Giveaway Winners! 13 years, 8 months ago
I’ve decided to give away two bags of the supplement because of my mistake. I used random.org to determine the winner and lost the results, did it again, got a second result and found the first result soon after. […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, Salmonella and what it means for the backyard chicken flock 13 years, 8 months ago
You’ve probably already heard about the half billion (and counting) suspect eggs that have been circulating in America’s food supply. Our small business of selling produce to local residences and restaurants have […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, UK's Native Black Bees 13 years, 8 months ago
European’s native bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) may be facing a resurgence. For decades, this dark bee has been an outcast. In the 19th century, the Victorians threw the breed out of hives in favor of more in […]
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Meagan Hanes wrote a new post, The Wonderful World of Shetland Sheep 13 years, 8 months ago
Being absolutely new to farming/livestock/etc, I wanted my first breed of sheep to be a hardy breed that I could handle all by myself, a breed that would provide me with lots of value while not requiring a lot of […]
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Jordanne Dervaes wrote a new post, Cats Against Clay 13 years, 8 months ago
I received an awesome t-shirt in the mail from the “Cats against Clay” campaign.
The accompanying letter was from “Francine” the matriarch of this rebel group of cats.
dear enlightened human,
your feline […] -
jackie bridgen wrote a new post, We keep the family together 13 years, 8 months ago
Most of the goat keepers we know separate kids from mama pretty early on, and then bottle feed the kids. This really does socialise them well, but for us, it’s an unkind break.
We do have our goatlings […]
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