Jordanne Dervaes

Thanks to Manna Pro LLC who sent these boxes to us to share with y’all. Be sure to check out the company at their website: http://www.mannapro.com/ I had an exchange of emails with the Assistant Brand Manager […]

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! […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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
Beneath the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Colony Collapse Disorder is a mysterious disorder that no one seems to be able to solve or pinpoint what is causing it.

Beekeepers first sounded the alarm about disappearing bees in 2006. Seemingly healthy bees […]